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Site Reliability Engineer

Jump Trading
🇺🇸Chicago🇺🇸New YorkSeniorFull-time$200k–$225kPosted March 23, 2026

About the Role

Work in a hybrid Systems Engineer / Software Developer capacity on Jump Trading Group's internal systems that manage global infrastructure and colocation footprint. You'll architect, build and maintain streaming monitoring tooling, high performance real-time packet and flow analysis systems, configuration management and automation frameworks. The role focuses on an ops-first approach to improve platform quality, increase efficiency and resilience through thoughtful alerting and observability design. You'll conduct deep-dive debugging sessions on complex software stacks and collaborate with teams across the globe to continuously innovate and scale the infrastructure.

Requirements

  • 5+ years experience with Python, Go
  • Strong experience with Linux
  • Knowledge of streaming systems architecture and design
  • Message/streaming queues (Apache Kafka, RabbitMQ, etc.)
  • Working knowledge of Rust, C/C++
  • Experience with big data / columnar style data stores (Bigtable, Clickhouse, Cassandra) and time series databases
  • Experience working with version control and CI/CD systems
  • App deployment management and lifecycle (CI/CD, Kubernetes, pods/containers)
  • Proven knowledge of working on infrastructure challenges in a reliability capacity
  • Previous experience demonstrating strategic thinking skills and maturity in tackling complex problems, dealing with people, technology and processes
  • Reliable and predictable availability

What You'll Get

  • $200k–$225k 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