Falconx
Trading Systems Infrastructure Staff Engineer
New York City, NY. Posted 3 months ago
The role
This person will design, provision, and maintain ultra-low latency AWS and hybrid network topologies. They will optimize Linux OS kernels and drive infrastructure automation using Terraform and Ansible.
What you will do
- Design, provision, and maintain ultra-low latency AWS and hybrid network topologies
- Optimize Linux OS kernels and compute performance
- Drive infrastructure automation, provisioning, and configuration management
- Architect infrastructure to support expanding market making and exchange convergences
- Build telemetry and monitoring pipelines
- Guide the technical roadmap
- Mentor junior engineers
- Act as an escalation lead for critical system incidents
Required qualifications
- 5+ years of experience in Infrastructure Engineering, Systems Engineering, or SRE, with a focus on low-latency electronic trading environments
- Advanced experience with kernel-level performance tuning, memory management, and network I/O optimization
- Demonstrated experience leveraging AWS low-latency constructs
- Experience with FIX protocol, Aeron messaging, or low-latency colocation connectivity
- Familiarity with high-frequency trading (HFT) workflows or crypto exchange API integrations
- Strong proficiency in Terraform for cloud infrastructure and Ansible for OS configuration and patching
- Deep understanding of physical network topologies, TCP/IP, UDP, and low-latency network routing
- Hands-on experience with Docker, Docker Compose, Jenkins, and modern deployment pipelines
- Experience setting up production monitoring using Grafana Cloud, Alloy, or Prometheus
Nice to have
- Hands-on scripting capability in Python/Bash
- Development experience in Rust or Java preferred
- Experience with hardware acceleration technologies (FPGAs, SmartNICs) or custom network card driver tuning
- Knowledge of PTP (Precision Time Protocol) / IEEE 1588 or clock synchronization setup
Benefits
- performance linked bonus
- equity
- competitive benefits package
About the company
FalconX is a team of operators, investors, and builders committed to revolutionizing institutional access to the crypto markets. The company operates as the connective tissue empowering clients through the cryptocurrency landscape.