A leading proprietary trading firm is seeking a Site Reliability Engineer to support and enhance the reliability, performance, and scalability of critical trading infrastructure.
Responsibilities
Build and maintain reliable, high-performance infrastructure supporting trading and research systems.
Develop automation and operational tooling using Python.
Monitor system health, troubleshoot production issues, and drive performance improvements.
Support and optimize HPC clusters and distributed compute environments.
Improve observability, incident response, and operational processes.
Collaborate with software engineers to enhance platform reliability and efficiency.
Requirements
4+ years of experience in Site Reliability Engineering, Production Engineering, or Infrastructure Engineering.
Strong Python programming and automation skills.
Experience supporting High Performance Computing (HPC) environments.
Strong Linux administration and troubleshooting experience.
Excellent problem-solving skills in mission-critical environments.
Experience supporting low-latency or high-throughput systems.
Background in proprietary trading, quantitative finance, or other performance-sensitive environments.
This is an opportunity to work on mission-critical systems at the heart of a high-performing trading organization, alongside talented engineers in a fast-paced and highly technical environment.
This is a hybrid role based out of the firms Chicago office requiring 3 days of onsite work per week, and a rotational on call schedule.
Numbers & Facts
Location
Chicago, IL
Skills
Administrative Skillsunmatched
Automationunmatched
Computer Systemsunmatched
Financial Mathematicsunmatched
High Throughputunmatched
IP (Internet Protocol) Routingunmatched
Identify Issuesunmatched
Incident Responseunmatched
Linux Administrationunmatched
Machine Toolunmatched
Network Administration/Managementunmatched
Network Routingunmatched
Network Switchingunmatched
Operations Planningunmatched
Operations Processesunmatched
Performance Managementunmatched
Problem Solving Skillsunmatched
Process Improvementunmatched
Python Programming/Scripting Languageunmatched
Reliability Engineeringunmatched
Software Engineeringunmatched
TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol)unmatched
Trading Systemsunmatched
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