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Linux Engineer

Chicago💼 Full-time💰 $150,000–$150,000🗓 2026-08-06 → 2026-09-26

Core

Engineering and operating Linux at scale for mission-critical high-frequency trading systems, research workflows, and Kubernetes applications.

Role type

Senior Linux Systems Engineer (Infrastructure)

Builds

Bare-metal Linux servers, automation tools, and production-ready platforms for global trading infrastructure.

Domain

Financial Trading / High-Performance Computing / Linux Infrastructure

Deliverable

infrastructure

Required skills

Linux systems engineering, Python development, Ansible playbook authorship, Configuration management (Puppet/Hiera), System troubleshooting (eBPF, tcpdump, strace), Networking fundamentals, CI/CD pipelines, Docker image building, Kubernetes familiarity, Monitoring stack integration (Prometheus/Grafana)

Preferred skills

Bare-metal server management, RPM design and repository management, Linux telemetry exporter development

Responsibilities

Troubleshoot and resolve complex issues on enterprise systems, Enhance configuration management code for 10,000+ bare-metal systems, Develop and maintain Python/Bash tools for systems management, Improve provisioning workflows for bare servers, Extend Linux metrics, logging, monitoring, and alerting integrations

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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