Trading Operations Engineer (US)

Trading Operations Engineer (SRE / Platform / DevOps + Python) US / Canada Time Zones – Remote

The Opportunity

We’re working with a high-performance, technology-driven trading firm looking to hire a Trading Operations Engineer to support their global trading infrastructure outside of core business hours.

This role is aligned to GMT-5 time zones (approximately 11am – 7pm ET), providing critical coverage while key markets are active. You’ll take ownership of production stability, respond to real-time incidents, and collaborate closely with traders and engineers to ensure seamless trading operations.

If you enjoy working in fast-paced environments, solving live production issues, and having direct impact on system reliability, this is a strong fit.

Key Responsibilities

Provide out-of-hours operational coverage to ensure maximum trading uptime

Act as the first point of contact for production incidents and urgent system issues

Partner with trading and engineering teams to resolve issues quickly and reduce downtime

Monitor system performance, health, and alerts using modern observability tools

Contribute to reliability best practices in an SRE-style environment

Continuously improve automation, tooling, and operational processes

Required Experience

Strong Linux fundamentals including system debugging, shell usage, and networking tools

Good understanding of networking concepts and troubleshooting connectivity issues

Hands-on experience with Kubernetes fundamentals (pods, scheduling, debugging)

Experience managing configurations using Helm or similar tools

Comfortable working in a 24/7 support environment with an incident-response mindset

Ability to read and debug Python code in production environments

Experience with monitoring tools such as Prometheus and Grafana

Nice to Have

Exposure to structured incident management frameworks

Experience with GitOps and deployment tools (e.g. ArgoCD)

Familiarity with cloud environments (AWS, VPCs, EC2)

Infrastructure-as-code experience (Terraform)

Experience querying ClickHouse for debugging or performance analysis

Understanding of Kafka or similar messaging systems

Shift Alignment (Indicative)

East Coast US: 11am – 7pm

Central US: 10am – 6pm

Canada (ET): 11am – 7pm

If you’re interested in hearing more, feel free to reach out for a confidential discussion.