Systems Engineer

As a Systems Engineer at Vatic, you will be tasked with managing our fleet of Linux x86 servers and networking equipment to ensure their continuous work at the highest levels of performance and stability. This role is highly visible within the organization as you will have the opportunity to work across the business to help build innovative tech solutions.

We foster an open and academic environment, where collaboration is the key to our success. Drawing from our collective backgrounds in Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics, and Physics, we apply rigorous analytics to test hypotheses derived from years of successful quantitative trading. The nature of the problems that we work on are challenging, hence we hire some of the world's top computer scientists and researchers to develop novel AI methods and trading strategies. We are passionate about hiring the best and the brightest, empowering them with the tools and mentorship needed to be successful.

If you possess the following, we would love to explore what is available for you on our team: 

• Earned or will earn a Bachelors or Masters in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or related fields. 
• At least 3 years of experience in a low-latency trading environment
• Excellent understanding of the Linux ecosystem and expertise in installation, configuration, and troubleshooting of Linux servers. 
• Expertise in tuning Linux x86 servers for low latency, including advanced optimization techniques such as tickless kernels, IRQ affinity, and core isolation.
• Experience with management of clock synchronization services based on NTP and PTP.
• Experience with system configuration management and automation tools such as Ansible and Puppet. 
• A strong understanding of networking concepts and technologies such as Ethernet, IP, and UDP multicast.
• Understanding of how and where to kill snowflakes 
• Experience managing large-scale computing clusters would be a strong plus
• Experience managing high-performance distributed storage systems using technologies such as NFS or CephFS would be a strong plus.

While we are serious about our work at Vatic, we also promote a fun environment!

You can expect:

• Ping pong and poker games
• Fun team outings
• Unlimited office snacks
• Free breakfast, lunch, and dinner
• Gym membership
• Full health insurance coverage for employees and dependents

The base salary range for this role is between $100,000 and $220,000. The base salary range does not include any other form of compensation, such as any bonus amounts, or any benefits.  Factors that may impact the agreed upon base salary within the range for a particular candidate include years of experience, level of education obtained, skill set, and other factors.