Platform Engineer | Global Trading Firm | Chicago / Remote US

Build the platform behind a fast-growing trading firm, with real ownership from day one.A global derivatives trading firm with a small, flat, engineering-led culture is growing their Platform Engineering team and want engineers who’d rather design and build infrastructure than maintain something someone else designed.You don’t need any finance experience. If you’ve built serious cloud and Kubernetes platforms at a tech company, a SaaS business or a consultancy, you’re exactly who they want to talk to.What you’ll doDesign, build and run cloud and Kubernetes platforms used by engineers and researchers across the firmOwn architecture decisions on AWS, including EKS, IAM and networking, and help shape a hybrid-cloud setupWrite reusable Terraform and build automation and tooling in PythonRun deployments through GitOps (ArgoCD)Work with trading, quant research and low-latency engineering teams on what they need nextSupport what you build in production, including on-callWhat you’ll bringHands-on Kubernetes experience in production: you’ve run, upgraded and troubleshot clusters, not just deployed apps to themStrong AWS skills, ideally including EKSTerraform you’ve written yourself: modules and state managementReal Python coding abilitySolid Linux troubleshootingGitOps experience (ArgoCD or similar)3+ years of experienceNice to have: GCP, on-prem Kubernetes, Spark or Kafka, GPU or ML infrastructure, Prometheus/Grafana, Jenkins or GitLab CI.Why this roleOwnership: you’ll propose and ship your own initiatives in a small team where your work is visibleBreadth: your platform work will span cloud, Kubernetes, low-latency, quant research and data systems, rather than one narrow areaImpact: your work is shared across desks, asset classes and regions, so it isn’t stuck inside one teamCulture: flat, low bureaucracy, startup-like, inside an established and profitable firmFlexibility: remote-first team, with Chicago hybrid availableLocation: Chicago or remote US (Central or Eastern time zones preferred)Apply directly for more details.