Senior Infrastructure Engineer - Python Development
Salary: $175-250k base plus discretionary bonus
Location: Chicago, IL - in person
An elite Chicago based trading firm is seeking a Senior Infrastructure Engineer - with strong python development skills to join their team. They are seeking a skilled Python Developer who is passionate about both software development and infrastructure management. The ideal candidate will have strong Python programming skills and experience in developing and maintaining fast paced, low latency environments.
What you'll do:
- Design, develop, and maintain the platforms on which the firms systems are run utilising Python.
- Conduct code reviews and ensure code quality, reliability, and maintainability.
- Implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines for automated testing, deployment, and monitoring.
- Troubleshoot and resolve issues related to infrastructure, deployment, and performance.
- Monitor system performance and proactively identify and address bottlenecks and performance issues.
- Optimise trading system latency and throughput to ensure maximum efficiency and reliability.
- Serve as a senior member of the team leading projects, and driving new technology initiatives.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
- Strong proficiency in Python programming language.
- Experience with automated trading systems and financial markets is highly desirable.
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines, and version control systems (e.g., Git)
- Familiarity with monitoring and logging tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack.
