Job Description
Job Description
Benefits :
- Bonus based on performance
- Competitive salary
- Flexible schedule
- Home office stipend
- Opportunity for advancement
- Paid time off
- Profit sharing
- Signing bonus
- Training & development
About Stormlight Capital
Stormlight Capital LLC is a high-frequency trading firm and market maker specializing in event contracts. Leveraging advanced technology and quantitative expertise, we deliver deep liquidity, efficient pricing, and robust risk management for our proprietary trading strategies. Continuous innovation and disciplined execution keep us at the forefront of event-based markets.
The Role
We're seeking an exceptional DevOps Engineer to join our elite technology team. This is a high-impact position where your work directly influences our trading performance and bottom line. You'll architect and maintain the critical infrastructure that powers our derivatives trading operations, ensuring our systems can process millions of market data points and execute trades at lightning speed.
Key Responsibilities
Design, deploy, and maintain highly available, low-latency trading infrastructure across AWS, co-located servers, and Google Cloud platformsOptimize system performance to achieve sub-millisecond latency requirements for critical trading applicationsBuild and maintain CI / CD pipelines using GitHub Actions for rapid, reliable deploymentsDevelop and maintain machine learning operations pipelines supporting our quantitative research and trading modelsManage DataBricks environments for large-scale data processing and model training workflowsImplement automated model deployment, monitoring, and rollback proceduresEnsure seamless integration between ML models and production trading systemsImplement comprehensive monitoring, alerting, and observability solutions for trading systemsConduct performance analysis and capacity planning to ensure systems can handle peak market volatilityLead incident response and post-mortem analysis for any system issuesImplement robust security measures for financial trading infrastructureRequired Qualifications
3+ years of DevOps / Platform Engineering experience in high-performance environmentsExpert-level proficiency with AWS and Google Cloud Platform servicesStrong experience with DataBricks for big data and ML workloadsProficiency with GitHub for version control and CI / CD workflowsExperience with monitoring tools (Prometheus, Grafana, DataDog, etc.)Understanding of network optimization, kernel tuning, and hardware accelerationStrong scripting abilities in Python, Bash, and / or GoExperience with automation frameworks and configuration management toolsUnderstanding of software development lifecycle and testing methodologiesPreferred Qualifications
Previous experience in financial services, particularly trading firms or hedge fundsKnowledge of derivatives markets, trading systems, or market data feedsExperience with streaming data platforms (Kafka, Pulsar, Kinesis, Chronicle Queue, Aeron)Familiarity with quantitative finance or machine learning model deploymentRelevant certifications (AWS Solutions Architect, Google Cloud Professional, CKA / CKAD)What We Offer
Highly competitive base salary with substantial performance-based bonusesParticipation in firm profitsWork alongside world-class technologists and quantitative researchersAccess to cutting-edge technology and unlimited learning opportunitiesFast-paced environment with rapid career advancement potentialCollaborative culture that values innovation and resultsFlexible work arrangements with core collaboration hoursThis is a remote position.