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C++ Software Engineer

New York, NY · On-site

$175K - $300K/yr

In-depth knowledge of the Linux kernel, systems programming * A passion for solving challenging ... full-time employees. For more information, reach out to your recruiter. Old Mission is not ...

Vatic Labs

Low Latency C++ Engineer

New York, NY · On-site

$175K - $275K/yr

Our Software Engineers are focused on developing innovative platforms and systems that drive our ... Advanced knowledge of operating system internals and Linux kernel * Interest in x86 Assembly At ...

Vatic Labs

Low Latency C++ Engineer

New York, NY · On-site

$175K - $275K/yr

Our Software Engineers are focused on developing innovative platforms and systems that drive our ... Advanced knowledge of operating system internals and Linux kernel * Interest in x86 Assembly At ...

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Senior Linux Engineer

Tradeweb Markets

Jersey City, NJ • On-site, Remote

Full-time

Medical, Dental, Vision, Retirement, PTO

Re-posted 28 days ago

Job description


Tradeweb is a global leader in electronic trading across asset classes. As financial markets become increasingly interconnected, our technology enables efficient, multi-asset trading on a global scale. We serve more than 3,000 clients in more than 85 countries, including many of the world's largest banks, asset managers, hedge funds, insurers, corporations, and wealth managers.
Creative collaboration and sharp client focus have helped fuel our organic growth. We facilitated average daily trading volume (ADV) of more than $2.8 trillion over the past four fiscal quarters, topping $3.3 trillion in ADV for the first quarter of 2026.
Since our IPO in 2019, Tradeweb has completed four acquisitions and doubled our revenues - and 2025 was our 26th consecutive year of record revenues.
Tradeweb plays a central role in modernizing market structure by developing innovative trading protocols, embedding analytics into execution, and building technology infrastructure that supports the convergence of traditional and digitally native financial markets. Tradeweb is a great place to work, recognized in 2025 by Forbes as one of America's Best Companies and by U.S. News & World Report as one of the Best Financial Services Companies to Work For.
Tradeweb Markets LLC ("Tradeweb") is proud to be an EEO Minorities/Females/Protected Veterans/Disabled/Affirmative Action Employer.
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As a technology-driven organization, we value individuals who embrace innovation and are eager to leverage emerging technologies, including AI, to improve efficiency, enhance decision-making, and deliver better outcomes for clients and colleagues. We believe the greatest impact comes from combining technological capabilities with human expertise, judgment, and accountability.
Group Details
The Linux engineering team are responsible for Tradeweb's Linux runtime environment. As a member of this global team, you will play a vital part in the strategy and operations of the firm. You will be heavily involved in the hardening of the OS, development and running of deployment tooling, and optimization of the platform for a low latency environment. In addition, you will also be asked to plan and execute the provisioning of new installations and the upgrades/patches of current deployments.
The preferred candidate is a self-starter and well-rounded professional with strong knowledge in systems, system administration, systems engineering, storage, security and networking. The candidate should be passionate about technology and eager to work with team members in a fast-paced environment developing solutions supporting business objectives.
Tradeweb Technology jobs are fully remote. The Tradeweb Technology hub is in our Jersey City office, which can be used for team meetings and collaboration efforts. There may be days where travel to the Jersey City office is recommended for organizational off sites.
Job Responsibilities
  • Designing and implementing system architecture and operational duties for the firm's Linux platform across all business lines.
  • Take part in regular patching of the Linux environment.
  • Help drive efforts to further automate systems builds and patching
  • Automate deployment and routine maintenance of the environment using pipelines.
  • Build and deploy infrastructure, security and application monitoring tooling.
  • Work closely with the InfoSec team to provide detailed and actionable system logs to the SOC.
  • Define and monitor system SLA, build alarming and escalation procedures.
  • Aid application teams to debug performance/availability issues and provide subject matter expertise to application support teams.
  • Participate in an on-call rotation to support your environment.
  • Perform detailed root cause analysis and write clear and detailed postmortem reports including suggested long-term mitigation and remediation projects.
  • Proactively monitor utilization and performance and recommend capacity management strategies.

Qualifications
  • Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related technical field (or equivalent combination of education and relevant work experience).
  • 10+ years of professional experience in Linux-based roles, with demonstrated expertise in supporting, administering, and maintaining Linux operating systems in enterprise environments.
  • Very strong knowledge of the Linux platform, including regular system administration, kernel optimization, OS hardening and the Linux networking stack.
  • Experience managing thousands of Linux hosts in on-prem environment
  • Strong familiarization with RHEL is a plus
  • Strong written and oral communication skills
  • Good understanding with various storage technologies and SAN/NAS protocols.
  • Demonstrated experience debugging OS issues in a complex business environment.
  • Experience with one or more virtualization environment in a production setting.
  • Strong sense of system hygiene and attention to detail, focused on driving projects to completion.
  • Strong proclivity for automation, including demonstrated experience building automated deployment tooling for Linux using Ansible or similar tools.
  • Experience managing Kubernetes
  • AWS cloud experience with EC2, EKS, VPC, IAM, S3, Glacier is a plus
  • Demonstrated coding ability in system automation, preferred languages Python and bash.
  • Experience in a low-latency environment is a plus, e.g. Solarflare or OpenOnload
  • Experience deploying and managing several infrastructure and application monitoring tools and using those tools to make data driven operational decisions.

Additional Information
Tradeweb is committed to providing valuable and competitive benefits. In addition to working in our culture of innovation and collaboration, we offer:
  • Health Insurance: Highly competitive medical, dental, and vision programs
  • Hybrid Environment: Our employees have the flexibility of working in the office and from home.
  • Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts: You may elect to set aside pre-tax earnings to pay for eligible health care and dependent day care expenses for you and your eligible family members.
  • Maven Family Building Benefit: Maven offers support for fertility and preconception; pregnancy and post-partum; adoption; surrogacy and pediatrics for children up to age 10. Tradeweb provides a $10,000 lifetime reimbursement towards fertility, egg freezing, adoption and surrogacy expenses.
  • Building Wealth - 401(k) Savings Plan: Employees are immediately eligible for the 401(k) plan. Participants may contribute up to 75% of eligible compensation into a traditional 401(k) and/or Roth 401(k). Tradeweb will match 100% of the first 4% of compensation that you contribute.
  • The current pay range for this role is currently $ 200,000 to $250,000 per year, based on a regular, full-time schedule. The amount of pay offered will be determined by several factors, including but not limited to qualifications, market data, and internal guidelines.
  • This role will also be eligible to participate in Tradeweb's discretionary bonus program.
  • This role is expected to remain open until 8/3/2026.

Other Benefit Programs
  • Pre-Tax Commuter Benefits Program
  • ARAG Legal Services
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Tuition Reimbursement
  • Financial Wellness Tools
  • Travel Assistance Benefits
  • Pet Insurance
  • Corporate Gym Subsidies
  • Wellness Perks
  • Paid Time Off and Parental Leave

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