Software Engineer - DevOps

Overview

Job Description

Responsibilities

• - Support engineering teams by maintaining and improving the high-frequency trading (HFT) platform across multiple cloud and On-Prem environments.
• - Work on network, operation system and application to achieve ultra-low latency and high system reliability.
• - Enhance the developer experience by introducing modern tools, automation, and best practices across infrastructure and development workflows.
• - Explore and implement new technologies to further optimize infrastructure performance and scalability, ensuring Wincent stays ahead of the market.

Required Skills

• - Senior Engineering Expertise: 5+ years of strong coding background, knowledge of Python, Ansible or Terraform is a plus.
• - Strong DevOps Background: Experience with troubleshooting Kubernetes and Docker, debugging apps, profiling, network administration (at least basic knowledge).
• - Cloud & Networking: We use AWS cloud but knowledge of other clouds is an advantage. Networking and monitoring expertise is an advantage, too.
• - Collaborative Spirit: Teamwork, communication, and collaboration are essential, as we work as a single unit, not as a group of individual contributors.
• - Systems Thinking: Strong understanding of distributed systems, scalability, and performance optimization.
• - Data-Driven Focus: Proactively utilize performance metrics, logs, and monitoring data to inform optimization decisions, debug complex issues, and validate the impact of infrastructure changes.
• - Ownership & Problem Solving: We provide a lot of freedom to our engineers, so we expect you to be a ''manager of one'' who owns their agenda and delivers results.
• - Culture Fit: Say things as they are, answer questions truthfully, leave ego at the door, challenge decisions when you disagree, and once a decision is final, commit and deliver your best.

Benefits

• - Competitive, above-market compensation tailored to your expertise, seniority, and local residency.
• - Every six months, we celebrate impact. This bonus is tied directly to both individual excellence and the fund’s overall performance.
• - Equity is a part of your compensation package, letting you share directly in the company’s success.
• - Opportunity to invest in our flagship multi-strategy fund.
• - Flexible working time and unlimited paid vacation.
• - Relocation support if needed for onsite collaboration in Bratislava.