DevOps Engineer (USA)
Trexquant Investment
- Location
- Onsite (Stamford, Connecticut)
- Employment
- Full-time
- Level
- Mid Level
Posted 1 week ago
About the Role
Trexquant Investment is a quantitative finance firm seeking a DevOps Engineer to build and scale automation, tooling, and delivery pipelines for its research and trading platforms. The role focuses on managing Kubernetes environments and optimizing deployment workflows to support high-performance computing.
Skills
Kubernetes
CI/CD pipelines
Linux system administration
Shell scripting
Prometheus
Grafana
ELK stack
Infrastructure automation
Deployment workflows
Observability
GitLab CI
Configuration management
Benefits
- Health insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
Perks
- Performance bonus
- Weekly company meals
- Commuter benefits
Full job details
We are seeking a DevOps Engineer to build, manage, and scale the automation, tooling, and delivery pipelines supporting our research and trading platforms. You will work closely with the Systems team to refine deployment workflows, maintain internal operational tools, and expand our capabilities.
Responsibilities
- Container Orchestration: Manage and optimize Kubernetes environments and workload deployments.
- CI/CD Pipeline Engineering: Design, build, and maintain deployment pipelines to support diverse technical workloads.
- Deployment & Configuration: Implement automated configuration strategies to standardize operational practices and improve delivery speed.
- Tooling & Enablement: Develop internal tools and automation that simplify infrastructure provisioning, monitoring, and management.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner closely with Linux Systems Engineers and internal technical stakeholders to align delivery pipelines with operational goals.
- Operations & Best Practices: Maintain observability tooling (monitoring, logging) and author technical documentation to establish scalable best practices.
- 2+ years of experience in a DevOps, Infrastructure, or SRE role within a Linux-centric environment.
- Strong hands-on experience with Kubernetes management and deployment strategies.
- Proven experience building and scaling CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitLab CI or similar tools).
- Proficiency with Linux system administration, shell scripting, and configuration-driven tooling.
- Familiarity with observability platforms (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack).
- Ability to collaborate effectively across technical teams in a fast-paced environment.
- Preferred: Prior experience supporting quantitative research, trading platforms, or high-performance computing (HPC) environments.
- Competitive salary plus bonus based on individual and company performance.
- Collaborative, casual, and friendly work environment.
- PPO Health, dental and vision insurance premiums fully covered for you and your. dependents.
- Pre-tax commuter benefits.
- Weekly company meals
Trexquant is an Equal Opportunity Employer