Lead DevOps Engineer
Our partner company is a trading firm with an in-house developed trading system trading both traditional markets and digital assets. This position is the lead for a small team of DevOps and Platform Engineers in a hybrid bare metal and cloud environment. You will be responsible for driving and implementing the DevOps vision for the entire trading platform with a key focus on performance and scalability. This includes, amongst others, focusing on optimizing the existing set-up, delegating tasks across the team, building automations and reducing the need for manual intervention, prioritising company-wide tech projects in alignment with other lead engineers, working closely with Quants, backend engineers, and other stakeholders in driving projects to completion.
Requirements
A proactive and driven attitude
At least 8 years work experience in a DevOps, SRE, Infrastructure, Platform Engineering or similar role
Professional grasp of the English language (please know, our partner companies are made up of staff from all over the world most of whom are non-native English speakers)
Knowledge of cloud platforms (ideally AWS or GCP) and related DevOps technologies
Professional experience working with bare metal servers in a Linux environment
Proficiency scripting in Bash, Python, Go, or Powershell
Experience in a financial markets setting is a nice to have
While we discuss the interview process in detail with you, most interview processes will be similar to the one below:
- HR interview
- Technical interview
- Technical case
- Case review & final discussion
We hold ourselves to high ethical and professional standards guided by transparency, honesty, and trust. We will never introduce your data and CV to our partners unless we have your explicit written permission to do so, will always prepare you for your interviews, and provide feedback on your applications when we engage in a process.