Paragon Alpha - Hedge Fund Talent Business
Trading Platform Engineer - Systematic Technology
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Trading Platform Engineer
Paragon Alpha is partnering with a leading Multi-Strategy hedge fund as they continue to grow their Systematic Technology team, hiring a Trading Platform Engineer to support their high-performance, low-latency trading platform.
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Role Overview
Working closely with traders, quantitative researchers, and software engineers, you'll be responsible for production support, monitoring, incident response, troubleshooting, automation, and improving the reliability and observability of business-critical trading systems.
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Key Requirements
The ideal candidate will have experience in Production Engineering, SRE, or Application Support within a real-time or trading environment, alongside strong Linux troubleshooting skills, experience with monitoring and observability tools, and scripting in Python or a similar language.
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Desirable Experience
Experience supporting systematic trading, electronic trading, or market data platforms would be highly beneficial.
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Why Apply?
This is an excellent opportunity to join one of the industry's leading quantitative hedge funds, offering direct exposure to front-office trading and the chance to work on technology that sits at the heart of the firm's investment platform.
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