Systems Engineer - R&D
Wehrtyou · Austin, TX, United States; Chicago, Illinois, United States; New York, NY, United States
About this role
## Hudson River Trading (HRT) — Systems Engineer (R&D) Hudson River Trading (HRT) is looking for **Systems Engineers** to join our growing **Research & Development** team. This team builds and maintains exceptionally large and growing **distributed compute clusters**, **multi petabyte-scale storage layers**, **operating systems**, **automation software**, and **development tools**. As a full-time Systems Engineer in our **OS Platform** team, you’ll work on projects that impact our **live trading and research**, allowing them to run with **high performance**, **worldwide**, **24/7**. A typical day could include deploying customized versions of core packages, building new infrastructure to manage deployments, troubleshooting low-level issues, and designing scalable solutions for the future. You’ll also support **bleeding edge hardware** by working with engineering samples from vendors and ensuring we extract maximum performance when production hardware arrives. --- ### Responsibilities - Manage and optimize large scale **Linux distributed compute / HPC clusters** - Automate and troubleshoot a broad range of technical infrastructure, hardware, and software - Perform **performance testing and tuning** across the entire stack - Use **scripting** and build **services** to automate repetitive tasks - Work across teams and with **vendors** to resolve issues - Manage changes to core **OS / platform components** in a large distributed environment --- ### Qualifications - **5+ years** of relevant experience - Expertise in installation, configuration, and troubleshooting of **Linux systems** - Experience with **Debian/Ubuntu** is a plus - Experience with **configuration management tools** (e.g., Salt, Chef) - **Python** and **Shell scripting** experience - Basic **C++** experience is a plus - **GPU** experience is a plus (e.g., CUDA setup, basic debugging) - Strong attention to detail to manage and debug production services - Exceptional communication skills and cross-collaboration with stakeholders - Proactive problem-solver who drives continuous process improvements and ongoing learning - Ability to prioritize and context-switch across multiple simultaneous projects without sacrificing quality --- ### Estimated Base Salary Range - **$150,000 – $300,000 USD per year** (or local equivalent) - Base pay may vary based on factors including location, skills, and experience - Eligible for discretionary performance-based bonuses and a competitive benefits package --- ### Culture HRT brings a **scientific approach** to trading financial products and has built one of the world’s most sophisticated computing environments for research and development. Our researchers are at the forefront of innovation in algorithmic trading. We welcome a variety of expertise (mathematics and computer science, physics and engineering, media and tech). We’re a community of self-starters motivated by being at the cutting edge of automation across the organization—from trading to business operations to recruiting. We value openness and transparency, and we celebrate great ideas from both veterans and new hires. HRT is an **equal opportunity employer**. --- ### Important Notice *Please be advised: Use of AI tools during interviews or assessments is strictly prohibited, unless otherwise instructed or agreed upon. We employ various methods to evaluate the authenticity of candidate responses. If we determine that AI assistance was used during any stage of the hirin
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