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About the Role
Tower Research Capital is a leading quantitative trading firm seeking to hire engineers to develop electronic trading infrastructure at a world-class level. Our engineers solve challenging problems in low-latency programming, FPGA technology, hardware acceleration, and machine learning. We empower portfolio managers to build their teams and strategies independently while providing the economies of scale that come from a large, global organization.
Responsibilities
- Support, maintain, and enhance the firm's trading Linux infrastructure.
- Provide day-to-day support for the Linux environment, including emergency responses, change executions, troubleshooting, and resolving performance issues.
- Contribute to the development and refinement of tools and systems to automate provisioning, configuration, and monitoring of thousands of Linux servers.
- Manage essential core services such as DHCP, LDAP, DNS, and NFS for on-prem and hosted data centers, as well as public clouds.
- Review existing and implement new designs for trading systems on the Cloud with the Cloud Architecture team.
- Improve the performance, resilience, availability, and observability of existing Cloud environments.
- Work in complex brownfield Cloud environments that host 24/7 critical trading infrastructure optimized for high frequency, low latency, real-time processing using custom OS builds and specific Cloud platform configurations.
- Engage in a rotational on-call schedule, including early morning and weekend shifts, to provide timely support.
Requirements
- At least 5 years of experience in maintenance, operation, and administration of a sufficiently advanced Linux environment.
- Comprehensive knowledge of operating system principles, with a focus on Linux internals.
- Competence in server-side networking, including understanding network protocols and configurations.
- Proficiency in developing automation and monitoring tools.
- Experience with configuration management, provisioning, and orchestration tools (Ansible).
- Good knowledge of Python and expert knowledge of Bash for scripting and automation tasks in a Linux environment.
- Understanding of Linux configuration management, source control, CI/CD, and automated deployment.
- Experience with continuous improvement and/or refactoring of infrastructure automation to improve stability, reliability, and performance of Cloud platforms in a fast-moving environment.
- Good problem-solving skills, underpinned by a methodical approach to technical challenges.
- Ability to communicate effectively, demonstrating strong interpersonal skills, a sense of responsibility, and a commitment to driving projects to completion.
- Comfort using AI in day-to-day activities.
- Strong expertise in AWS compute, networking, and storage services (EC2, ENA, VPC, ELB, Direct Connect, S3, EBS) in the context of low latency performance engineering.
- Understanding of how Linux operating system and kernel components are tuned for an EC2 environment and the AWS network.
Skills
- Linux
- Automation
- Monitoring
- DHCP
- LDAP
- DNS
- NFS
- Cloud
- AWS
- EC2
- ENA
- VPC
- ELB
- Direct Connect
- S3
- EBS
- Python
- Bash
- Ansible
- Docker
- Kubernetes
Location
- NYC’s Financial District
Work Type
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- 5+ years
Education Level
- AWS DevOps Engineer Professional certification
- AWS Advanced Networking certification
Benefits
- Generous paid time off policies
- Savings plans and other financial wellness tools
- Hybrid working opportunities
- Free breakfast, lunch, and snacks daily
- In-office wellness experiences and reimbursement for select wellness expenses
- Company-sponsored sports teams and fitness events
- Volunteer opportunities and charitable giving
- Social events, happy hours, treats, and celebrations
- Workshops and continuous learning opportunities
About the Company
- Tower Research Capital is a leading quantitative trading firm founded in 1998, built on a high-performance platform and independent trading teams with a 25+ year track record of innovation.
- Tower is home to some of the world’s best systematic trading and engineering talent.
- Our ongoing investment in top engineering talent and technology ensures our platform remains unmatched in terms of functionality, scalability and performance.
- Our Business Support teams are essential to building and maintaining the platform that powers everything we do.
- Employees will find a stimulating, results-oriented environment where highly intelligent and motivated colleagues inspire each other to reach their greatest potential.
- Tower’s headquarters are in the historic Equitable Building, right in the heart of NYC’s Financial District and our impact is global, with over a dozen offices around the world.
- We foster a culture where smart, driven people thrive – without the egos.
- Our open concept workplace, casual dress code, and well-stocked kitchens reflect the value we place on a friendly, collaborative environment where everyone is respected, and great ideas win.
- At Tower, you’ll find a collaborative and welcoming culture, a diverse team and a workplace that values both performance and enjoyment. No unnecessary hierarchy. No ego. Just great people doing great work – together.
Equal Opportunity
- Tower Research Capital is an equal opportunity employer.