Want to work at the heart of a fast-paced electronic trading environment where technology directly impacts trading performance?
We're looking for a Trading Systems Engineer to support and optimize mission-critical trading platforms. You'll work closely with traders and developers to ensure maximum system uptime, troubleshoot production issues, automate processes, and improve the reliability of low-latency trading infrastructure.
What You'll Do
Support and monitor proprietary trading systems in production.
Troubleshoot issues across applications, infrastructure, market data, and exchange connectivity.
Automate operational processes, deployments, and monitoring.
Collaborate with traders, developers, and infrastructure teams to maintain optimal trading performance.
Support software releases and drive operational excellence across the production environment.
What We're Looking For
Experience supporting Linux-based production systems.
Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.
Knowledge of networking fundamentals (TCP/IP, multicast, routing).
Scripting experience with Python, Bash, or PowerShell.
Excellent communication skills and ability to thrive in a fast-moving environment.
Nice to Have
Trading systems or financial markets experience.
FIX protocol knowledge.
Splunk, Grafana, or Kibana experience.
Docker, Ansible, or Chef exposure.
Experience in high-performance or low-latency environments.
Why Join?
Direct impact on trading performance
Work alongside traders and engineers
Highly technical, fast-paced environment
Strong focus on automation and innovation
Excellent learning and career growth opportunities
Numbers & Facts
Location
Chicago, IL
Skills
Ansibleunmatched
Automationunmatched
Bash Scriptingunmatched
Communication Skillsunmatched
Cook Dishesunmatched
Dockerunmatched
Financial Information eXchange (FIX)unmatched
Identify Issuesunmatched
Linux Operating Systemunmatched
Multicastunmatched
Network Routingunmatched
Operations Processesunmatched
Problem Solving Skillsunmatched
Process Improvementunmatched
Production Systemsunmatched
Python Programming/Scripting Languageunmatched
Reliability Engineeringunmatched
Scripting (Scripting Languages)unmatched
Software Administrationunmatched
Software Engineeringunmatched
Splunkunmatched
Stock Marketunmatched
Systems Engineeringunmatched
TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol)unmatched
Technical Supportunmatched
Trading Platformsunmatched
Trading Systemsunmatched
Windows PowerShellunmatched
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