Systems Software Engineer

The Systems Development team builds and maintains the platform that is shared by all Systems teams to provision, monitor, and manage our server and network infrastructure. As a Systems Software Engineer, your main focus will be tool development in Python. You’ll improve and integrate our existing tools and libraries across the platform, as well as design and building new ones to make trading, research, installation, and monitoring systems easier to manage and more reliable. Strong Python skills and development experience are required, along with Unix experience.

This role offers a unique opportunity to have a significant impact on a critical part of our existing and growing infrastructure. Your responsibilities will vary, but a typical day in the life might look like:

• Building and maintaining tools and software features to automate systems engineering workflows related to machine provisioning, monitoring, metrics collection, maintenance, and network configuration
• Troubleshooting software bugs on a fleet of Linux machines, including application, network, operating system, and/or kernel issues
• Writing configuration management code to build, deploy, and maintain new services
• Helping to set the general direction for the Systems Python platform

Qualifications

Required:

• Strong Python programming
• Ability to debug and analyze problems quickly
• Ability to learn at a fast pace and apply new skills effectively
• Strong grasp of computer science fundamentals and software design patterns
• Solid understanding of Linux/UNIX operating systems 

Preferred:

• Understanding of Debian operating system
• Familiarity with systems configuration management and monitoring technologies 
• Familiarity with continuous integration and continuous deployment tools and processes
• Understanding of networking protocols

Profile

• BS and/or MS in computer science or a related field
• 2+ years of relevant experience, including programming in Python
• Experience using automation to solve problems and improve processes efficiently
• Acts effectively as a team player but also work well independently 
• skilled at juggling multiple tasks while maintaining a high level of attention to detail
• Familiar with open-source software 
  

This job is accepting ongoing applications and there is no application deadline.
Annual base salary range of $150,000 to $250,000. Pay (base and bonus) may vary depending on job-related skills and experience. A sign-on and discretionary performance bonus may be provided as part of the total compensation package. In addition, Hudson River Trading offers comprehensive benefits, including medical, dental, retirement, paid time off, educational reimbursement, and fitness stipend.