Trading Engineer

Fintal Partners; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Fintal Partners is seeking a hands-on Trading Engineer in Chicago, IL. This role is pivotal in supporting live trading systems, ensuring reliability, and improving performance. Candidates should have a background in Site Reliability Engineering and strong skills in Python and Linux.

Responsibilities include monitoring trading systems, investigating incidents, and building automation tools. A Bachelor’s degree in a technical field and relevant experience are essential.

Join a high-performing team focused on continuous improvement in a collaborative environment.

Qualifications

• 2–5+ years of experience in Site Reliability Engineering or similar roles.
• Strong hands-on experience with Linux systems and server management.
• Solid understanding of networking concepts.

Responsibilities

• Monitor live trading systems during market hours and respond to performance issues.
• Investigate incidents and implement long-term fixes.
• Build tools to improve system resilience.

Skills

Linux systems management

Scripting in Python

Scripting in Bash

Networking fundamentals

Automation skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field

Tools

Kubernetes

Prometheus

SQL/NoSQL Databases

Kafka

Job description

We’re partnered with a high-performance trading organization where technology, data, and market strategy converge. This team operates at the core of live trading, building and running systems that must perform reliably under real-time market conditions. The culture is highly collaborative, engineering-driven, and focused on continuous improvement.

About the Role

This is a hands‑on Trading Engineer position within a strategy development environment. You’ll own critical systems that power live trading strategies, design automations that improve speed and reliability, and help ensure the platform performs when it matters most. It’s an ideal role for someone with an SRE, systems, or production engineering background who wants closer proximity to execution and decision‑making.

Responsibilities

• Monitor and support live trading systems during market hours, responding to performance or reliability issues in real time
• Investigate incidents across distributed systems, identify root causes, and implement long‑term fixes
• Build tools and automations that eliminate manual processes and improve system resilience
• Partner closely with traders, researchers, and engineers to deliver high‑impact improvements
• Continuously evaluate and improve system performance, scalability, and operational workflows

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field (or equivalent practical experience)
• 2–5+ years of experience in Site Reliability Engineering, Systems Engineering, Production Engineering, or technical operations
• Strong hands‑on experience with Linux systems, including server management, troubleshooting, and performance tuning
• Solid understanding of networking fundamentals such as TCP/UDP, routing, multicast, and low‑level network performance concepts
• Proficiency in Python and Bash for automation, tooling, and operational scripting, with a demonstrated curiosity for systems through hands‑on experimentation or personal projects

Required Skills

• Strong scripting or automation skills (Python and/or Bash)
• Hands‑on experience with Linux in production environments; Kubernetes experience is a plus
• Familiarity with monitoring, data stores, or messaging systems such as Prometheus, SQL/NoSQL databases, Kafka, or similar tools
• Comfortable operating in fast‑paced, high‑pressure environments