Site Reliability Engineer - Quantitative Trading

Site Reliability Engineer / SRE / Production Engineering

My client is a renowned scientific led quantitative trading firm who are made up of Computer Scientists, Technologists, and Academics who pool their cumulative experience to develop creative solutions that tackle some of the biggest questions in finance. They pair this expertise with machine learning, big data, and some of the most advanced technology available to predict movements in the financial markets.

They are looking to significantly increase the breadth and scale of their centralized SRE function to champion best practices around reliability and operational efficiency across the firm. You'll act as Developer Consultant a matrix of individual Engineering sub-teams, where you'll join a team of Operationally minded Software Engineers who thrill on building robust and scalable solutions that ultimately drive wider business performance.

Requirements:

• BS Computer Science or related subject
• Strong programming proficiency in any of the following high level languages: Python, Java, C/C++ or Go with a proven track record of automation and an algorithmic approach to problem solving.
• Excellent command of Linux - tuning, systems programming
• Experience with any automated configuration management tools - i.e. - Ansible, Puppet, Chef, SaltStack, Terraform, CloudFormation etc.
• Container orchestration technologies such as Kubernetes or similar

Proposition:

Culturally the firm is a low ego environment made up of down to earth, highly talented, driven technologists united by their quest to crush complex technical and business problems as a team.

If this sounds like you, please apply to learn more!