Job Description
Lead Infrastructure Engineer — Trading Workstation & Low-Latency Infrastructure
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Location: Chicago, IL
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Team: Global Trading Infrastructure
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Employment type: Full-time
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A leading proprietary trading firm is seeking a Lead Infrastructure Engineer to lead and develop a team of infrastructure engineers in Chicago, while owning and evolving the global trading workstation infrastructure used by traders across the business.
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This is a high-impact leadership and hands on engineering role. You will combine technical depth in enterprise infrastructure, automation and observability with the ability to set direction, develop people and drive operational excellence across globally distributed teams.
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The opportunity
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You will lead the infrastructure team responsible for the trading workstation environment, a critical platform that directly supports traders and the firm’s global trading operations. You will help shape the long-term technical roadmap, improve reliability and scalability, and ensure the platform continues to meet the demands of a fast-moving, performance-driven trading environment.
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You will work closely with trading, software engineering, networking, security, data-centre and global infrastructure teams to deliver resilient, well-operated systems at scale.
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What you’ll do
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- Lead, mentor and develop a team of infrastructure engineers based in Chicago.
- Set clear technical direction, establish strong engineering standards and create an environment where engineers can do their best work.
- Own and evolve the global trading workstation infrastructure, directly influencing the front-end systems used by traders worldwide.
- Drive automation and infrastructure-as-code best practice across the platform.
- Build and maintain scalable, reliable infrastructure using Python, PowerShell and Terraform.
- Take ownership of critical systems across virtualisation, Windows Server, enterprise storage and related infrastructure.
- Partner with cross-functional teams globally to ensure systems are reliable, scalable, secure and operationally excellent.
- Strengthen observability, proactive monitoring, alerting and capacity planning across all supported platforms.
- Lead incident response, root-cause analysis and the implementation of durable engineering improvements.
- Influence the long-term infrastructure strategy, ensuring technology decisions align with business and trading needs.
- Act as a culture carrier, shaping team values, communication practices and ways of working.
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What we’re looking for
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- Proven leadership experience managing, mentoring or leading technical teams, ideally with at least three years in a lead capacity.
- Strong infrastructure engineering background with hands-on experience supporting production-critical systems.
- Deep experience with, or strong willingness to develop expertise in, Python, PowerShell and Terraform (HCL).
- Solid knowledge of virtualisation platforms and enterprise infrastructure.
- Strong Windows Server administration, troubleshooting and performance-analysis skills.
- Experience with enterprise storage systems, ideally NetApp or comparable platforms.
- Strong understanding of Active Directory, DNS and core networking concepts.
- Experience with observability and monitoring stacks, such as SCOM, Telegraf/InfluxDB/Grafana or Prometheus.
- A strategic mindset, with the ability to balance immediate operational priorities against longer-term platform investment.
- High degree of ownership, commercial awareness and ability to influence technical decisions.
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to listen well, create space for diverse perspectives and provide clear technical direction.
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Desirable experience
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- Experience supporting trading workstations, market-data systems, exchange connectivity or other latency-sensitive trading infrastructure.
- Exposure to low-latency environments, financial markets technology or high-performance computing.
- Experience leading globally distributed engineering teams.
- Background in infrastructure modernisation, platform engineering or large-scale automation programmes.
- Familiarity with security, identity management, endpoint management and enterprise networking.
- Experience working directly with traders or other front-office stakeholders.
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What you’ll get
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You will join a collaborative, high-performing environment alongside curious thinkers and creative problem-solvers. The team is motivated by continuous improvement and works collectively on some of the most challenging problems in global financial markets.
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Apply now for an confidential coversation.