Trading Systems Engineer
Hudson River TradingBase Salary
$150k - $250k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design, manage, automate, and optimize global Linux-based trading infrastructure.
- Troubleshoot hardware and software issues across the technology stack.
- Design and implement system installations and upgrades.
- Deploy, configure, and test internal and external applications.
- Resolve production-critical issues quickly and efficiently.
- Benchmark and tune trading-stack performance.
- Escalate and manage vendor performance and reliability issues with vendor engineering teams.
- Participate in an on-call rotation covering trading hours and weekend shifts as needed.
Requirements
- At least 7 years of relevant experience supporting a live production environment, especially trading systems.
- Expertise installing, configuring, and troubleshooting Linux systems across hardware, networking, kernels, and applications.
- Knowledge of configuration management tools, particularly SaltStack; Puppet, Ansible, Chef, or CFEngine experience is desirable.
- Advanced programming experience focused on automation and integration, with Python strongly preferred.
- Advanced Bash scripting experience.
- Significant experience managing and debugging production trading services.
- Strong cross-functional communication and organizational skills.
- Ability to manage assigned projects efficiently, ideally using JIRA.
- Architect-level cloud experience with AWS or GCP is desirable but not required.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance.
- Retirement savings plan enrollment.
- Sick leave, parental leave, 20 vacation days, and 10 paid holidays in the US; policies vary by location.
- Discretionary performance-based bonus eligibility.
- Ongoing applications with no stated deadline; the role includes on-call rotation coverage during trading hours and weekend shifts as needed.
Tech Stack
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About Hudson River Trading
At Hudson River Trading (HRT) we are mathematicians, computer scientists, statisticians, physicists and engineers. We research and develop automated trading algorithms using advanced mathematical techniques. We have built one of the world's most sophisticated computing environments, and our researchers are at the forefront of innovation in the world of algorithmic trading. HRT’s founding partners graduated from Harvard and MIT with degrees in computer science and mathematics, and founded HRT in 2002. Armed with programming skills and sharp quantitative minds, the founders hypothesized that by applying a fresh take to trading stocks, one that truly leverages the power of technology, they could meaningfully impact a world still dominated by manual operators. Very quickly, their algorithms saw success in the markets and HRT grew from their origins in US equities to a global, multi-asset class trading firm. Today HRT employs over 800 brilliant minds from a variety of disciplines—from highly technical to deeply mathematical to the liberal arts. We are critical thinkers and eager automators, chasing new solutions to any problem we encounter. We trade on nearly all of the world’s electronic markets, and are a leading voice for fair and open markets. Our internal code of ethics far exceeds the expectations of the regulatory environment in which we operate. We are conscientious market participants advocating for fair and transparent markets for everyone. This philosophy influences every aspect of our research. Please be aware that HRT emails will always come from the @hudson-trading.com domain; a genuine offer document will not be signed by a recruiter; and HRT will never request your personal banking information or payment of any kind during the recruitment process. If you have received what you suspect is a fraudulent offer or suspicious communication with HRT, or if you have any questions, please reach out to security@hudson-trading.com.