Platform Engineer (Kubernetes on-premises)

The role

The individual will have operational responsibility for several production trading and research environments. They will collaborate with traders, developers, quant researchers, data engineers, and infrastructure teams to ensure production systems are well-understood and properly configured.

What you will do

• Have operational responsibility for several production trading and research environments
• Collaborate with traders, developers, quant researchers, data engineers, and infrastructure teams
• Advocate for operational efficiency and continuous improvement across all deployment aspects
• Troubleshoot, monitor, automate, and ensure resiliency
• Build systems with a focus on reliability, scalability, and maintainability
• Design and program in a variety of languages and technologies
• Work on legacy code and green field development
• Drive projects to completion
• Learn and promote new technologies with a focus on best practices

Required qualifications

• At least 2+ years of experience in a similar position
• Building systems with a constant focus on reliability, scalability, and maintainability
• Designing and programming in a variety of languages and technologies
• Working on legacy code as well as green field development
• Initiative driving projects to completion
• Learning and promoting new technologies with a focus on best practices
• Experience building and automating various operations tasks using scripting languages such as Python
• Demonstrated ability to adapt to steep learning curves and navigate large volumes of information
• Communication skills
• Pragmatic approach to problem-solving under time pressure
• Positive mindset

Nice to have

• Multiple years of server-side development
• Exposure to Kubernetes, Docker, Linux, Kafka, Prometheus, and other modern deployment tooling
• Experience working closely with both traders and automated strategies in a similar front-office environment
• Knowledge of standard IT and software engineering tooling such as git, jira, TeamCity, confluence, ansible, etc.
• Familiarity with SQL, HTTP messaging, and network protocols
• Experience managing operational risk in a trading environment
• Experience using AI-powered tools to improve efficiency and workflows

Benefits

• Flexible work-from-home options 1 day a week
• Highly competitive compensation plus annual discretionary bonus
• Informal dress code
• Excellent work/life balance

About the company

Maven is a market-leading proprietary trading firm deploying its own capital across discretionary, systematic, and market-making strategies. They focus on improving liquidity across global listed derivatives through advanced execution and pricing technologies.