Network Engineer - Wireless
Jump TradingAbout the Role
Jump Trading Group's Tower Pros team is the dedicated field operations support team building and maintaining first-in-class wireless networks for some of the most successful HFTs in the world. This role sits at the intersection of software, RF engineering, and network operations, where the standard is that the firm's paths should be the fastest in the market and stay that way.
- Build and run monitoring and mapping platforms that give the team a live view of the network, including telemetry pipelines baselining link performance (RSSI, SNR, BER), alerting, and engineer-facing interfaces.
- Write device control and protocol integrations for amplifiers, radios, controllers, and power systems over serial/TCP, SNMP, and vendor APIs.
- Develop AI and LLM-assisted diagnostic and chat-ops tooling to shorten incident triage and on-call response.
- Manage radio and link configuration as code in git so network changes are reviewed, versioned, and repeatable.
- Design and evaluate wireless paths including line of sight, Fresnel clearance, link budgets, and antenna and mount geometry, and commission new microwave, millimeter wave, free space optics, and shortwave links.
- Engineer the wireline side of wireless including DWDM channel planning, dark fiber turn-ups, exchange cross connects, and precision timing, and lead incident response on production paths through resolution and postmortem.
Requirements
- Degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience in RF, telecom, or network operations
- Strong practical Python for automation, device integration, and data pipelines. This goes beyond one-off scripts: you have built and maintained tools that other engineers depend on
- Linux/UNIX proficiency, including advanced shell usage and git-based workflows
- Networking fundamentals: routing, multicast, Ethernet, VLANs, and L1 optical equipment
- Practical experience with SNMP and out-of-band management of remote devices
- RF fundamentals: path analysis, signal modulation, spectrum analysis, interference, and antenna systems
- Demonstrated ability to direct external and remote parties toward a deadline, from vendors and contractors to field crews and carriers, across multiple time zones
- A rigorous approach to change control in a production environment where mistakes are measured in microseconds and dollars
- Willingness to travel domestically and internationally to towers, rooftops, data centers, and rural greenfield sites
- Availability for a follow-the-sun on-call rotation across Americas, EMEA, and APAC, including occasional weekend and off-hours maintenance windows
- Creativity, attention to detail, and a competative drive
- Experience building monitoring and observability infrastructure such as Grafana, Icinga, Splunk, ClickHouse or other time-series databases, and Device42 or similar inventory systems
- Experience with metric collection and hardware control over REST APIs, DMVPN, LTE, and cloud service routers
- Experience benchmarking network path performance at high precision, including timestamp analysis, one-way delay measurement, or comparative latency studies across routes or providers
- Containers and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes), configuration management, and CI/CD practices
- Regulatory processes: FCC licensing and ASR, FAA filings, zoning and permitting, or telecom site development
- RF and optical test equipment: spectrum analyzers, BER testers, OTDR or light meters
- Commercial contract, lease, or public procurement experience
- GIS tooling such as ArcGIS and KML/KMZ workflows
What You'll Get
- $175k–$215k base salary
- Discretionary bonus eligibility
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- HSA, FSA, and Dependent Care options
- Employer Paid Group Term Life and AD&D Insurance
- Voluntary Life & AD&D insurance
- Paid vacation plus paid holidays
- Retirement plan with employer match
- Paid parental leave
- Wellness Programs