Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) - Crypto High-Frequency Trading
We are looking for a Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) to help design and build the automation, configuration, and deployment tooling that underpins our high-frequency trading (HFT) platform. This role is at the heart of ensuring our trading systems remain highly available, scalable, and robust, supporting the fast-paced and demanding nature of our environment.
What You'll Be Doing
- Developing scalable production tools to automate deployment, monitoring, and infrastructure management.
- Improving system performance, reliability, and efficiency through automation and tooling.
- Managing AWS-based infrastructure, ensuring seamless configuration and deployment.
- Implementing observability tools to enhance monitoring, debugging, and performance insights.
- Ensuring fault tolerance, redundancy, and high availability across critical trading systems.
- Supporting infrastructure for C++ and Rust-based trading systems, ensuring smooth integration.
What We're Looking For
- Strong programming skills in Python, with the ability to read and understand C/C++ code.
- Deep expertise in Linux systems and performance tuning.
- Experience managing deployments and configuration in AWS or on-premise clusters.
- Proficiency in monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions to maintain high system up time.
- Strong understanding of networking fundamentals, including TCP/IP and system optimisation.
- Hands-on experience with scripting languages such as Python or Bash.
Nice to Have
- Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools like Terraform or Ansible.
- Exposure to low-latency or high-performance environments.
- A proactive, problem-solving mindset with a strong ability to collaborate across teams.
We're seeking exceptional engineers with a strong technical background and a passion for automation and reliability. You'll thrive in a fast-moving, high-performance environment where efficiency and resilience are critical. You should enjoy working across development, trading, and infrastructure teams to optimise and enhance system performance.
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