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Platform Engineer – Direct Impact on Trading | Chicago
I'm working with a leading quantitative trading firm that's looking to add a Platform Engineer to a team supporting critical trading infrastructure and application deployments.
This is a role where you'll work closely with traders and software engineers, helping build, automate, and scale the platforms that directly support revenue-generating systems. The work is highly visible, and you'll have a genuine impact on the technology that helps the business execute trades every day.
The environment spans:
• Kubernetes
• Linux
• Terraform / Terragrunt
• Ansible
• Python
• CI/CD (GitHub Actions, CircleCI and similar tooling)
• Prometheus & Grafana
• AWS and on-prem infrastructure
This isn't a role for someone who simply operates tools. The team is looking for engineers who understand how the technology works underneath, can troubleshoot complex issues, improve deployment processes, automate workflows, and take ownership of the platform.
You'll be involved in:
✔ Building self-service infrastructure capabilities
✔ Improving deployment patterns across containerised and non-containerised workloads
✔ Enhancing observability, monitoring, and alerting
✔ Supporting mission-critical trading systems
✔ Driving automation and platform improvements
✔ Working directly with traders, developers, and infrastructure teams
✔ Influencing technology decisions and challenging the status quo
Compensation can reach $225k total compensation
Hybrid working – Chicago (3 days per week in office).
If you're interested in hearing more, feel free to reach out.
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Salary : $170,000 - $225,000