Linux Engineer – Quant Trading

Overview

As a Linux Engineer in a leading quant trading environment, you will help build and maintain a high-performance platform powering complex trading systems. You will join a skilled, collaborative team that emphasises automation and knowledge sharing to reduce human error. The role blends in-house and open-source tech to enable deep customization and rapid experimentation. This position offers a chance to work with cutting-edge infrastructure and make a measurable impact on trading operations from London.

Responsibilities

• Build and improve a best-in-class platform powering complex trading systems
• Collaborate within a highly skilled Linux-focused team of engineers, admins and developers
• Automate processes to minimise human error and improve reliability
• Leverage a mix of in-house and open-source tech for deep customization
• Troubleshoot and support the platform using advanced debugging tools
• Work with modern Linux concepts and programming languages (C, sockets, virtual memory) and scripting
• Contribute to multi-language software development (Go, Python, Java, C++, Scala or similar)

Key requirements

• Strong STEM background
• Deep knowledge of Linux and operating systems
• Fluent command line and shell scripting
• Familiarity with C, sockets, virtual memory concepts
• Excellent troubleshooting using debugging tools such as gdp, perf, DTrace
• Experience programming in any language (Go, Python, Java, C++, Scala or other)

• Linux operating system expertise
• Shell scripting and command-line fluency
• C and systems programming concepts (sockets, virtual memory)
• Troubleshooting with gdp, perf, DTrace
• Multi-language programming (Go, Python, Java, C++, Scala)

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