Systems Software Engineer role at Hudson River Trading
Overview
The Systems Development team builds and maintains the platform that is shared by all Systems teams to provision, monitor, and manage our server and network infrastructure. As a Systems Software Engineer, your main focus will be tool development in Python. You’ll improve and integrate our existing tools and libraries across the platform, as well as design and build new ones to make trading, research, installation, and monitoring systems easier to manage and more reliable. Strong Python skills and development experience are required, along with Unix experience.
Responsibilities
Building and maintaining tools and software features to automate systems engineering workflows related to machine provisioning, monitoring, metrics collection, maintenance, and network configuration
Troubleshooting software bugs on a fleet of Linux machines, including application, network, operating system, and/or kernel issues
Writing configuration management code to build, deploy, and maintain new services
Helping to set the general direction for the Systems Python platform
Qualifications
Required:
Strong Python programming
Ability to debug and analyze problems quickly
Ability to learn at a fast pace and apply new skills effectively
Strong grasp of computer science fundamentals and software design patterns
Solid understanding of Linux/UNIX operating systems
Preferred:
Understanding of Debian operating system
Familiarity with systems configuration management and monitoring technologies
Familiarity with continuous integration and continuous deployment tools and processes
Understanding of networking protocols
Profile
BS and/or MS in computer science or a related field
2+ years of relevant experience, including programming in Python
Experience using automation to solve problems and improve processes efficiently
Acts effectively as a team player but also work well independently
Skilled at juggling multiple tasks while maintaining a high level of attention to detail
Familiar with open-source software
Culture
Hudson River Trading (HRT) brings a scientific approach to trading financial products. We have built one of the world\'s most sophisticated computing environments for research and development. Our researchers are at the forefront of innovation in the world of algorithmic trading. We welcome a variety of expertise and value openness and transparency. We are an equal opportunity employer; we’d love to get to know you.
Details
Seniority level: Mid-Senior level
Employment type: Full-time
Job function: Finance
Industries: Capital Markets
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