Senior Engineer

Senior EngineerPico fuels the global capital markets community by providing managed infrastructure solutions and market data that enable clients to efficiently scale their businesses and rapidly access global markets.As experts at the intersection of financial markets and technology, we deliver infrastructure, connectivity, cloud, and market data solutions that support clients throughout the entire trading lifecycle. Pico is headquartered in New York with offices in Chicago, Dublin, London, Belfast, Madrid, Krakow, Singapore, Seoul, Tokyo, and Sydney.Pico is seeking an experienced Sr. Engineer to manage and optimize the end-to-end latency for critical market data deployments.Key responsibilities of the role include:Analyze latency needs and help in design, testing and developing Redline InRush software for market data and configure the software to meet those needsCollaborate with developers to optimize the software to reflect deployment use case and modify configurations to achieve latency objectivesOptimize network topology to achieve lowest latency in networkUtilize experience with network modeling and simulation, and programming in C/C++ and Java to build automation tools for capacity measurement and capacity planningPerform and record benchmark latency statistics using tools like VMWare and MYSQLMonitor and maintain client production computing networks and applicationsRun tests to benchmark scalability as well as identify bottlenecks and suggest scalability performance improvementsMonitor the computing & reporting performance of all applicationsAnalyze system behavior to fully characterize system components (e.g., the behavior of OS, virtual machines, CPU, I/O subsystems, memory modules, and networks) as well as application behaviorBuild, validate, maintain, and refine high performance characterizations of enterprise computing environmentsPerform technical writing and maintain internal technical system documentationAnalyze and provide Customer Service on technical issues via technical troubleshooting, debugging and testing, and recommending technical escalationsManage all changes to the production trading environment like software changes, hardware platform upgrade, release management, and checkoutsLinux system administrationAct as a conduit between customers and internal engineering developersCustomize Redline applications to each end-client and use-case and provide release managementResearch published benchmarks, system specifications, and other available technical resourcesCoordinate with other developers to further optimize Redline deployments using the latest innovations in technologyBachelor's Degree is required in Computer Science or Computer Engineering or Computer Information SystemsSalary is commensurate with candidates knowledge and experience. Salary range: $130k-$200k