SRE for High-Frequency Trading: Scale, Automate, Observe

Hamilton Barnes ?; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 202,500 - 247,500; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Opportunity to wear many hats

Take ownership of projects

Push the boundaries of technology

Job summary

A leading technology firm in Chicago is looking for a Site Reliability Engineer to enhance their trading infrastructure. The role involves automating deployments, building self-service infrastructure, and improving monitoring systems. Ideal candidates should have experience with high-performance systems and tools like Prometheus and Terraform. This opportunity allows you to take ownership of projects and be part of a team that pushes technological boundaries.

Qualifications

• Experience supporting high-performance, mission-critical trading systems.
• Hands-on experience with Prometheus, Grafana, Python, Ansible, Terraform.
• Understanding of CI/CD pipelines and software delivery best practices.

Responsibilities

• Automate deployment patterns across containerized and non-containerized workloads.
• Build self-service infrastructure provisioning using Terraform and Ansible.
• Drive CI/CD improvements and advocate modern software delivery practices.
• Enhance monitoring and alerting to surface meaningful signals and support proactive capacity management.
• Research and implement technologies to improve orchestration, workload management, and system visibility.

Skills

Experience supporting high-performance, mission-critical trading systems

Hands-on experience with Prometheus

Hands-on experience with Grafana

Hands-on experience with Python

Hands-on experience with Ansible

Hands-on experience with Terraform

Understanding of CI/CD pipelines

Job description

Salary: Up to $225,000 Total Compensation (Depending on experience)

Do you want to work for a global leader within the High Frequency Trading world?

We are seeking a Site Reliability Engineer to join a high-performance trading infrastructure team. You will help deploy, scale, and observe mission-critical systems, making deployments faster, infrastructure more self-service, and system health more visible.

You will:

• Automate deployment patterns across containerized and non-containerized workloads
• Build self-service infrastructure provisioning using Terraform and Ansible
• Drive CI/CD improvements and advocate modern software delivery practices
• Enhance monitoring and alerting to surface meaningful signals and support proactive capacity management
• Research and implement technologies to improve orchestration, workload management, and system visibility

You will have:

• Experience supporting high-performance, mission-critical trading systems
• Hands-on experience with Prometheus, Grafana, Python, Ansible, Terraform
• Understanding of CI/CD pipelines and software delivery best practices

Why Join:

• Join an organisation where they push the boundaries of technology
• Opportunity to wear many hats
• Take ownership of projects and implement new ideas