Senior Site Reliability Engineer EMEA (F/M/D)

Flowdesk's mission is to build a global financial institution for digital assets, one designed from the ground up for market integrity and efficiency.

To achieve this in a rapidly evolving market, we apply a disciplined, first-principles approach to everything we do. This approach is embedded in our core services, from institutional liquidity provision, trading solutions, OTC execution to our comprehensive treasury management offerings. This is how we cut through the noise and build robust and scalable systems across all our business lines.

We seek individuals who are driven by this systematic approach. Joining Flowdesk means you will be a key contributor in building and scaling a more transparent and efficient financial markets infrastructure.

The Role

As a Core SRE Engineer at Flowdesk, you will be at the heart of our infrastructure operations, responsible for the reliability, performance, and scalability of our global high-frequency trading platform.

Reporting to Flowdesk's head of Infrastructure and working in close collaboration with the Engineering, Trading, and Data teams, you will play a crucial role in maintaining, enhancing, and scaling the critical systems that power our operations.

Your mission

Infrastructure Management & Reliability

• Maintain and optimize critical infrastructures including Nats (ultra-low latency networking stack), cloud infrastructures, data pipelines, and core trading systems.
• Monitor and optimize network infrastructure to ensure peak performance and minimal downtime.
• Ensure reliability, security, scalability, and performance of the company's essential systems.
• Participate in day-to-day operational activities and incident management.
  

Kubernetes & Orchestration

• Develop and maintain in-house Kubernetes operators to manage our evolving stack.
• Manage containerized workloads and ensure smooth deployments.
  

Automation & DevOps

• Improve and add new features to our CI/CD systems (FluxCD, Github Actions, Python scripting)
• Implement robust monitoring solutions using Prometheus, Grafana, and similar technologies
• Advance DevOps practices, application-level reliability, and observability
  

Collaboration & Innovation

• Engage with Flowdesk's teams to understand their needs and deliver technical solutions
• Provide technical support that enhances operational capabilities across teams
• Propose improvements and bring innovative ideas to enhance performance and reliability
• Explain technical concepts effectively to non-technical stakeholders
  
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