Systems Engineer - Platform Engineering

Job Description

About the Opportunity

We are partnering with a leading quantitative trading firm in Chicago seeking a Systems Engineer to join its global Platform Engineering team.

This team is responsible for building, maintaining, and optimizing the critical infrastructure that supports software development, research, and trading operations across the firm.

As engineering workflows evolve with AI-assisted development and automation, the firm is investing heavily in modernizing its developer infrastructure to improve performance, reliability, and scalability.

This is a hands-on opportunity for an engineer who enjoys solving complex infrastructure challenges, automating processes, and working with high-performance systems in a fast-paced environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage and optimize developer infrastructure, including CI/CD pipelines, source control systems, artifact repositories, and build execution environments.
• Improve the reliability, scalability, and performance of critical services across on-premises infrastructure and AWS cloud environments.
• Troubleshoot production incidents, identify performance bottlenecks, and implement long-term solutions.
• Build automation to improve system efficiency, reduce manual intervention, and enhance operational reliability.
• Develop and maintain monitoring, logging, observability, and alerting systems.
• Implement high-availability configurations, failover strategies, and disaster recovery processes.
• Support containerized environments and infrastructure orchestration.
• Collaborate with software engineering and infrastructure teams globally to improve developer workflows.
• Explore opportunities to leverage AI and automation within infrastructure operations.

Required Qualifications

• 2–3+ years of experience in Systems Engineering, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), Platform Engineering, DevOps, or related infrastructure roles.
• Strong programming or automation experience with Python or Go.
• Solid knowledge of Linux/Unix operating systems and systems administration.
• Experience with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, GitLab CI, or TeamCity.
• Hands-on experience with Docker and Kubernetes.
• Familiarity with cloud infrastructure, preferably AWS, and on-premises environments.
• Understanding of monitoring, observability, high availability, and disaster recovery concepts.
• Strong troubleshooting skills and an ability to work independently on complex technical problems.
• Excellent communication skills and a collaborative mindset.

Why Consider This Opportunity?

• Work at a leading quantitative trading firm with a strong engineering culture.
• Gain exposure to complex, high-performance infrastructure supporting global trading operations.
• Take ownership of critical developer services used by engineering and research teams.
• Work with modern technologies across Linux, Python/Go, Kubernetes, AWS, and distributed build systems.
• Join a highly collaborative global engineering team with opportunities to make a meaningful technical impact.