Reliability Engineer - Trading

Job Overview

Two Sigma is a financial sciences company, combining data analysis, invention, and rigorous inquiry to help solve the toughest challenges in investment management, securities, private equity, and venture capital. Our team of scientists, technologists, and academics looks beyond the traditional to develop creative solutions to some of the world's most complex economic problems.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead engineering and operational support for multiple large distributed software applications, including much of the foundational trading infrastructure in the firm


• Improve all aspects of software reliability of our trading environment, including observability, operability, scalability, and availability through new development and break-fix/support initiatives


• Gathering and analyzing metrics from both operating systems and applications to assist in performance tuning and fault finding


• Develop integral software services, tools and libraries to be utilized by our software engineering, reliability engineering, partner trading desks, and research teams to automate processes and reduce toil


• Partner with traders and portfolio managers to deliver business value across multiple asset classes

Required Qualifications

• Minimum 1 year of experience required; 7+ years of experience preferred in Reliability Engineering


• BS/BA degree in Computer Science or another highly technical, scientific discipline


• Ability to program (structured and OO) with one or more high level language (such as Python, Java, C++)


• Proven track record for automating processes combined with an algorithmic approach to solving problems


• Ability to profile and debug applications in real time


• Knowledge of relational database concepts and having the ability to construct moderately complex SQL queries


• Trading domain and order lifecycle management knowledge is a plus

Benefits

Core Benefits: Fully paid medical and dental insurance premiums for employees and dependents, competitive 401k match, employer-paid life & disability insurance

Perks: Onsite gyms with laundry service, wellness activities, casual dress, snacks, game rooms

Learning: Tuition reimbursement, conference and training sponsorship

Time Off: Generous vacation and unlimited sick days, competitive paid caregiver leaves

Hybrid Work Policy: Flexible in-office days with budget for home office setup