Junior Trading Systems Engineer
About The Position
Hudson River Trading (HRT) is seeking a Junior Trading Systems Engineer to join their growing Trading Systems Infrastructure team. This team is responsible for designing, building, and maintaining the infrastructure that powers HRT's global trading, ensuring optimal performance and uptime of ultra low-latency operating systems, automation software, and development tools that allow their trading strategies to run worldwide 24/7. As a Junior Trading Systems Engineer, you will work on projects focusing on the real-time production trading environment and tackle problems that require high availability, high throughput, and ultra low-latency solutions. The ideal candidate possesses a passion for coding and automation, is eager to learn new skills to help build an elegant stack, and has the ability to handle challenging technical issues within a dynamic and fast-paced environment.
Requirements
- 2+ years of relevant experience managing Linux systems: you can install packages, manage users, control services, and know where to look for system logs, and you understand TCP/IP networking, default gateways, and how to debug connectivity problems
- Familiarity installing and configuring Linux systems, from hardware and networking to kernel to applications
- Proven programming experience: you don't just know what big-O notation is, you've also built working software and can explain and defend your design
- Basic shell (bash) scripting experience
- Experience using JIRA
- Strong cross-functional communication and organization skills
Nice To Haves
- Knowledge of Debian/Ubuntu is desirable
- Basic familiarity with configuration management tools, particularly SaltStack – some knowledge of Puppet, Ansible, Chef, or CFEngine is also desirable
- Experience with production systems, as well as some cloud experience in AWS or GCP, is desirable but not required
Responsibilities
- Manage worldwide Linux-based trading infrastructure by contributing to the planning and execution of complex technical projects and tasks
- Troubleshoot hardware and software issues across the stack
- Plan and implement system installations and upgrades
- Deploy, configure, and test internal and external applications
- Improve documentation and reduce technical debt
- Benchmark the performance of the trading stack, working with subject matter experts across the organization
- Join an on-call rotation schedule to cover trading hours and weekend shifts, as needed
Benefits
- discretionary performance-based bonuses
- competitive benefits package
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
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