DevOps/High Performance Trading System Engineer
Jump Trading2 months ago
London, United KingdomMid Level
Responsibilities
- Configure and maintain production servers for electronic trading systems.
- Write and maintain complex Python infrastructure.
- Own trading issues, operational issues, and deployment processes for production systems.
- Improve processes for scalability, fault tolerance, maintainability, extensibility, and debuggability.
- Keep information supporting production processes accurate and up to date.
- Manage priorities across multiple projects and provide reliable availability.
Requirements
- Strong knowledge of Python and Linux.
- Strong debugging skills across code development and systems infrastructure.
- Good judgment regarding performance-versus-simplicity trade-offs.
- Ability to make engineering decisions that support maintainability, extensibility, and debuggability.
- Self-directed approach with ownership of projects and mission-critical systems.
- C++ and SQL experience are preferred.
- Ability to context-switch across several projects at once.
Benefits
- Private medical, vision, and dental insurance.
- Travel medical insurance.
- Group pension scheme.
- Group life assurance and income protection schemes.
- Paid parental leave.
- Parking and commuter benefits.
About Jump Trading
Jump Trading is a privately held quantitative and high-frequency trading firm that designs low-latency systems and models to trade global markets across asset classes, including equities, futures, options, and cryptocurrencies. It trades its own capital rather than selling software or services, and operates from Chicago with offices across North America, Europe, and Asia; the firm was founded in 1999. Affiliates include Jump Crypto for digital assets and the venture arm Jump Capital.