Vatic Labs
Systems Engineer
$200K–$300K
New York · Full-time · Posted Sep 22, 2025
- Experience
- At least 3 years of hands-on administration experience in a low-latency trading environment.
- Education
- Bachelor’s or Master’s in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related STEM field; earned or will earn.
About the job
Maintains, optimizes, and expands infrastructure supporting low-latency trading and research systems.
What you'll do
- Administer and troubleshoot Linux servers, and tune x86 Linux systems for low-latency, deterministic performance.
- Manage servers, networking equipment, cloud resources, and specialized equipment to support performance and stability.
- Automate system builds and configuration management; work across the business on technology solutions.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s or Master’s in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related STEM field, earned or in progress.
- At least 3 years of hands-on administration experience in a low-latency trading environment.
- Expertise installing, configuring, troubleshooting, and tuning Linux servers for low-latency, deterministic performance.
- Experience with high-precision clock synchronization, system build and configuration management automation, and networking concepts and protocols including Ethernet, IP, and UDP multicast.
Nice to have
- Expertise with RHEL or downstream derivatives; experience managing large-scale compute clusters and high-performance distributed storage systems.
- Hands-on administration of Cisco and Arista network switches; exposure to Google Cloud Platform; knowledge of core office infrastructure.
Pay
$200,000 and $300,000 USD base salary
Tools
Linux, x86, RHEL, Cisco, Arista, Google Cloud Platform, Ethernet, IP, UDP multicast
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