Campus Systems Engineer
Jump Trading is a global trading firm where traders, engineers, and researchers develop trading strategies, models, infrastructure, and systems across asset classes and time horizons.
About Jump Trading
Jump Trading is a global trading firm focused on research-driven trading and the engineering of scalable models, tools, infrastructure, and execution systems. Its operations combine trading, technology, AI/ML, and quantitative research, and it also runs research and talent programs including conference travel grants and a fellowship program.
Skills
Candidate Availability
Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
You will work with traders, operations, exchanges, and developers to optimize the trading environment and resolve system issues. You will monitor platform health, troubleshoot complex infrastructure, design and optimize low-latency networks, automate production operations, coordinate changes and incidents, assess operational risk, and document procedures.
Requirements
- Major in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Systems, or a related technical field
- Experience with Linux or UNIX operating systems, advanced commands, and shell scripts
- Practical working knowledge of Python
- Understanding of routing, multicast, and Ethernet
- Detail-oriented approach to operations
- Ability to communicate clearly under pressure
- Reliable and predictable availability
Responsibilities
- Monitor the health and performance of the trading platform
- Analyze and troubleshoot system, software, and networking infrastructure issues
- Design, implement, and optimize low-latency network infrastructure
- Build automation for the production trading environment
- Coordinate changes and manage incidents with risk management and trading teams
- Assess operational risk for production change control
- Define and document processes and procedures
Benefits
- Discretionary bonus eligibility
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- HSA
- FSA
- Dependent care options
- Employer-paid group term life insurance
- Employer-paid AD&D insurance
- Voluntary life insurance
- Voluntary AD&D insurance
- Paid vacation
- Paid holidays
- Retirement plan with employer match
- Paid parental leave
- Wellness programs