Platform Engineer


Chicago
Permanent
USD175000 - USD225000
Financial Technology
PR/528672_1738698568

Platform Engineer

A High Frequency Trading Firm is looking to bring a Platform Engineer to their team.

Salary 175,000-225,000 base salary with annual discretionary bonus

Responsibilities:

  • Participate in designing and supporting highly available systems.
  • Build out infrastructure on Kubernetes and enhance monitoring with Prometheus, Grafana, and other tools.
  • Improve CI/CD processes, support database architecture, and develop DevOps tooling.
  • Research and implement new technologies, and advocate for change.

Required Skills, Experience & Abilities:

  • Experience with mission-critical applications, AWS, EKS, Terraform, and Kubernetes.
  • Proficiency in Prometheus, Grafana, CI/CD pipelines, Python, and Linux.
  • Knowledge of TLS, network communications (multicast, gRPC, websockets), and flexibility for off-hours support.
  • Quick learner with a passion for technology, strong organizational skills, and prior exposure to cryptoasset infrastructure is a plus.

This a remote position.

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