About this opportunity
Fintal Partners lists this Trading Systems Engineer (Python) opportunity in chicago, Illinois. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.
Job description
Overview
We’re hiring a Trading Systems Engineer to ensure the reliability, scalability, and performance of mission-critical trading systems. This role combines strong software engineering in Python with deep expertise in containerization and Kubernetes, supporting low-latency, high-availability production environments.
Responsibilities
Build and maintain reliability tooling and automation in Python
Operate and scale containerized platforms using Kubernetes in production
Improve system observability, monitoring, and incident response practices
Partner with developers, traders, and infrastructure teams to improve resilience and performance
Qualifications
Strong Python development skills with a software-engineering mindset
Hands-on experience operating Kubernetes and containerized workloads at scale
Solid Linux fundamentals and understanding of distributed systems
Nice to have
Experience supporting trading or other latency-sensitive systems
Familiarity with cloud and on-prem hybrid environments
Exposure to CI/CD, infrastructure-as-code, or performance tuning
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Worksite address
chicago, IL, 60290, US
Who can apply
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