We're looking for an Senior Site Reliability/DevOps Engineer to join our hedge fund's technology team. You'll be responsible for building and maintaining our cloud infrastructure that powers our trading operations. This role combines expertise in AWS architecture, database administration, and system monitoring to ensure our platform operates at peak performance 24/7. Impact Enable our trading strategies through robust, low-latency infrastructure Enhance system security and reliability to protect our assets and operations Build scalable solutions that support our growing trading volume and complexity Improve system observability and incident response capabilities Optimize operational costs while maintaining high availability and performance Responsibilities Architect and implement AWS infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code principles Design and maintain high-performance database systems Implement comprehensive monitoring and alerting systems Optimize system performance and reduce latency Manage backup and disaster recovery processes Handle security configurations and access management Provide on-call support for critical infrastructure Create and maintain technical documentation Collaborate with trading teams to understand and support their infrastructure needs Requirements Must Have 5+ years hands-on experience with AWS services (EC2, RDS, EKS, VPC, IAM) Strong experience in infrastructure automation using Terraform or CloudFormation Proven experience managing and optimizing Expertise in monitoring tools (CloudWatch, Datadog or equivalent) Experience with containerization (Docker/Kubernetes) Knowledge of networking concepts and security best practices Experience handling production incidents and on-call responsibilities Strong scripting skills (Bash, Shell script) Nice to Have Experience in financial services or trading environments AWS Professional certifications Knowledge of blockchain technologies and exchange APIs Experience with high-frequency trading infrastructure Experience with performance tuning and optimization Knowledge of CI/CD practices and tools Multi-region infrastructure management experience Benefits We are a rapidly growing hedge fund, 2 years old, managing a 9-figure AUM, generating 200%+ annualized returns with a 4 Sharpe. We've grown to a team of ~40 across Trading & Research, Tech, and Operations. This is an opportunity to get in on the ground floor of a rapidly growing team and industry. Each member of our team can make large, impactful contributions -- for which we compensate very well, with long-term upside. When applying, mention the word CANDYSHOP to show you read the job post completely.