Jump Trading Hiring Campus Systems Engineer

Jump Trading Group is committed to world-class research. We empower exceptional talents in Mathematics, Physics, and Computer Science to push scientific boundaries and apply cutting-edge research to global financial markets. Our culture is unique: constant innovation requires fearlessness, creativity, intellectual honesty, and a relentless competitive streak. We believe in winning together and unlocking unique individual talent by encouraging collaboration and mutual respect. At Jump, research outcomes drive more than superior risk-adjusted returns. We design, develop, and deploy technologies that change our world, fund start-ups across industries, and partner with leading global research organizations and universities to solve problems.

Trading Infrastructure is a global organization of engineers who architect, build, and maintain our world-class infrastructure. From colo design and implementation, to optimizing exchange connectivity, to building world-class low-latency wide area networks, we leverage research and automation to consistently adapt and innovate our infrastructure to scale and drive our trading and evolving business.

WHAT YOU'LL DO:

The Systems Engineer will work with traders, operations, exchanges, and developers to optimize the trading environment and investigate and solve system issues.

• Proactively monitor the overall health and performance of the trading platform
• Work closely with our world-class technology organization to:
  • Analyze and troubleshoot complex system, software, and networking infrastructure issues
  • Design, implement, and optimize network infrastructure for proprietary low-latency trading applications at various data centers throughout the world
• Build automation to manage and improve the production trading environment
• Work closely with risk management and trading teams to coordinate changes and manage incidents
• Manage and assess operational risk of change control into the production environment
• Define and document process and procedure
• Other duties as assigned or needed

SKILLS YOU'LL NEED:

• Major in Computer Science/Engineering, Information Systems, or related technical field
• Experience working with Linux/UNIX OS including advanced commands and shell scripts
• Practical working knowledge of Python
• Understanding of networking concepts such as routing, multicast, ethernet
• A rigorous, detail-oriented approach to operations
• Ability to operate and communicate clearly under pressure
• Desire to work in a collaborative, team environment with a positive can-do attitude
• Reliable and predictable availability

The estimated base salary for this role is $200,000-$250,000 per year.

Benefits

• Discretionary bonus eligibility
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• HSA, FSA, and Dependent Care options
• Employer Paid Group Term Life and AD&D Insurance
• Voluntary Life & AD&D insurance
• Paid vacation plus paid holidays
• Retirement plan with employer match
• Paid parental leave
• Wellness Programs