Senior Trading Systems Engineer

Senior Trading Systems Engineer, Chicago, IL

This Senior Trading Systems Engineer position is 100% fully onsite.

Responsibilities:

– Work collaboratively with technology and business teams on all aspects of a global trading and research infrastructure.
– Research and implement enhancements to infrastructure systems as well as automation and monitoring.
– Explore and work with industry leading technology and hardware.
– Work alongside industry experts in the fields of finance and technology.
– Lead/mentor junior team members.
– Take ownership of and leading projects from start to finish including design, roll out, and testing.
– Work on challenging and dynamic problems in a team atmosphere.

Qualifications:

– Past or present experience in the trading industry or at an exchange is required.
– Low-Latency experience is required for this role.
– 5+ years of experience with systems engineering oriented tasks.
– Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or an equivalent field.
– Strong Linux experience working with Linux servers in bare metal and virtualized environments.
– Experience with scripting languages bash and Python and automation tools.
– Understanding of TCP/IP and networking concepts.
– Financial or trading industry experience preferred.
– Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
– Must be willing to take ownership and lead others.
– Problem solvers who are driven, self-motivated, and “outside of the box” thinkers.
– Motivated, dependable, and responsible team players.

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