Systems Engineer

Tower Research Capital is a leading quantitative trading firm founded in 1998. Tower has built its business on a high-performance platform and independent trading teams. We have a 25 year track record of innovation and a reputation for discovering unique market opportunities.

Tower is home to some of the worlds best systematic trading and engineering talent. We empower portfolio managers to build their teams and strategies independently while providing the economies of scale that come from a large global organization.

Engineers thrive at Tower while developing electronic trading infrastructure at a world class level. Our engineers solve challenging problems in the realms of low-latency programming FPGA technology hardware acceleration and machine learning. Our ongoing investment in top engineering talent and technology ensures our platform remains unmatched in terms of functionality scalability and performance.

At Tower every employee plays a role in our success. Our Business Support teams are essential to building and maintaining the platform that powers everything we do combining market access data compute and research infrastructure with risk management compliance and a full suite of business services. Our Business Support teams enable our trading and engineering teams to perform at their best.

At Tower employees will find a stimulating results-oriented environment where highly intelligent and motivated colleagues inspire each other to reach their greatest potential.

Responsibilities

• Supporting maintaining and enhancing the firms trading Linux infrastructure
• Providing day-to-day support for the Linux environment including emergency responses change executions troubleshooting and resolving performance issues
• Contributing to the development and refinement of tools and systems to automate provisioning configuration and monitoring of thousands of Linux servers
• Managing essential core services such as DHCP LDAP DNS and NFS for on-prem and hosted data centers as well as public clouds
• Reviewing existing and implementing new designs for trading systems on the Cloud with the Cloud Architecture team
• Improving the performance resilience availability and observability of existing Cloud environments
• Working in complex brownfield Cloud environments that host 24/7 critical trading infrastructure that is specifically optimized for high frequency low latency real-time processing using custom OS builds and highly specific Cloud platform configurations
• Engaging in a rotational on-call schedule including early morning and weekend shifts to provide timely support

Qualifications

• At least 5 years of experience in maintenance operation and administration of a sufficiently advanced Linux environment
• Comprehensive knowledge of operating system principles with a particular focus on Linux internals
• Competence in server-side networking including understanding network protocols and configurations
• Proficiency in developing automation and monitoring tools
• Experience with configuration management provisioning and orchestration tool (Ansible)
• Good knowledge of Python expert knowledge of Bash for scripting and automation tasks in a Linux environment
• Understanding of Linux configuration management source control CI/CD and automated deployment
• Experience of continuous improvement and/or refactoring of infrastructure automation to improve the stability reliability and performance of the Cloud platforms in a fast moving environment that needs to remain responsive to trading team requirements
• Good problem-solving skills underpinned by a methodical approach to technical challenges. This includes an ability to communicate effectively demonstrating strong interpersonal skills a sense of responsibility and a commitment to driving projects to completion.
• Comfort using AI in day-to-day activities
• Strong expertise in AWS compute networking and storage services (EC2 ENA VPC ELB Direct Connect S3 EBS) in the context of low latency performance engineering including how Linux operating system and kernel components are specifically tuned for an EC2 environment and the AWS network

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with container technologies such as Docker and/or Kubernetes
• Participation in open source or personal projects
• Certifications in AWS DevOps Engineer Professional AWS Advanced Networking

Benefits

Towers headquarters are in the historic Equitable Building right in the heart of NYCs Financial District and our impact is global with over a dozen offices around the world.

At Tower we believe work should be both challenging and enjoyable. That is why we foster a culture where smart driven people thrive without the egos. Our open concept workplace casual dress code and well-stocked kitchens reflect the value we place on a friendly collaborative environment where everyone is respected and great ideas win.

Our benefits include:

• Generous paid time off policies
• Savings plans and other financial wellness tools available in each region
• Hybrid working opportunities
• Free breakfast lunch and snacks daily
• In-office wellness experiences and reimbursement for select wellness expenses (e.g. gym personal training and more)
• Company-sponsored sports teams and fitness events (JPM Corporate Challenge Cycle for Survival Wall Street Rides FAR and more)
• Volunteer opportunities and charitable giving
• Social events happy hours treats and celebrations throughout the year
• Workshops and continuous learning opportunities

At Tower youll find a collaborative and welcoming culture a diverse team and a workplace that values both performance and enjoyment. No unnecessary hierarchy. No ego. Just great people doing great work together.

Tower Research Capital is an equal opportunity employer.