This is a team of highly-driven individuals who are passionate about technology, algorithmic trading, and solving intellectually challenging problems. Being a part of this prop trading firm means you get to work with some of the brightest people in one of the world’s fastest-growing and most exciting industries. It’s fully remote and has a flat corporate structure that values open-mindedness, entrepreneurial spirit, commitment to excellence, and continuous learning.
The role:
Looking for a Senior DevOps Engineer who has experience with low-latency applications. You will be working on enhancing and optimizing the network infrastructure, connections to cryptocurrency exchanges, focusing on high-performance and low-latency components / developing and maintaining an automated infrastructure deployment. If you have worked with systems where every microsecond counts, and everything needs to run fast and smoothly, you might be a good candidate for this role.
Goals/Tasks for the Team:
- Enhance and optimize the network infrastructure, focusing on high-performance and low-latency components
- Design and implement advanced observability stack for SLOs covering:
- latency (regional, zonal)
- service reliability (internal services)
- Develop and maintain an automated infrastructure deployment using IaC within AWS
- Establish and maintain a developer-friendly operational environment with multi-tiered monitoring, visual analytics, and streamlined deployment processes.
- Foster collaboration among traders, developers, and the DevOps team
Main Requirements:
- A proactive approach towards continuous improvement, optimization, and delivering solutions with significant business impact.
- Cloud Infrastructure: Hands-on experience with AWS services and architecture is required.
- Networking (Working proficiency at AWS Certified Advanced Networking level)
- AWS Direct Connect
- EKS
- Experience in building an observability stack (Grafana, Prometheus, Clickhouse, network tracing)
- Networking: Deep knowledge in network engineering, including IP, OSPF, BGP, TCP/UDP. Proficiency in latency analysis and optimization.
- Linux: Extensive experience with Linux command-line, scripting and system administration
- Developer-first mentality capable of producing complex code, exceeding basic scripting.
Distinguishing Attributes:
- Exceptional problem-solving skills, with the ability to dissect complex network issues and synthesize actionable insights
- Proficient in articulating technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders, bridging gaps between technical and business teams
- Automation Mindset: A relentless pursuit of automation, not just in deployments, but across all repetitive tasks to increase efficiency and reduce error rates.
Bonus points:
- Experience working within a Cloud Provider’s infrastructure, possessing a deep understanding of how large-scale cloud networks operate internally.
- Experience with Kubernetes, especially in environments focused on scalability and reliability, is a significant plus
- AWS Certified Advanced Networking
- Experience with Azure, Alibaba Cloud, Equinix
What’s on offer:
- Flexible working hours and a healthy work-life balance.
- The opportunity to work in a thriving, multicultural, fun environment in one of the world’s fastest-growing industries.
- Corporate “workations”: regularly go on corporate trips to unique locations all over the world to work, explore the local culture, and get to know your colleagues better