Hudson River Trading (HRT) is looking to improve and integrate existing tools and libraries across the platform, as well as design and build new ones to make trading, research, installation, and monitoring systems easier to manage and more reliable
Requirements
- Strong Python programming
- Ability to debug and analyze problems quickly
- Ability to learn at a fast pace and apply new skills effectively
- Strong grasp of computer science fundamentals and software design patterns
- Solid understanding of Linux/UNIX operating systems
- Understanding of Debian operating system
- Familiarity with systems configuration management and monitoring technologies
Responsibilities
- Building and maintaining tools and software features to automate systems engineering workflows related to machine provisioning, monitoring, metrics collection, maintenance, and network configuration
- Troubleshooting software bugs on a fleet of Linux machines, including application, network, operating system, and/or kernel issues
- Writing configuration management code to build, deploy, and maintain new services
- Helping to set the general direction for the Systems Python platform
Other
- BS and/or MS in computer science or a related field
- 2+ years of relevant experience, including programming in Python
- Experience using automation to solve problems and improve processes efficiently
- Acts effectively as a team player but also work well independently
- Skilled at juggling multiple tasks while maintaining a high level of attention to detail
