Hudson River Trading
Systems Engineer - R&D
$150K–$300K
Austin, TX, United States +3 · Full-time · Posted Feb 23, 2026
- Location
- Austin, TX, United States
Chicago, Illinois, United States
New York, NY, United States
All Offices - Experience
- 5+ years of relevant experience.
About the job
Manage and optimize Linux compute infrastructure and OS platforms that support HRT’s live trading and research systems.
What you'll do
- Manage and optimize large-scale Linux distributed compute/HPC clusters, including core OS and platform changes.
- Automate and troubleshoot infrastructure, hardware, and software; test and tune performance across the stack.
- Write scripts and services, and collaborate with teams and vendors to resolve issues.
What they ask for
- 5+ years of relevant experience.
- Expertise installing, configuring, and troubleshooting Linux systems.
- Experience with configuration management tools such as Salt or chef.
- Python and Shell scripting experience.
Nice to have
- Debian/Ubuntu experience; basic C++ experience.
- GPU experience, including CUDA setup and basic debugging.
Pay
150,000 to 300,000 USD per year (or local equivalent) (base salary)
Tools
Linux, Debian/Ubuntu, Salt, chef, Python, Shell, C++, CUDA
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