Network Engineer (HFT)

TL;DR

Network Engineer (HFT): Designing, growing, and maintaining ultra-low-latency network infrastructure across on-premise and multi-cloud environments with an accent on optimizing routing, peering, and data paths for high-speed data delivery. Focus on implementing metrics, alerting, and telemetry for end-to-end visibility and contributing to network automation and reliability in a global, latency-sensitive trading environment.

Location: Remote (Global)

Company

Pinely is an algorithmic trading firm focused on building and optimizing ultra-low-latency, fully automated trading systems for world financial markets using in-house developed research and technology.

What you will do

• Design, plan, and maintain low-latency network infrastructure across on-premise and multi-cloud environments.
• Optimize routing, peering, and data paths for ultra-low-latency communication.
• Monitor network performance and implement metrics, alerting, and telemetry for end-to-end visibility.
• Collaborate with vendors and partners to manage connectivity, link deployment, and lifecycle.
• Contribute to automation of operational tasks, configuration management, and CI/CD integration.
• Participate in incident response, troubleshooting, and post-mortem analysis to continuously improve network reliability.

Requirements

• Strong knowledge of IP networking, routing, BGP, multicast, RF, and fiber technologies.
• Hands-on experience with cloud networking (AWS, Google Cloud, and/or Alibaba Cloud).
• Solid understanding of Linux networking stack, tuning, and performance optimization.
• Experience with network automation tools such as Ansible, Python, Terraform, or NetBox.
• Familiarity with observability stacks like Grafana and Prometheus.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and operational discipline in distributed environments.
• Advanced written and spoken English.

Nice to have

• Proven experience in operating low-latency or high-performance networks, ideally in trading or finance.
• Experience with low-latency networking hardware, including Layer 1 switches and optical transport.
• Hands-on experience with RF-based networks.
• Development skills sufficient to create custom network diagnostic or monitoring tools.

Culture & Benefits

• Competitive compensation above the market with bonuses twice a year up to 50% of annual salary.
• Sophisticated internal training and development programs.
• Comprehensive health insurance and reimbursement for sports activities.
• Engaging corporate events twice a year.
• High level of influence and ownership of the process in a flat organizational structure.
• Work closely with an experienced team.