Site Reliability Engineer – Trading

Gaining an edge in cryptocurrency markets requires investment in the right tools and a systematic approach. Our research pipeline is built on data that has been harvested on a 24-hour basis from 50+ exchanges.

Your role will be to help deliver a secure, reliable, and best-in-class production environment for our global trading franchise.

Responsibilities:

· Provide first-line support and troubleshooting for our exchange connectivity applications.

· Track, escalate, and prioritise incidents, ensuring timely resolution.

· Implementing configuration changes and software upgrades.

· Actively participate in the continuous monitoring of exchange connectivity, order flows, latency etc.

· Actively participate in the design and improvement of processes around monitoring and alerting.

· Planning long-term roadmap for the trading system, from capacity to tools to software features.

· Working with developers to design and implement features in the trading system.

· Perform ad-hoc operational tasks as needed to support the global trading function.

Qualifications:

· At least 2 to 7 years’ experience in a similar role at a bank or proprietary trading firm.

· Bachelor’s degree in a relevant subject (e.g., Computer Science).

· Required: Experience working in front-line support.

· Required: Experience in MySQL/MSSQL and Linux.

· Required: Ability to understand and read API documentation. Nice to have WS, REST and FIX.

· Required: Ability to analyse logs, and metrics and system performance of applications in general.

· Required: Ability to successfully manage multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment.

· Nice to have: Exposure to container technology (e.g., Docker, Rancher).

· Nice to have: Software development experience a plus but not required.

· Disciplined self-starter with high attention to detail and ability to work autonomously and/or remotely.

· A high degree of motivation, adaptability and proactiveness are key success factors for the role.

· Optimistic and willing to learn and working with other SRE’s even outside the domain.