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.