Founded in 1999, Geneva Trading is a premier global principal trading firm with strategically located offices in Chicago, Dublin, and London. Our relentless focus on trading excellence combined with technological innovation has equipped us with a best-in-class proprietary trading platform, enabling us to compete at the highest levels in the global markets. Rooted in a culture of integrity, collaboration, and an unwavering passion for progress, we foster an environment of personal and professional excellence. Our nimble organizational structure and entrepreneurial spirit attract top-tier talent with a passion for innovation, laying the foundation and driving our consistent success in the industry.
Geneva Trading is seeking a highly skilled DevOps Engineer to join our Chicago office. In this role, you’ll collaborate with our trading, infrastructure, and development teams to build, maintain, and optimize the systems that power our low-latency trading environment. We’re looking for a strong technical leader with a passion for automation and performance who can also mentor junior engineers.
What You’ll Do:
- Design, build, and maintain automated tools to support trading and infrastructure systems.
- Optimize Linux-based environments for performance and reliability.
- Lead performance and latency testing for mission-critical applications.
- Collaborate cross-functionally to drive technical improvements and best practices.
- Act as a mentor and technical lead, supporting the growth of junior engineers.
What We’re Looking For:
Required:
- 5+ years of experience with Linux use and administration.
- Strong Python programming skills.
- Proven ability to build simple, robust automated tools.
- Experience with performance testing and tuning.
- Background in latency-sensitive applications running on Linux.
- Demonstrated leadership and mentoring experience.
Nice-to-Have:
- Experience with accelerated network adapters.
- Familiarity with SQL and NoSQL databases.
- Experience with regression testing practices.
- Full-stack tool development experience using JavaScript and Python.
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
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Geneva Trading Chicago, Illinois, USA Office
Geneva Trading Chicago Office Office
We're centrally located in Chicago's Financial District & walking distance from the exchanges. We call Dublin, Ireland our second home.
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