Senior Platform Engineer (Architect)
Trading Technologies International, Inc.8 months ago
Prague, CzechiaSenior
Responsibilities
- Own and architect Backstage as the central software catalog containing metadata, ownership data, and telemetry for engineering systems.
- Build internal developer platform capabilities, golden paths, and self-service tools that simplify AWS infrastructure access.
- Modernize deployment pipelines using containerization, progressive delivery, and GitOps practices.
- Support Linux SRE operations and optimize Red Hat Enterprise Linux environments for high-performance workloads.
- Help migrate latency-sensitive workloads from VMware and on-premises datacenters to AWS.
- Write reproducible, version-controlled Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, CDK, and related tools.
- Create and improve pipelines that drive quality and protect services from operational risk.
- Participate in the standard on-call rotation.
Requirements
- 7+ years of experience primarily focused on Platform Engineering, SRE, or modern DevOps.
- Hands-on experience building Internal Developer Platforms and ideally configuring Backstage plugins and data models.
- Expertise with Linux and Red Hat Enterprise Linux, including performance tuning, troubleshooting, and scaling systems under load.
- Experience with AWS and migrating workloads from legacy on-premises datacenters, especially VMware, into the cloud.
- Strong familiarity with CI/CD, Docker, Kubernetes, and GitOps tools such as ArgoCD or Flux.
- Ability to write automation and tooling in Python, Go, TypeScript, or Bash.
- Preferred experience contributing to open-source tools or building custom Backstage plugins.
- Preferred experience integrating telemetry tools such as Datadog or Prometheus into developer portals.
- Fintech, trading, or capital markets experience is beneficial but not required.
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits package.
- Employee growth-focused culture with rewards for results.
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About Trading Technologies International, Inc.
Trading Technologies International builds a SaaS platform for professional trading, order management, market data and risk, connecting clients to major global exchanges for listed derivatives and other asset classes. Its products span execution tools, algorithmic and automated trading, surveillance and post-trade services, delivered over a low‑latency network with colocation footprints across North America, Europe and Asia. Founded in 1994 and headquartered in Chicago, the company is privately held under 7RIDGE ownership.