Infrastructure/Backend Engineer

MLabs • New York, NY

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

We are hiring on behalf of our client, a leading firm operating at the intersection of advanced financial markets and digital asset infrastructure who is seeking a skilled Infrastructure/Backend Engineer to join its growing technical team in New York City. Operating in a hybrid capacity with a heavy emphasis on collaborative, in-office presence, the employer provides a state-of-the-art trading and data ecosystem that processes tens of billions in cumulative volume. In this pivotal role, the successful candidate will spearhead the modernization and scalability of a high-performance infrastructure layer. This individual will focus on migrating systems to a robust, ultra-low-latency infrastructure stack built entirely on Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles. The primary objective is to build an advanced, reliable, and secure self-service infrastructure platform that empowers developers to manage deployments, monitoring, and provisioning independently. This position requires an engineering mindset rooted in institutional financial systems, elite operational excellence, and high-velocity problem-solving.

Requirements

• Strong professional background within traditional trading firms, market makers, proprietary trading shops, or institutional financial services.
• Expert-level proficiency with Kubernetes, including deployment best practices, cluster management, networking, and access control.
• Hands-on expertise with ArgoCD, GitHub Actions, and Docker is required.
• Proven experience as an IaC evangelist utilizing Terraform to manage complex multi-environment architectures.
• Strong proficiency in writing, optimizing, and maintaining backend systems and critical-path microservices using Golang.
• Production experience managing high-throughput databases such as Postgres and Clickhouse.
• Comprehensive familiarity with Prometheus and Grafana for full-stack observability, alerting, and metrics collection.
• A proactive approach to zero-trust architecture, security configuration, and continuous system hardening.
• High proficiency in leveraging advanced AI and development tools effectively—possessing the technical depth to rigorously validate outputs, establish guardrails, and avoid passive code generation.
• Ability to independently audit the existing stack, identify operational gaps, prioritize tasks based on commercial value, and execute solutions.
• Strong alignment with a "disagree and commit" philosophy; maintaining a team-first mindset that prioritizes collective execution and continuous cross-functional learning alongside quantitative researchers and operations teams.
• Must be located within commuting distance of New York, NY , and prepared to work onsite in a hybrid structure that includes up to 5 days a week in the office based on business requirements.

Responsibilities

• Drive the comprehensive migration of applications and core services from legacy systems to a highly resilient, modern infrastructure stack.
• Mature and scale internal testing and validation tools, including local stack orchestration frameworks, allowing developers to execute applications flexibly and coordinate multiple automated agents simultaneously.
• Collaborate closely with application engineering teams to optimize critical-path applications, identifying and resolving software and infrastructure bottlenecks to minimize latency and maximize financial edge.
• Maintain, deploy, and manage 100% of the production environment utilizing IaC methodologies, ensuring absolute consistency, visibility, and automation across all layers.
• Actively identify, mitigate, and minimize security attack vectors; coordinate contained chaos-engineering tests and system stress-tests using automated testing suites and advanced technical tools to guarantee maximum uptime.

Benefits

• Competitive Base Compensation: Highly attractive base salary ranging from $180,000 to $320,000 , commensurate with experience.
• Long-Term Incentives: Comprehensive equity ownership packages and token allocation structures.
• Cutting-Edge Tech Stack: Access to premier infrastructure, hardware, and modern automated tooling.
• Comprehensive Health & Wellness: Premium medical, dental, and vision insurance coverage options.
• Professional Growth: Direct exposure to institutional-grade trading platforms and collaborative environments alongside industry-leading technical and quantitative professionals.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed