Site Reliability Engineer - Selby Jennings
eFinancialCareers
Site Reliability Engineer - Selby Jennings
4 April by eFinancialCareers
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We are looking for a Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) to help design and build the automation, configuration, and deployment tooling that underpins our high-frequency trading (HFT) platform. This role is at the heart of ensuring our trading systems remain highly available, scalable, and robust, supporting the fast-paced and demanding nature of our environment.



What You'll Be Doing

  • Developing scalable production tools to automate deployment, monitoring, and infrastructure management.
  • Improving system performance, reliability, and efficiency through automation and tooling.
  • Managing AWS-based infrastructure, ensuring seamless configuration and deployment.
  • Implementing observability tools to enhance monitoring, debugging, and performance insights.
  • Ensuring fault tolerance, redundancy, and high availability across critical trading systems.
  • Supporting infrastructure for C++ and Rust-based trading systems, ensuring smooth integration.


What We're Looking For

  • Strong programming skills in Python, with the ability to read and understand C/C++ code.
  • Deep expertise in Linux systems and performance tuning.
  • Experience managing deployments and configuration in AWS or on-premise clusters.
  • Proficiency in monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions to maintain high system up time.
  • Strong understanding of networking fundamentals, including TCP/IP and system optimisation.
  • Hands-on experience with scripting languages such as Python or Bash.


Nice to Have

  • Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools like Terraform or Ansible.
  • Exposure to low-latency or high-performance environments.
  • A proactive, problem-solving mindset with a strong ability to collaborate across teams.

We're seeking exceptional engineers with a strong technical background and a passion for automation and reliability. You'll thrive in a fast-moving, high-performance environment where efficiency and resilience are critical. You should enjoy working across development, trading, and infrastructure teams to optimise and enhance system performance.

Reference: 54773758
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