Principal Network Engineer

Our challenge is finding folks with direct HFTexperience. THIS IS A MUST HAVE

• Therole requires experience with financial services, exchange orhigh-frequency trading environments, including low-latency networking,multicast, FPGA-based switches, high-precision timing and troubleshooting production issues.
  
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• The principal engineer must be able to work across architecture, network engineering, technical project management and detailed troubleshooting systems. ownership, accountability and driving work through to completion.
• Fintechor high-frequency trading experience, Layer 1 switching, latency monitoring, ASICs, buffer utilization, multicast table sizes, and vendor equipment testing.
  
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Seeking a Principal Network Engineer to serve as a deep technical anchor for our global network infrastructure.

• Thisrole is responsible for shaping the design, scalability, and long-term evolution of highly distributed, latency-sensitive trading networks acrosson-prem and cloud environments.
• The Principal Engineer brings expert-level knowledge of deterministic packetforwarding, advanced routing design, and ultra-low latency architecture,combined with the ability to operate independently and own complex problems end-to-end.
• This individual partners closely with Network Engineering leadership andcross-functional architecture teams to lead high-complexity initiatives,conduct rigorous pre-implementation testing and validation, and establish best practices that drive consistency and reliability across the environment.
• They function as a technical leader without formal authority—mentoring senior engineers, influencing design decisions, and raising the overall engineering bar across the organization.
• Successin this role requires both deep technical expertise and strong communication skills.
• The Principal Engineer must be able to translate complex architectural decisions, trade-offs, and risks into clear, actionable insights for both engineering teams and senior leadership.
• Theideal candidate holds (or is actively pursuing) a CCIE certification,writes production-quality Python, and is comfortable working with modernobservability platforms such as Prometheus and Grafana to drivedata-informed engineering decisions.
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