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Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) - Crypto High-Frequency Trading


Company : Selby Jennings


Location : London, London


Created : 2025-06-05


Job Type : Full Time


Job Description

We are looking for a Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) to help design and build the automation, configuration, and deployment tooling that underpins our high-frequency trading (HFT) platform. This role is at the heart of ensuring our trading systems remain highly available, scalable, and robust, supporting the fast-paced and demanding nature of our environment.Make your application after reading the following skill and qualification requirements for this position.What You'll Be DoingDeveloping scalable production tools to automate deployment, monitoring, and infrastructure management.Improving system performance, reliability, and efficiency through automation and tooling.Managing AWS-based infrastructure, ensuring seamless configuration and deployment.Implementing observability tools to enhance monitoring, debugging, and performance insights.Ensuring fault tolerance, redundancy, and high availability across critical trading systems.Supporting infrastructure for C++ and Rust-based trading systems, ensuring smooth integration.What We're Looking ForStrong programming skills in Python, with the ability to read and understand C/C++ code.Deep expertise in Linux systems and performance tuning.Experience managing deployments and configuration in AWS or on-premise clusters.Proficiency in monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions to maintain high system up time.Strong understanding of networking fundamentals, including TCP/IP and system optimisation.Hands-on experience with scripting languages such as Python or Bash.Nice to HaveFamiliarity with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools like Terraform or Ansible.Exposure to low-latency or high-performance environments.A proactive, problem-solving mindset with a strong ability to collaborate across teams.We're seeking exceptional engineers with a strong technical background and a passion for automation and reliability. You'll thrive in a fast-moving, high-performance environment where efficiency and resilience are critical. You should enjoy working across development, trading, and infrastructure teams to optimise and enhance system performance.