What we're looking for

As a DevOps and Infrastructure Engineer, you will play a critical role in maintaining and optimizing the infrastructure that powers our high-performance trading and exchange systems for Zeta X. This includes managing our server-side infrastructure, improving CI/CD practices, optimizing exchange latency, and ensuring robust observability. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure the reliability, scalability, and efficiency of our systems.

Responsibilities

Infrastructure Management

• Design, deploy, and maintain cloud-based infrastructure, leveraging the AWS stack.
• Utilize tools like Terraform, Cloudformation and Ansible for Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and automation.
• Maintain and optimize infrastructure components, including cranks, indexers, and trade feeds written in Rust.

Observability and Reliability

• Maintain and enhance the observability stack, including Prometheus, InfluxDB, and Grafana.
• Establish and manage robust alerting systems and on-call schedules through PagerDuty or equivalent tools.
• Monitor system performance and implement proactive measures to reduce downtime and improve reliability.

CI/CD and Automation

• Develop and improve CI/CD pipelines to enable automated testing, staging, and production deployments.
• Ensure secure and efficient management of package versions and deployment processes.

Performance Optimization

• Analyze and optimize systems to reduce latency, manage congestion, and improve overall performance.
• Design and implement strategies for scaling and distributing systems to handle increasing traffic and demand.
• Apply expertise in low-latency trading systems and distributed architectures to enhance performance.

Collaboration and Leadership

• Work closely with development teams to support and integrate new features into production.
• Take ownership of on-call schedules, ensuring proper incident management and response protocols.
• Provide mentorship and guidance to team members on best practices for infrastructure and DevOps.

Qualifications

Must-Have Skills

• **Technical Expertise:**Strong experience with AWS cloud tools and services (e.g., EC2, S3, Lambda, DynamoDB, ECS etc.). Proficiency in Rust, particularly for maintaining backend infrastructure (e.g., cranks, indexers, trade feeds). Hands-on experience with observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, InfluxDB). Knowledge of CI/CD tools (e.g., GitHub Actions). Proficiency with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools like Terraform and Ansible. Strong understanding of distributed systems and low-latency architectures.
• **Operational Skills:**Experience managing on-call schedules and incident response protocols (PagerDuty or similar). Proven ability to reduce system latencies and optimize for high performance. Expertise in deploying and maintaining highly available and reliable systems.
• **Soft Skills:**Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment. Excellent communication skills and ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams.

Nice-to-Have Skills

• Familiarity with blockchain infrastructure and DeFi systems, preferably Solana.
• Experience with high-frequency trading platforms or similar low-latency trading systems.

Benefits

• Competitive salary and benefits package.
• The opportunity to work on the world’s fastest DEX and Solana’s first layer 2 rollup in an innovative and rapidly evolving industry.
• Flexible working arrangements, including remote work options, but with a strong preference for APAC friendly timezones.
• A supportive and collaborative team environment that values professional growth.

About Us

Zeta was started by a tightly-knit team with backgrounds in high frequency trading (HFT), top Silicon valley tech companies and prominent centralised crypto exchanges (CEXs). They’re backed by some of the leading investors in the crypto space such as Electric Capital, Jump Capital, Race Capital, Wintermute and many more. Zeta’s platform has facilitated over $15B in trading volume over the last year, and with the hotly anticipated launch of Zeta X (the latest iteration of their exchange) they are looking to redefine the trading experience on Solana with 5ms latency and thousands of TPS.