Systems Engineer

Edgestream Partners, L.P. is an algorithmic hedge fund founded in 2003. We build robust, high-quality software that we run and manage on a global network of compute servers. Our software implements real-time mathematical models (using Machine Learning) that trade around the clock in many of the world’s financial markets and asset classes.

We are a small group of scientists and software engineers who take pride in our software craftsmanship and are looking to add a software engineer to our team.

• Design our next generation globally distributed compute platform
• Improve our low-latency trading infrastructure, by tuning both the Linux kernel and associated hardware
• Deploy and monitor our high-performance trading software on our distributed compute platform
• Collaborate on our storage and cloud infrastructure projects

Skills/experience that we look for in a team member:

• Linux kernel
• Cisco/Arista networking
• Network programming (sockets)
• C, Python, Cython, NumPy

Characteristics that we look for in a team member:

• Loves to build bulletproof infrastructure - both software and hardware stacks
• Enjoys learning and acquiring knowledge - quickly and independently
• Dislikes complexity and strives to find simple and elegant solutions
• Collaborative and team-oriented