Infrastructure Engineer

Atto Trading•New York, NY

About The Position

Atto Trading is a quantitative trading firm founded in 2010 that specializes in global high-frequency strategies. The company is expanding its international team of professionals across trading, statistics, engineering, and technology, and is seeking an Infrastructure Engineer to design, build, and deploy scalable infrastructure for research and production trading. This role will help shape the future of the firm’s software systems, with an emphasis on reducing manual work through automation. The engineer will build and support low-latency trading infrastructure, troubleshoot systems across operating systems, storage, networking, and HPC clusters, support containerized applications, maintain storage and observability platforms, and collaborate with internal teams and remote data center technicians. The role also evaluates emerging hardware and software and contributes to clear documentation and knowledge sharing.

Requirements

1–5 years of experience in Linux systems engineering or administration.
Solid understanding of Linux internals, including process scheduling, virtual memory, filesystems, and the networking stack.
Strong scripting skills in Python and/or Bash.
Experience with configuration management and Infrastructure-as-Code tools such as Ansible.
Good grasp of networking fundamentals, including TCP/IP, routing, VLANs, and troubleshooting tools.
Understanding of computer system architecture.
Hands-on experience with observability tools for metrics, logging, and alerting.
Experience with containers such as Docker or Podman; Kubernetes experience is a plus.
Clear communication skills and ability to work across teams.
Strong understanding of computer system architecture.

Nice To Haves

Experience with low-latency L1/1.5 network devices.
Experience with Solarflare or Mellanox network cards.
Experience with Kubernetes in bare-metal and cloud environments.
Experience with big-data processing and analysis pipelines such as Jenkins or similar tools.
Genuine interest in finance and trading.
Experience working in a trading company is a significant plus.

Responsibilities

Design, build, and support low-latency trading infrastructure.
Troubleshoot complex issues across operating systems, storage, networking, and HPC clusters in collaboration with other teams.
Automate server provisioning and configuration management.
Identify manual or repetitive workflows and design automation to improve reliability and user experience.
Deploy and support containerized applications.
Maintain and scale data storage systems.
Administer observability and source control platforms.
Coordinate with remote data center technicians on hardware installations and repairs.
Maintain clear documentation and a structured knowledge base.
Evaluate emerging hardware and software relevant to trading, HPC, and storage, and propose improvements.
Work with remote technicians at data centers.