Systems Engineer

Engineers Gate is a leading systematic quantitative investment company which operates globally.  We are a team of researchers, engineers, and financial industry professionals using statistical models to generate superior investment returns.  EG’s investment teams are supported by the firm’s proprietary, state-of-the-art technology and data platform.  We are passionate about implementing scientific and mathematical methods to explore and solve problems in the global financial markets. 

Job Summary:

The Systems Engineer will join EG’s Infrastructure Team, which is responsible for all layers of technology in our environment, from networking, to servers, and application services. The company’s infrastructure was built using modern technologies and has a strong emphasis on creating robust and reusable components. As the team is flat, all members are responsible for design, implementation, operation and support for our environment. We are looking for a self-starter who has excelled in their respective technology area and is ready to take on a broader scope of responsibilities in systems infrastructure. The ideal candidate is passionate about technology, is not afraid to get their hands dirty picking apart a stack, and is ready to challenge the status quo.

This role reports to the Head of Infrastructure and is based in Midtown NYC. We pride ourselves on work flexibility and have a hybrid working mode. Expect to be in the office approximately three days per week, with occasional regional day travel to other offices and data centers.

The job provides exposure to:

• A large, Linux-centric, multi-tenant public cloud environment
• Configuration management tools such as Ansible, and infrastructure
  management tools such as Terraform
• Heavy use of cloud-managed services (DBaaS, IaaS, etc.) to offload
  undifferentiated maintenance work from the team
• Containerization technologies, such as Docker
• Workload schedulers, such as Amazon ECS and Apache Mesos
• Latency-tuned physical servers
• Databases of various shapes and sizes, including relational databases,
  columnar databases, NoSQL, etc.
• Petabytes of object storage
• User-facing systems in various shapes and sizes (Windows, Macs, Linux
  endpoints; physical and virtual)

Desired Skills, Qualifications and Experience:

• Undergraduate degree in CS, EE, or related field.
• 3+ years professional experience in technology related field
• Linux system administration
• Modern Linux technologies such as Docker, systemd, etc.
• Public cloud operation (particularly AWS)
• Scripting/programming (Python, Bash, etc.)
• Application delivery (load balancers, DNS, etc.)
• Traditional layer 2/3 routing and switching
• Security infrastructure (firewalls, etc.)
• Database administration
• Windows and Active Directory administration
• Financial industry experience, particularly exposure to market data and order
  entry technologies

The salary range for this role is anticipated to be between $100K and $175K.  This range does not include any potential bonus amounts, other forms of compensation, or benefits offered.  Actual compensation for successful candidates will be carefully determined based on a number of factors, including the candidate’s skills, qualifications, education and experience.