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Fintal Partners Linkedin · Posted 2d ago

Site Reliability Engineer

Chicago, Illinois, United States

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We're partnering with a leading proprietary trading firm that's looking to hire a Site Reliability Engineer to support and optimize the infrastructure powering its low-latency trading platforms. This is an opportunity to work in an environment where reliability, automation, and performance are mission-critical, collaborating closely with software engineers, traders, and infrastructure teams to keep production systems running at peak efficiency.


What You'll Do

  • Build, automate, and maintain highly available Linux-based production environments.
  • Develop automation tools and operational workflows using Python.
  • Monitor, troubleshoot, and resolve production issues across mission-critical trading infrastructure.
  • Improve system reliability, scalability, and performance through automation and continuous improvement.
  • Work closely with developers to enhance deployment processes, observability, and incident response.
  • Support networking infrastructure, including troubleshooting connectivity, routing, DNS, and latency-related issues.
  • Participate in an on-call rotation for production support.


What We're Looking For

  • Strong experience administering Linux production environments.
  • Excellent Python programming skills with a focus on automation and tooling.
  • Solid understanding of networking fundamentals, including TCP/IP, DNS, routing, switching, and network troubleshooting.
  • Experience supporting high-availability, distributed systems in a production environment.
  • Familiarity with monitoring and observability tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk, or similar.
  • Strong troubleshooting skills and the ability to perform under pressure in a fast-paced environment.
  • Experience in financial services or trading environments is advantageous but not required.


Why Join?

  • Work on some of the most performance-sensitive infrastructure in the industry.
  • Collaborate with world-class engineers solving complex technical challenges.
  • Competitive compensation, annual bonus, and outstanding benefits.
  • Significant opportunities for career progression and technical ownership.
  • Modern technology stack with a strong engineering-first culture.
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