Senior Infrastructure Engineer - Trading Systems

About the role

FalconX is a pioneering team of operators, investors, and builders committed to revolutionizing institutional access to the crypto markets. Operating at the intersection of traditional finance and cutting-edge technology, FalconX addresses the industry's foremost challenges: Navigating the digital asset market can be complex and fragmented, with limited products and services that support trading strategies, structures, and liquidity found in conventional financial markets. As a comprehensive solution for all digital asset strategies from start to scale, FalconX operates as the connective tissue empowering clients with seamless navigation through the ever-evolving cryptocurrency landscape.

Responsibilities

• Design, provision, and maintain ultra-low latency AWS and hybrid network topologies, including VPCs, exchange gateways, and regional deployment expansions.
• Optimize Linux OS kernels and compute performance using CPU isolation (isolcpus), AWS Cluster Placement Groups, and enhanced networking (ENA/ENI).
• Drive infrastructure automation, provisioning, and configuration management using Terraform and Ansible.
• Architect infrastructure to support expanding Exchange Market Making (EMM), Project Market Making (PMM), and TradFi exchange convergences.
• Build telemetry and monitoring pipelines using Grafana Cloud and Alloy to ensure continuous visibility into platform performance.
• Guide the technical roadmap, mentor junior engineers, and act as an escalation lead for critical system incidents.

Key Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in Infrastructure Engineering, Systems Engineering, or SRE, with a focus on low-latency electronic trading environments.
• Advanced experience with kernel-level performance tuning, memory management, and network I/O optimization (isolcpus, network profiling, ring buffers).
• Demonstrated experience leveraging AWS low-latency constructs (Placement Groups, ENA/ENI, high-performance EC2 instance optimization).
• Experience with FIX protocol, Aeron messaging, or low-latency colocation connectivity.
• Familiarity with high-frequency trading (HFT) workflows or crypto exchange API integrations.
• Strong proficiency in Terraform for cloud infrastructure and Ansible for OS configuration and patching.
• Deep understanding of physical network topologies, TCP/IP, UDP, and low-latency network routing.
• Hands-on experience with Docker, Docker Compose, Jenkins, and modern deployment pipelines.
• Experience setting up production monitoring using Grafana Cloud, Alloy, or Prometheus.

Bonus Points

• Hands-on scripting capability in Python/Bash, with development experience in Rust or Java preferred.
• Experience with hardware acceleration technologies (FPGAs, SmartNICs) or custom network card driver tuning.
• Knowledge of PTP (Precision Time Protocol) / IEEE 1588 or clock synchronization setup for high-precision trade timestamping.

Pay

The base pay for this role is expected to be between $179,000 - $218,000 in New York City. This expected base pay range is based on information at the time this post was generated. This role will also be eligible for other forms of compensation such as a performance linked bonus, equity, and a competitive benefits package. Actual compensation for a successful candidate will be determined based on a number of factors such as location, skillset, experience, qualifications and the level at which the candidate is hired.