Site Reliability Engineer - Algorithmic Trading

About this role

DRW, a leading algorithmic trading firm, seeks a Site Reliability Engineer to ensure their trading, testing, and research systems operate flawlessly. You'll build observability and automation to prevent issues, maintain infrastructure stability, and standardize CI/CD processes across teams.

What you'll do

• Provide 24/7 support for production trading systems, test environments, and research pipelines
• Design and implement monitoring, anomaly detection, and alerting to identify issues proactively
• Maintain and automate the test trading environment to support development teams
• Standardize CI/CD and deployment processes to improve delivery speed and reduce friction
• Conduct stress tests and verify system SLAs under load conditions
• Collaborate with traders, engineers, and infrastructure teams across multiple functions

What they're looking for

• Software development or SRE experience (3-10+ years)
• Observability tools (logging, metrics, tracing)
• Scripting languages (Bash, Python, Ruby)
• Linux TCP/IP stack and network protocols
• Network diagnostics and packet capture analysis
• Application and infrastructure-level troubleshooting
• Automation and CI/CD systems
• AI/ML agents for SRE task acceleration

Benefits

• Annual base salary: $130,000–$225,000 plus discretionary bonus
• Medical, pharmacy, dental, and vision insurance
• 401(k) with discretionary employer match
• Short and long-term disability coverage
• Health savings and flexible spending accounts
• Life and AD&D insurance