Site Reliability Engineer / Production Engineer - Up to $400k USD Base + Industry Leading Bonus - Elite Fintech

Job Title: Site Reliability Engineer / Production Engineer

Sector: Fintech

Location: NYC (Hybrid)

Salary: Up to $400k USD Base + market-leading bonus + outstanding benefits

My client is looking for a hands-on Site Reliability Engineer to join a high-performing infrastructure engineering team responsible for the reliability, automation and performance of critical trading platforms.

You'll work across Linux, distributed systems and production infrastructure, partnering with software engineers to improve resilience, automate operations and solve complex technical challenges at scale.

Role

• Build and improve highly available production infrastructure
• Automate operational processes and eliminate manual tasks
• Work on complex production, reliability and performance issues
• Improve monitoring, observability and platform reliability
• Work closely with engineering teams to deliver resilient applications

Skills / Experience

• 1 - 20 years of experience in an SRE/Production Engineering role (Hiring at all levels)
• Strong Linux systems experience
• Good Python or Go development skills for automation and tooling
• Experience supporting distributed systems in production
• Knowledge of Kubernetes, networking and CI/CD in an on-prem environment
• Strong understanding of monitoring and observability platforms
• Excellent problem-solving skills with an engineering-first mindset

Why Apply?

• Work on large-scale, business-critical trading infrastructure
• Join an engineering-led environment with genuine technical ownership
• Solve complex reliability and performance challenges every day
• Outstanding compensation and career progression

Sells

• Flexible hours/work options
• The chance to work with some of the most cutting-edge technology in the Industry
• Technologists only report to technologists
• Techies treated as top commodity so ‘spoiled’
• Small team size in a growing company so an ability to make a significant impact
• Constantly exciting greenfield projects in an ever-evolving environment
• No red tape
• Beautiful offices