Site Reliability Engineer

Location: Chicago, IL (Hybrid)

A leading proprietary trading firm is seeking a Site Reliability Engineer to support and enhance the reliability, performance, and scalability of critical trading infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain reliable, high-performance infrastructure supporting trading and research systems.
• Develop automation and operational tooling using Python.
• Monitor system health, troubleshoot production issues, and drive performance improvements.
• Support and optimize HPC clusters and distributed compute environments.
• Improve observability, incident response, and operational processes.
• Collaborate with software engineers to enhance platform reliability and efficiency.

Requirements

• 4+ years of experience in Site Reliability Engineering, Production Engineering, or Infrastructure Engineering.
• Strong Python programming and automation skills.
• Experience supporting High Performance Computing (HPC) environments.
• Strong Linux administration and troubleshooting experience.
• Excellent problem-solving skills in mission-critical environments.

Preferred

• Networking knowledge (TCP/IP, routing, switching, network troubleshooting).
• Experience supporting low-latency or high-throughput systems.
• Background in proprietary trading, quantitative finance, or other performance-sensitive environments.

This is an opportunity to work on mission-critical systems at the heart of a high-performing trading organization, alongside talented engineers in a fast-paced and highly technical environment.

This is a hybrid role based out of the firms Chicago office requiring 3 days of onsite work per week, and a rotational on call schedule.