Backend/Systems Engineer (Real-Time System)

Job description

Our client is seeking a Backend/Systems Engineer with a deep appreciation for high-availability systems to own and optimize our real-time data infrastructure. You will own the integration, reliability, and data lifecycle of our real-time data ecosystem. You will be adding critical pieces of making our real-time data system more robust and more performant. You will own the "connective tissue"—the architecture, real-time monitoring, and mission-critical reporting. ### What you will do: - **System Integration & Modification:** Run and maintain our real-time systems. Develop custom plugins, API integrations, and logic modifications to align the system with our growing business needs. - **Infrastructure & Orchestration:** Manage and scale our trading environment using Kubernetes (K8s). Ensure low-latency performance and high availability across all environments. - **Observability & Reliability:** Design and implement a robust monitoring stack (e.g., SigNoz, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK) to track system health, reporting latency, and execution quality in real-time. - **Reporting Architecture:** Build a dedicated reporting system from the ground up. - **Deployment Automation:** Own the CI/CD pipelines to ensure that modifications to the trading stack are deployed safely and frequently without downtime. ### What you will need: - **Backend Expertise:** 3+ years of experience in a high-performance language (Go, Java, C++, Python, or Rust). - **Cloud Native:** Strong proficiency in **Kubernetes** and containerization. You should understand how to architect for "zero-downtime" deployments. - **Observability:** Hands-on experience with monitoring and tracing tools (e.g., Prometheus, OpenTelemetry, SigNoz, or Honeycomb). - **Data Engineering:** Experience building reporting or ETL pipelines using SQL/NoSQL databases (PostgreSQL, ClickHouse, or InfluxDB preferred for time-series data). - **Systems Management:** Comfortable reading documentation and working within the constraints/APIs of a 3rd party system.