DevOps Engineer

Location New York
Discipline: Financial Technology
Job type: Permanent
Contact name: Lewis Piper

Contact email: lewis.piper@venturesearch.com
Job ref: 3383
Published: 11 days ago
Our client is a fast-growing and innovative company transforming the crypto trading landscape. As part of their continued expansion, they are seeking a talented DevOps Engineer to join their dynamic Infrastructure team. This role offers the opportunity to work at the intersection of cutting-edge technology and high-performance trading.

About the Role

Reporting to the Infrastructure Lead and collaborating closely with Engineering, Trading, and Data teams, you will play a critical role in scaling, improving, and maintaining the company’s infrastructure. Your contributions will directly support the reliability, performance, and evolution of their trading platform.

Key Responsibilities
  • Enhance and extend CI/CD pipelines, leveraging tools such as FluxCD, GitHub Actions, and custom Python scripting.
  • Optimize and integrate Kubernetes Operators with other systems, while implementing modern deployment strategies like Blue/Green and Canary releases.
  • Contribute to the development of an internal workload orchestration solution built in Rust.
  • Design and develop internal tools to improve platform efficiency and developer experience.
  • Promote DevOps best practices, ensuring high standards in application reliability, observability, performance tuning, incident response, FinOps, and development workflow support.
  • Participate in day-to-day operational tasks, infrastructure support, and platform monitoring.
  • Collaborate with internal teams to gather requirements, address technical needs, and provide actionable solutions.
  • Continuously propose enhancements and innovative approaches to improve infrastructure scalability and resilience.
Required Qualifications
  • Strong experience with Kubernetes and Kubernetes Operators.
  • Proficient in Golang and/or Rust for systems and tooling development.
  • Previous experience in a trading or high-frequency financial environment.
  • Hands-on experience with infrastructure as code tools such as Ansible and Terraform.
  • Familiarity with cloud platforms like Google Cloud Platform (GCP) or Amazon Web Services (AWS).
  • Experience building and maintaining CI/CD workflows, particularly with FluxCD and GitHub Actions.
  • Excellent communication skills, with the ability to convey complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
  • Strong organizational skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and meet tight deadlines.
  • Basic knowledge of observability tools such as Prometheus and Grafana.
  • Exposure to scripting and development using Python and/or Node.js.
  • A passion for technology and a proactive approach to learning new tools and methodologies.