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Senior Systems Engineer

Job in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, 60290, USA
Listing for: Sunrise Futures, LLC
Full Time position Listed on 2026-11-14
Job specializations:
Salary/Wage Range or Industry Benchmark: 80000 - 140000 USD Yearly USD 80000.00 140000.00 YEAR

Job Description & How to Apply Below

Sunrise Futures is looking to hire a talented Senior Systems Engineer to join our team.

The Role:

  • Working collaboratively with the technology and business teams on all aspects of our global trading and research infrastructure
  • Researching and implementing enhancements to our infrastructure systems as well as automation and monitoring
  • Exploring and working with industry-leading technology and hardware
  • Working alongside industry experts in the fields of finance and technology
  • Lead/mentor junior team members
  • Taking ownership of and leading projects from start to finish including design, roll out, and testing
  • Working on challenging and dynamic problems in a team atmosphere

The Requirements:

  • 5+ years of experience with unix systems engineering-oriented tasks
  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or an equivalent field
  • Experience with unix servers working in bare metal and virtualized environments
  • Experience with scripting languages and automation tools
  • Experience with low latency environments is a plus but not required
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Must be willing to take ownership and lead others
  • Problem solvers who are driven, self-motivated, and "outside of the box" thinkers
  • Motivated, dependable, and responsible team players

The Company:

At Sunrise Futures, we bring science to trading. We have built a perfect combination of an algorithmic trading engine, a scientific research laboratory, and a technology venture. We harness the combined power of our industry-leading research platform, cutting-edge technology, and highly talented team to produce algorithmic trading strategies in markets all around the globe. By putting a tremendous emphasis on scientific trading, we have had a growing profit stream ever since our inception.

Sunrise Futures is a mix of computer scientists, physicists, engineers, and mathematicians – but in a nutshell – we are all problem solvers. At Sunrise we strive to maintain a highly collaborative and productive environment. By selecting only individuals who we truly believe are a good match for the firm and vice versa, we have built an exceptional team and workplace where everyone can thrive, learn and excel to their maximum potential.

The Benefits:

  • Paid time off and sick leave
  • Fully covered medical and dental insurance premiums
  • Generous 401(k) match
  • Daily catered lunches plus fully stocked kitchens with snacks
  • Free gym membership
  • Flexible spending accounts
  • RTA commuter plan
  • Life insurance
  • Short-term disability coverage
  • Tuition reimbursement program
  • Frequent company events, happy hours, and more!

Position Requirements

10+ Years work experience
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