Platform Engineer

About Grasshopper

Grasshopper is a quantitative trading technology provider based in Singapore, and is the holding company of Grasshopper Asset Management. Our state-of-the-art technology, built from the ground up in-house, puts us at the forefront of developments in electronic trading. An unbroken record of consistency and profitability is underpinned by firm values of curiosity, empowerment and flexibility.

About the Role

As a Platform Engineer on the Infrastructure Team, you’ll be responsible for managing our internal platforms that enable our developers to build, deploy and manage applications efficiently, streamlining the software development cycle. You’ll also take the initiative to explore and automate different ways to resolve an issue, and systematically find the most efficient and effective way to do it.

As a key member of the Infrastructure Team, you’ll

Be responsible for managing the on-prem and cloud-based server fleet.

Tuning and optimization of both the OS and hardware

Work closely with the various developer teams to ensure applications run optimally

Automate as much as possible

Improve the current monitoring stack

We’d love for you to have

Advanced knowledge of Linux (CentOS/RHEL 7x,8x preferred), focused on automation, systems engineer and performance tuning
Performance benchmarking
Knowledge of Low latency networking, onload (Solarflare/Xilinx)
Experience with system tuning tools like perf
Fluency with scripting languages (bash, python, ruby)
Working knowledge of the network protocols
Experience with configuration management tools (puppet, ansible, chef)

It will be highly useful if you have prior experience in the following technologies

Configuration management tools like Puppet/Chef/Ansible

Containerization

Google Cloud Platform

Kubernetes

C++ toolchain (gcc, clang, cmake, conan)

What we offer

• 21 days annual leave
• An opportunity to learn from experienced professionals, fostering mentorship opportunities and personal growth
• Comprehensive Insurance Package with extended coverage for dependents
• Well stocked pantry
• Annual Dental & Wellness budget
• Gym membership
• Employee bonus referrals

Competitive Compensation

What you can expect working at Grasshopper

At Grasshopper, you will be working in a diverse and dynamic environment with a flat hierarchy. With over 100 employees and 15 nationalities working in an open office, communication is essential to performance. To keep our edge as the “small giant” of trading technology, we give employees a high level of autonomy and encourage them to get creative, take risks, make mistakes and learn from them. The sprint is on!

Grasshopper is an equal opportunity employer.