Site Reliability Engineer
Millennium, a leading investment firm, is seeking an experienced site reliability engineer to join a teamin the midst of developing ournext generation of in-house analytics and trading support tools. This role lies at the intersection of sophisticated technology and innovative investment strategies, with the goal of supporting some of the most talented Portfolio Managers in the world.
The successful candidate will be responsible for delivering high-quality, reliable, and scalable infrastructure solutions and self-service tools for our rapidly growing internal users.
Principal Responsibilities
This is a heavy hands-on engineering role, and you will be expected to:
Design, build and maintain beautiful, robust and high-performance APIs and services
Develop well defined processes for testing and integrating new technologies to meet both business and technical needs
Drive the elimination of operational tasks through automation and self service
Drive efficient utilization of resources through metrics and reporting
Ideal Candidate
An exceptional infrastructure software developer, committed to developing high quality code and infrastructure solutions
Ability to work both independently and in a collaborative environment
Driven by curiosity, always ready to learn, explore, and put new technologies to the test with clear set objectives
Required Skills / Experience
Proven experience as an Infrastructure Developer or similar role in software development
Proficiency in programming languages such as Python or C++
Experience working with cloud platforms such as AWS, Google Cloud, or Azure
Experience with containerization technologies (like Docker) and orchestration platforms (like Kubernetes)
Experience in client-server, distributed computing and microservices design patterns
Capability to work with monitoring and alerting tools (such as Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk, etc.)
Solid understanding of networking protocols, DNS, Firewalls, Load balancers, etc.
Experience with both SQL and NoSQL databases, understanding data redundancy and replication
Knowledge of security protocols, vulnerability assessment, and maintaining compliance standards
Experience developing and maintaining back-end distributed system
Good understanding of various design patterns, algorithms & data structures
Hands on experience with API development and integration
Experience with designing and implementing CI/CD pipelines
Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail
Ability to communicate complex concepts clearly with both stakeholders and developers
Demonstrated use of data-driven approaches to experiment, measure success, and iterate
Proactive, effective communication and a bias towards action