Overview
The Platform Engineer will play a crucial role in designing and building the infrastructure for a new low-latency trading exchange, set to launch in early 2027. Working fully remote, the contractor will collaborate with a team of experienced low-latency engineers, focusing on optimizing Linux systems and high-performance networking to ensure reliable trading operations. This position offers significant architectural ownership and involvement in greenfield projects within a high-stakes financial environment.
Responsibilities
- Design and optimize low-latency Linux infrastructure for trading systems.
- Tune high-performance networking configurations to minimize latency and packet loss.
- Build and operate production Kubernetes clusters with GitOps practices.
- Automate infrastructure using tools like Terraform and Ansible for reproducibility.
- Implement monitoring and performance diagnostics to enhance production reliability.
- Collaborate with a technical team to make key architecture decisions.
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience in Linux infrastructure or a related hands-on role.
- Strong expertise in production Linux and Kubernetes environments.
- Proficient in Linux performance tuning and system-level diagnostics.
- Solid understanding of TCP/UDP networking and latency troubleshooting.
- Experience with infrastructure automation and observability tools.
- Familiarity with high-performance trading, exchanges, or HPC environments is a plus.
- Knowledge of technologies such as DPDK, eBPF, or Prometheus is advantageous.