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Senior Trading Systems Engineer, Low Latency

Next Step Systems LTD

Senior Trading Systems Engineer, Low Latency, Chicago, IL

This Senior Trading Systems Engineer position is 100% Onsite and NOT open for Remote. Company Will Sponsor Visas! Company Will Relocate Candidates!

Responsibilities:

- Work collaboratively with technology and business teams on all aspects of a global trading and research infrastructure.
- Research and implement enhancements to infrastructure systems as well as automation and monitoring.
- Explore and work with industry leading technology and hardware.
- Work alongside industry experts in the fields of finance and technology.
- Lead/mentor junior team members.
- Take ownership of and leading projects from start to finish including design, roll out, and testing.
- Work on challenging and dynamic problems in a team atmosphere.

Qualifications:

- Past or present experience in the trading industry or at an exchange is required.
- Low-Latency experience is required for this role.
- 5+ years of experience with systems engineering oriented tasks.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or an equivalent field.
- Strong Linux experience working with Linux servers in bare metal and virtualized environments.
- Experience with scripting languages bash and Python and automation tools.
- Understanding of TCP/IP and networking concepts.
- Financial or trading industry experience preferred.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Must be willing to take ownership and lead others.
- Problem solvers who are driven, self-motivated, and "outside of the box" thinkers.
- Motivated, dependable, and responsible team players.

Benefits include medical insurance, retirement plan, PTO, etc. Salary: 80K+ DOE. Keywords: Chicago IL Jobs, Senior Trading Systems Engineer, Linux Servers, Scripting, Automation Tools, TCP/IP, Low Latency, Networking Concepts, Trading Infrastructure, Financial, Software Engineer, Architect, Programmer Analyst, Chicago Recruiters, Information Technology Jobs, IT Jobs, Chicago Recruiting
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