Tower Research Capital is a leading quantitative trading firm founded in 1998. Tower has built its business on a high-performance platform and independent trading teams. We have a 25+ year track record of innovation and a reputation for discovering unique market opportunities.
Tower is home to some of the world’s best systematic trading and engineering talent. We empower portfolio managers to build their teams and strategies independently while providing the economies of scale that come from a large, global organization.
Engineers thrive at Tower while developing electronic trading infrastructure at a world class level. Our engineers solve challenging problems in the realms of low-latency programming, FPGA technology, hardware acceleration and machine learning. Our ongoing investment in top engineering talent and technology ensures our platform remains unmatched in terms of functionality, scalability and performance.
At Tower, every employee plays a role in our success. Our Business Support teams are essential to building and maintaining the platform that powers everything we do — combining market access, data, compute, and research infrastructure with risk management, compliance, and a full suite of business services. Our Business Support teams enable our trading and engineering teams to perform at their best.
At Tower, employees will find a stimulating, results-oriented environment where highly intelligent and motivated colleagues inspire each other to reach their greatest potential.
Responsibilities
- Supporting, maintaining, and enhancing the firm's trading Linux infrastructure
- Supporting, maintaining, and enhancing the firm's HPC infrastructure for research
- Providing support specifically for the Linux and HPC environments including:
Qualifications
- Experience in maintenance, operation, and administration of a sufficiently advanced Linux environment
- Daily use of and contribution to developing automation and monitoring tools
- Comprehensive understanding of Linux OS concepts and internals
- Working knowledge of Intel-based hardware and server components
- Good knowledge of Python, expert knowledge of Bash for scripting and automation tasks in a Linux environment
- Understanding of Linux server-side networking and typical network protocols
- Participation in open source or personal projects is a plus
- Understanding of Linux configuration management, source control, CI/CD, and automated deployment
- Strong communication skills and the ability to work effectively in a team.
