Talent Pool: Trading Systems Engineer

Flow Traders; New York (NY); On-site; USD 160,000 - 215,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Job summary

Flow Traders in New York is seeking a senior platform engineer to own GCP/GKE workloads, manage Terraform‑driven infrastructure, and shape cloud architecture across regions.

You will lead regional initiatives, improve monitoring, automate with IaC, and serve as an escalation point for Linux/Kubernetes issues while collaborating with global teams.

Qualifications

• 7–10+ years operating complex production environments with Linux, Kubernetes, and cloud‑native infra.
• Deep Cloud experience, preferably with GKE, including cluster ops and security.
• Strong Terraform expertise for provisioning secure, scalable infra.
• Solid Linux fundamentals: performance tuning, networking, virtualization.
• Scripting in Python and Bash for automation.
• Experience with Kafka or similar streaming/data‑pipeline technologies.
• Knowledge of Puppet/Ansible and Foreman/Satellite for lifecycle management.
• Monitoring/observability with Prometheus/Grafana and modern alerting.
• Git‑centric workflows and modern CI/CD practices.
• Ability to lead regional technical direction.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the US‑based SME for our GCP platform with a strong focus on GKE workloads and Terraform‑driven infrastructure.
• Identify and drive engineering improvements by researching pain points, reducing toil, and delivering high‑impact solutions across cloud and trading infrastructure.
• Leverage automation and IaC to manage and optimize Linux and Kubernetes environments spanning bare‑metal, virtualized, and cloud‑native systems.
• Strengthen platform reliability by improving global monitoring and alerting frameworks, incorporating adaptive and self‑healing mechanisms.
• Act as a senior escalation point for complex Linux/Kubernetes/Cloud issues, participating in on‑call and ensuring thorough incident resolution.
• Provide regional technical leadership while collaborating with global stakeholders to define and implement platform standards, architectures, and large‑scale initiatives.
• Use AI‑assisted engineering tools to accelerate analysis, troubleshooting, documentation, and operational automation.

Skills

Linux administration

Kubernetes

Terraform

Python

Bash

Git workflows

CI/CD

Monitoring/Observability

On-call experience

Regional leadership

Tools

Puppet/Ansible

Foreman/Satellite

Prometheus/Grafana

Kafka

Job description

What you will do

• Serve as the US‑based SME for our GCP platform with a strong focus on GKE workloads—working within globally aligned standards while contributing your own expertise to improve Terraform‑driven infrastructure and shape cloud architecture across regions
• Identify and drive engineering improvements by researching pain points, reducing toil, and delivering high‑impact solutions across our cloud and trading infrastructure.
• Leverage automation and IaC to manage and optimize Linux and Kubernetes environments spanning bare‑metal, virtualized, and cloud‑native systems—streamlining workflows and reducing operational friction.
• Strengthen platform reliability by improving global monitoring and alerting frameworks, incorporating adaptive and self‑healing mechanisms to elevate operational responsiveness.
• Act as a senior escalation point for complex Linux/Kubernetes/Cloud issues, participating in on‑call and ensuring thorough, well‑reasoned incident resolution.
• Provide regional technical leadership while collaborating with global stakeholders to define and implement platform standards, architectures, and large‑scale initiatives.
• Use AI‑assisted engineering tools to accelerate analysis, troubleshooting, documentation, and operational automation.

What you need to succeed

• 7–10+ years operating complex production environments spanning Linux, Kubernetes, and cloud‑native infrastructure.
• Deep Cloud experience, preferably within GKE or an equivalent stack (cluster ops, workload orchestration, networking, security, observability).
• Strong Terraform expertise for provisioning and managing secure, scalable infrastructure.
• Solid Linux fundamentals — performance tuning, debugging, networking, virtualization, and bare‑metal experience.
• Strong scripting skills in Python and Bash for automation, tooling, and operational workflows.
• Experience with Kafka or similar streaming/data‑pipeline technologies.
• Knowledge of Puppet/Ansible for configuration management and Foreman/Satellite for lifecycle and host management.
• Practical understanding of monitoring/observability (Prometheus/Grafana or similar) and modern alerting strategies.
• Strong Git‑centric workflows and comfort with modern CI/CD practices.
• Ability to lead and influence technical direction at a regional level while collaborating effectively with global colleagues.
• An entrepreneurial mindset — proactively identifying gaps, reducing toil, and driving self‑directed engineering improvements.

At Flow Traders, we acknowledge the importance of open and transparent communication whether it be with our employees, our stakeholders, or our local and global communities.

When it comes to salary, Flow Traders uses reliable market research to create base ranges. Where candidates will fall within the range depends on a few different factors including but not limited to level of experience, location, and specific skill set. We also consider ourselves one global team, and to demonstrate that, all employees are eligible to share in the company’s success through an annual discretionary variable remuneration allocated based on company, group and individual performance and contribution.

Per NYC salary transparency law, the total compensation for this role includes a base range of $160,000 to $215,000 plus annual discretionary variable remuneration.