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Infrastructure Engineer

Jump Trading

Job Location:

Chicago, IL - USA

Monthly Salary: $ 200000 - 250000

Posted: 20 May 2026 (30+ days ago)

Application Deadline: 4 September 2026

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Jump Trading Group is committed to world class research. We empower exceptional talent across the mathematical and computational sciences to push past scientific boundaries and apply cutting edge research to global financial markets. Our culture is unique: constant innovation requires fearlessness and intellectual honesty alongside a relentless competitive streak that drives us to win together. We unlock unique individual talent by motivating collaboration and mutual respect. At Jump research outcomes drive more than superior risk-adjusted returns. We deploy groundbreaking technologies fund start-ups across industries and partner with leading global research organizations to solve problems that affect the broader world.

What Youll Do:

We are seeking an infrastructure engineer to own the production layer for AI capabilities deployed across trading teams. The ideal person for this role will combine strong systems instincts with engineering taste and a clear product sense and will be capable of turning a fast-moving set of AI capabilities into reliable scalable services for demanding internal users. You will partner with the research and platform groups to bring their work into production and with trading teams to ensure that what we ship meets stringent operational requirements.

Responsibilities include hardening and scaling the systems that deliver AI to internal users designing and operating dedicated pathways that protect critical-path workflows from contention with heavier non-trading workloads and continuously improving the reliability and breadth of the AI platform. You will also play a central role in how context tools and agentic flows are composed at scale.

Other duties as assigned or needed.

Skills Youll Need:

5 year track record of building and operating production systems at meaningful scale
Bachelors degree in Computer Science Computer Engineering or related field
Strong development skills in Python with working knowledge of at least one systems language
Deep Linux fluency and a sharp sense for how distributed systems fail under load
Hands-on experience with agentic systems context engineering and harness design
Product instinct and a customer view when building tooling for sophisticated internal users
A taste for ops work and an appetite for keeping critical systems healthy
Intellectual curiosity and a strong bias toward shipping
Reliable and predictable availability

Benefits

- Discretionary bonus eligibility
- Medical dental and vision insurance
- HSA FSA and Dependent Care options
- Employer Paid Group Term Life and AD&D Insurance
- Voluntary Life & AD&D insurance
- Paid vacation plus paid holidays
- Retirement plan with employer match
- Paid parental leave
- Wellness Programs

Annual Base Salary Range

$200000 - $250000 USD

Required Experience:

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