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Tower Research Capital

Systems Engineer II

New York$130k–$165kfull-timemidAdded today

About this role

Tower Research Capital seeks a Systems Engineer II to support and enhance the firm's Linux and HPC infrastructure for trading operations. The role involves managing thousands of servers across on-premises and cloud environments, automating infrastructure provisioning, and ensuring high availability for low-latency trading systems.

What you'll do

  • Maintain and enhance trading Linux infrastructure and HPC systems for research operations
  • Respond to emergencies and execute planned infrastructure updates, deployments, and system changes
  • Profile and troubleshoot performance issues in Linux server environments
  • Develop automation tools for provisioning, configuration, and monitoring across thousands of servers
  • Manage core services including DHCP, LDAP, DNS, NFS, and Condor job scheduler across data centers and cloud
  • Participate in on-call rotation and collaborate daily with trading and engineering teams

What they're looking for

  • Advanced Linux administration and OS internals
  • Bash scripting and Python automation
  • Infrastructure automation and monitoring tools
  • Server networking and network protocols
  • Containerization tools (Docker, Kubernetes)
  • HPC batch systems (Slurm, Condor, Grid Engine)
  • Infrastructure as Code and CI/CD practices
  • Hybrid cloud and on-premises environment management

Benefits

  • Competitive annual base salary of $130,000–$165,000 plus discretionary bonus
  • Headquarters in NYC's Financial District with global offices
  • Collaborative, open-concept workplace with casual dress code
  • Well-stocked kitchens and friendly work environment
  • Access to cutting-edge trading infrastructure and technology
  • Opportunity to work with world-class engineering talent
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Tower Research Capital

Tower Research Capital builds high-performance quantitative trading systems and infrastructure, serving traders and researchers with low-latency platforms for market data, strategy execution, and order management. The company is hiring software engineers, quantitative developers, and infrastructure specialists to design scalable systems, optimize trading platforms, and enhance development tooling.

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Likely interview questions

  • Describe your experience managing large-scale Linux environments and how you've handled critical incidents.
  • Walk us through a time you automated a complex infrastructure task—what tools did you use and what was the outcome?
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