Hudson River Trading
Trading Systems Engineer
$150K–$250K
Austin, TX, United States +7 · Full-time · Posted Jul 6, 2026
- Location
- Austin, TX, United States
Boulder, Colorado, United States
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Dublin, Ireland
London, United Kingdom
New York, NY, United States
Singapore
All Offices - Experience
- 7+ years of relevant experience supporting a live production environment, especially trading.
About the job
Designs, operates, and optimizes Linux-based infrastructure for HRT’s global, real-time trading environment, emphasizing reliability, performance, and low latency.
What you'll do
- Design, automate, and optimize worldwide Linux trading infrastructure; implement system installations and upgrades.
- Troubleshoot issues across hardware and software, and benchmark and tune the trading stack.
- Deploy and test applications, resolve production-critical issues, and participate in on-call coverage for trading hours and weekends.
What they ask for
- Expertise installing, configuring, and troubleshooting Linux systems across hardware, networking, kernel, and applications.
- Proficiency with configuration management tools; strong Puppet, Ansible, Chef, or CFEngine knowledge is also listed as desirable.
- Advanced programming experience focused on automation and integration; advanced bash scripting experience.
- Significant experience managing and debugging production trading services, plus project management and communication skills.
Nice to have
- Knowledge of Debian/Ubuntu; Python is strongly preferred.
- Architect-level cloud experience in AWS or GCP; experience using JIRA is described as ideal.
Pay
150,000 to 250,000 USD per year (base salary)
Tools
Linux, Debian/Ubuntu, SaltStack, Puppet, Ansible, Chef, CFEngine, Python
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