Devops Engineer

Overview

As part of a trading technology team, you will perform, build and automate tasks related to the management of SIG’s proprietary trading systems deployed throughout the Asia Pacific region. This role is an integral part of our trading systems team, collaborating closely with developers, support staff and traders.

The role offers a great opportunity to build upon/gain knowledge of working in a fast-paced trading floor environment.

This position offers the opportunity to be involved in improving processes to manage, monitor, and deploy critical trading systems on both Windows and Linux operating systems.

What You’ll DoBecome a subject matter expert in our proprietary Trading Systems and procedures across areas of Market Making, Order Management Systems, Market Data and Static/Reference Data. Automate and enhance processes, including deployment, monitoring and pre-market checks Build and use automation tools/scripting to ensure/improve overall system performance, reliability, and stability.

Act as a link between developers, traders and in-house technology teams, ensuring smooth flow of information Write and maintain technical/user documentation for new/existing systems and procedures

What We're Looking For

• A degree with a major in Computer Science, or a related technical discipline.
• A minimum of 3 years of commercial experience in a DevOps / SRE role.
• Exposure/interest in Financial Markets, particularly trading, market making, options, market data, order management systems, and/or other related systems, would be beneficial but is not a requirement.
• Ability to communicate effectively with a range of technical and non-technical staff across the organisation, as well as external brokers Ability to work under demanding deadlines with changing priorities in a trading room environment Must have strong technical skills primarily in Python and exposure to other scripting/programming languages such as PowerShell or C# would be a bonus.
• Must have experience in building automation systems using some of: Airflow, GitHub, MongoDB, Kafka, Docker and Kubernetes.
• Experience with working with instrument static data and/or Market Data would be useful but not essential Experience in messaging systems, debugging network protocols such as TCP, UDP, multicast using wireshark etc would be highly regarded.
• Experience using and building monitoring systems including Grafana, Nagios, Elastic Search would be useful.
• Be comfortable working in a mixed Windows / Linux environment.
• What’s In It For You
• Our flat hierarchy enables you to drive meaningful impact, by leveraging your expertise and taking ownership.
• Private healthcare and gym allowances, plus wellness initiatives.
• Additional leave entitlements including marriage leave and 2 bonus days annually.
• Fully stocked kitchen, with daily breakfast and lunch.
• Regular social, sporting and community events including annual poker tournament.
• Matched donations and corporate discounts.
• Explore our benefits and culture: link About Susquehanna
• Susquehanna is a global quantitative trading firm powered by scientific rigor, curiosity, and innovation.
• Our culture is intellectually driven and highly collaborative, bringing together researchers, engineers, and traders to design and deploy impactful strategies in our systematic trading environment.
• To meet the unique challenges of global markets, Susquehanna applies machine learning and advanced quantitative research to vast datasets in order to uncover actionable insights and build effective strategies.
• By uniting deep market expertise with cutting-edge technology, we excel in solving complex problems and pushing boundaries together.
• What We DoSusquehanna’s deep integration of trading, technology and quant research makes us experts in trading essentially all listed financial products and asset classes, with a focus on derivatives.
• We handle millions of trading transactions around the world every day as both a market-maker and market-taker.
• Our efforts provide liquidity and ensure competitive prices for buyers and sellers.
• While our presence in the market is broad, our trading desks are highly specialized to allow for a deep understanding of the unique drivers of each asset class.
• Equal Opportunity Statement
• We encourage applications from candidates from all backgrounds, and we welcome requests for reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process to ensure that you can best demonstrate your abilities.