DevOps Engineer - High Frequency Trading
njf global holdingsNew York (NY)
DevOps Engineer - High Frequency Trading
Posted today
njf global holdingsNew York (NY)
SENIORITY
Senior
About the role
DevOps Engineer - High Frequency Trading A leading quantitative trading firm is looking for a DevOps Engineer to join an established trading team in New York. This is an operations-first engineering role focused on keeping critical trading systems reliable, investigating issues and continuously improving production workflows.
The role:
- Monitor critical trading workflows, market connectivity and data pipelines
- Investigate alerts, failed jobs and degraded systems
- Resolve issues independently and partner with engineers on more complex problems
- Build a deep understanding of production systems, dependencies and trading workflows
- Improve monitoring, alerting, documentation and operational processes
- Automate repetitive tasks and implement safe, well-scoped code and configuration changes
- Work closely with Quant Researchers, Software Engineers and Middle Office teams
What we're looking for:
- 5+ years' experience in Production Engineering, DevOps, Trade Support, Systems Operations or a related role
- Experience within electronic trading is beneficial but not essential
- Strong Python, Linux and shell scripting skills
- Comfortable reading, debugging and modifying existing code
- Experience with monitoring, alerting, automation or production data workflows
- Calm, systematic approach to troubleshooting
- Strong communication skills and a genuine interest in production reliability and ownership
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