Trading Systems Engineer
Flow Tradersabout 22 hours ago
Base Salary
$190k - $235k/yr
Responsibilities
- Serve as the US-based SME for our GCP platform with a focus on GKE workloads.
- Identify and drive engineering improvements by researching pain points and delivering solutions.
- Leverage automation and IaC to manage and optimize Linux and Kubernetes environments.
- Strengthen platform reliability by improving global monitoring and alerting frameworks.
- Act as a senior escalation point for complex Linux/Kubernetes/Cloud issues.
- Provide regional technical leadership while collaborating with global stakeholders.
- Use AI-assisted engineering tools to accelerate analysis and operational automation.
Requirements
- 7–10+ years operating complex production environments spanning Linux, Kubernetes, and cloud-native infrastructure.
- Deep Cloud experience, preferably within GKE or an equivalent stack.
- Strong Terraform expertise for provisioning and managing secure, scalable infrastructure.
- Solid Linux fundamentals including performance tuning and debugging.
- Strong scripting skills in Python and Bash for automation.
- Experience with Kafka or similar streaming/data-pipeline technologies.
- Knowledge of Puppet/Ansible for configuration management.
- Practical understanding of monitoring/observability and modern alerting strategies.
- Strong Git-centric workflows and comfort with modern CI/CD practices.
- Ability to lead and influence technical direction at a regional level.
- An entrepreneurial mindset for identifying gaps and driving improvements.