Infrastructure/Backend Engineer

Mlabs Ltd
New York, NY, United States
about 2 months ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Compensation
$180,000.0 - $320,000.0
Working hours
Regular working hours
Job source

Tech stack

Airflow Automation of Tests Code Generation Programming Tools Github PostgreSQL Uptime Octopus Deploy Reliability Engineering Prometheus Zero Trust Network Access Grafana
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Infrastructure as Code (IaC) Backend Kubernetes Low Latency Vertica Terraform Docker Legacy Systems Golang

Job description

  • Infrastructure Migration & Optimization: Drive the comprehensive migration of applications and core services from legacy systems to a highly resilient, modern infrastructure stack.
  • Platform Self-Service & Orchestration: Mature and scale internal testing and validation tools, including local stack orchestration frameworks, allowing developers to execute applications flexibly and coordinate multiple automated agents simultaneously.
  • Latency Reduction: Collaborate closely with application engineering teams to optimize critical-path applications, identifying and resolving software and infrastructure bottlenecks to minimize latency and maximize financial edge.
  • Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Maintain, deploy, and manage 100% of the production environment utilizing IaC methodologies, ensuring absolute consistency, visibility, and automation across all layers.
  • Security & Reliability Engineering: Actively identify, mitigate, and minimize security attack vectors; coordinate contained chaos-engineering tests and system stress-tests using automated testing suites and advanced technical tools to guarantee maximum uptime.

Requirements

Do you have experience in Terraform?, Technical Foundations

  • Core infrastructure fundaments (security, networking, access control, etc).
  • Strong experience with kubernetes and kubernetes best practices.
  • Hands-on experience with Terraform, ArgoCD, Github Action, Docker, Prometheus, and Grafana. Evangelist of Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
  • Experience writing backend applications in Golang
  • Experience with Postgres, Clickhouse, Dagster (Nice to have)

Professional Characteristics

  • Security-Minded: A proactive approach to zero-trust architecture, security configuration, and continuous system hardening.
  • Advanced Tool Leverage: High proficiency in leveraging advanced AI and development tools effectively-possessing the technical depth to rigorously validate outputs, establish guardrails, and avoid passive code generation.
  • Solution-Oriented & Autonomous: Ability to independently audit the existing stack, identify operational gaps, prioritize tasks based on commercial value, and execute solutions.
  • Collaborative Rigor: Strong alignment with a “disagree and commit” philosophy; maintaining a team-first mindset that prioritizes collective execution and continuous cross-functional learning alongside quantitative researchers and operations teams.

Benefits & conditions

Pulled from the full job description

  • Health insurance
  • Vision insurance
  • Dental insurance, * Competitive Base Compensation: Highly attractive base salary ranging from $180,000 to $320,000, commensurate with experience.
  • Long-Term Incentives: Comprehensive equity ownership packages and token allocation structures.
  • Cutting-Edge Tech Stack: Access to premier infrastructure, hardware, and modern automated tooling.
  • Comprehensive Health & Wellness: Premium medical, dental, and vision insurance coverage options.
  • Professional Growth: Direct exposure to institutional-grade trading platforms and collaborative environments alongside industry-leading technical and quantitative professionals.

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