We're seeking an Algorithmic Trading Engineer to ensure the reliability, performance, and scalability of our high-frequency cryptocurrency trading systems. You'll focus on system health, performance monitoring, issue resolution, and process automation. We offer a competitive base salary with a quarterly cash profit share.

About You

• Passionate about maintaining high-performance, mission-critical systems
• Excited by the challenges of a 24/7 trading environment
• Detail-oriented with a proactive approach to problem-solving
• Comfortable with a flexible schedule, including evenings or weekends when necessary

Sample Projects

• Performance Optimization: Implement advanced monitoring and profiling tools for Python and C++ codebases to identify and eliminate bottlenecks
• Reliability Engineering:
• Develop and maintain service level objectives (SLOs) for cryptocurrency trading operations
• Implement circuit breakers and automated failover mechanisms
• Design robust error budgets accounting for 24/7 cryptocurrency markets
• Incident Management: Conduct thorough postmortems after trading anomalies or system issues, focusing on technical and financial impacts
• Data Integrity: Ensure reliability and consistency of data flows between trading systems, databases, and analytics platforms

Key Responsibilities

• Monitor and maintain trading system health for optimal performance
• Identify, triage, and resolve issues in real-time
• Develop automation scripts and tools to streamline operations
• Participate in follow-the-sun on-call rotations
• Implement and maintain monitoring and alerting systems
• Conduct root cause analysis and implement preventive measures
• Optimize trading system performance through analysis and tuning
• Maintain documentation for operational procedures and system architecture
• Assist in planning and scaling trading infrastructure

Required Skills

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field
• Experience in financial trading systems or high-frequency environments
• Strong proficiency in Python for scripting and automation
• Linux systems administration in production environments
• Network protocols and troubleshooting techniques
• Familiarity with SQL/NoSQL databases and real-time data processing
• Experience with monitoring tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana)
• Analyzing and troubleshooting trading logs
• Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail
• Excellent communication and collaboration abilities
• Self-motivated and intellectually curious

Desired Qualities

• Understanding of cryptocurrency markets and trading dynamics
• Experience with centralized cryptocurrency exchange APIs
• Experience with AWS
• Containerization technologies (e.g., Docker) in trading environments
• Database performance tuning
• Log analysis and automated alert response systems
• Financial risk management principles applied to trading systems