System Engineer

The organization

High performance, low latency, financial markets… You know where this is going right? Yup, trading. Business is booming right now and this company is looking to make the most of it. This is where you come in.

You have my attention

The Netherlands has always been at the forefront of financial trading and this company is looking to keep it that way. As a High-Frequency trading firm, it breathes technology. For every trader on the floor, there are at least two developers. Make no mistake, IT is their core business. Because in such a highly competitive market, performance, speed, and reliability are key. This is where you come in.

The position

And what is it I’ll do?

You are becoming their System Engineer at the office in Amsterdam. You will see your team every day and will be drinking coffee with colleagues like traders, developers, and technology vendors. There is a lot of flexibility in your role and enough space for personal development. A great opportunity if you want to widen your field of expertise and learn new skills.

And from a more technical point of view?

You will continuously improve and maintain their low latency Linux-based trading and backend environment. There is a heavy focus on systems automation and CI/CD so they can deploy everything rapidly and repeatably. You are managing all the distributed systems and big data solutions storage infrastructure. Enough responsibilities.

Candidate profile

How well do I have to be?

Your knowledge of Linux system administration and Linux internals gets you pretty far already, but you can do more. Deploying, testing, and administrating Kubernetes clusters is no problem, and code versioning tools and CI tools like Git, TeamCity, or Jenkins are also in your skill set. But above all, you enjoy the fast pace of this organization and the solid working mentality you can find here.

The offer

That’s nice! But it can become even better…

That’s right. Because we didn’t talk about your salary yet, you won’t be disappointed. Starting with a base salary between €75.000 and €100.000 gross a year, excluding the secondary benefits. And those secondary benefits, are second to none. From a fully catered lunch every day and flexible working to a royal end-of-year bonus. Do you remember I said speed was key? What are you waiting for? Click apply!

Interested?

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