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title: 'Datacentre Operations Engineer at XTX Markets'
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# Datacentre Operations Engineer at XTX Markets

- **Company:** XTX Markets
- **Location:** Singapore
- **Posted:** 2026-03-09
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-11
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/xtxmarketstechnologies/jobs/7645996003

## Job description

The Firm

XTX Markets is a leading algorithmic trading firm which uses state-of-the-art machine learning technology to produce price forecasts for over 53,000 financial instruments across equities, fixed income, currencies, commodities, and crypto. It uses those forecasts to trade on exchanges and alternative trading venues, and to offer differentiated liquidity directly to clients worldwide. The firm trades over $250bn a day across 35 countries and has over 300 employees based in London, Singapore, New York, Paris, Bristol, Mumbai, Yerevan and Kajaani.

We leverage the talent of our team, modern computational techniques, and state-of-the-art research infrastructure to analyse large data sets across markets quickly and efficiently, maximizing the effectiveness of our proprietary trading algorithms. We are actively seeking new methods and ideas. The models that drive our trading strategies have evolved considerably over the last 10 years, from econometric methods that gave our company its name, to trees, to neural networks, to modern deep learning architectures.

XTX Markets has an unrivalled level of computational resources in the trading industry, with a growing research cluster currently containing well over 25,000 GPUs with more than 1 exabyte of usable storage. Teams across the firm include world-class researchers, developers and technologists with backgrounds in pure math, programming, physics, computer science and machine learning. The firm is also constructing a large-scale data centre in Finland to future-proof its significant computational capabilities.

At XTX Markets, technology is our business, and we are a diverse organization which attracts outstanding talent from across all industry backgrounds. We are focused on teamwork, and our people collaborate on all aspects of the business, working openly and with respect for each other, our clients and the market. Our culture is non-hierarchical and one where everyone is valued. We strive for excellence in everything we do.

## The Role

We are expanding our Datacentre Operations team in Singapore and are seeking an experienced datacentre engineer, ideally with a background in networking and/or systems administration, and proven low-latency trading infrastructure experience, to help run the physical layer of XTX’s datacentre infrastructure.

The role combines hands-on physical datacentre work including server racking, cabling, power management, component integration, supporting network deployment, APAC colocation project management in close collaboration with the Trading Development and Procurement teams.

The position is based in our Singapore office but will require occasional international travel to datacentres predominantly based Asia.

## Responsibilities

- You will lead and execute deployment of physical infrastructure in APAC datacentres primarily, and support datacentre operations activities globally.
- You will supervise and execute large projects (e.g., colocation setup and expansions, moving large amounts of equipment between sites) and maintain our datacentres (e.g., replacing failed components).
- You will be responsible for installing and maintaining a well-ordered datacentre infrastructure (e.g., designing, installing, and maintaining labelled, structured cabling, or power, space and cooling capacity monitoring and expansion).
- You will perform server integration work (e.g. fitting PCIe cards, NICs, etc into servers), hardware refreshes and failed component replacements.
- You will coordinate with third parties regarding infrastructure support.
- Produce and maintain operational runbooks, install guides, test plans and post-change verification; review and approve changes.
- Assist with inventory and logistics tasks as needed to support deployments (secondary responsibility, not a primary focus).

Essential Attributes

- 5+ years working in datacentres or infrastructure operations.
- Hands-on experience with switches/routers and low-latency network design (experience with Cisco, Mellanox, and Arista preferred).
- Proven experience building/operating low-latency trading infrastructure and APAC colocation projects.
- Network routing knowledge: BGP, OSPF and multicast routing (implementation and troubleshooting).
- Comfortable working inside servers: component installs, PCIe cards, firmware updates, and hardware diagnostics (experience with Dell servers a plus).
- Hands-on experience with fibre optics, transceivers (SFP/SFP+/QSFP/DWDM) and optical networking fundamentals.
- Strong change management, documentation and verification discipline.
- Excellent communication skills for vendor coordination, exchange/Broker integration and remote-hands instruction.
- Due to the nature of our trading, some work would necessarily have to happen during weekends, as such flexibility to work on Saturdays (with time-off in lieu) or a willingness to work a shifted week (for example Tuesday through Saturday) would be necessary.
- Fluent in both Mandarin & English.

## About XTX Markets

## Core Business
- **Primary industries**: Algorithmic trading, electronic market making, financial services
- **Target customers**: Institutional clients, counterparties, exchanges, and e-trading venues globally (B2B)
- **Mission/purpose**: To automate all aspects of trading using cutting-edge machine learning and massive computational resources, while providing consistent liquidity to market participants worldwide.

## Products & Services
- **Liquidity Provision (Market Making)**: Continuous two-sided quotes across equities, FX, fixed income, commodities, and crypto on nearly 100 exchanges and alternative trading venues. Offered via both exchange-traded and OTC channels.
- **Price Forecasting Models**: Proprietary statistical models that generate price forecasts for over 53,000 financial instruments, deployed on a research cluster with 25,000+ GPUs and over 1 Exabyte of usable storage.
- **Distribution & Liquidity Management**: Direct client-facing platforms that offer differentiated liquidity and execution services globally.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed (private company)
- **Key Metric**: Annual revenue estimated at $717M (as of 2024); daily traded volume exceeds $250bn across 35 countries.
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Founder Alex Gerko owns 75% of the firm; no external venture capital disclosed. Partners with major exchanges and institutional counterparties worldwide.
- **Growth Signals**: Headcount grew 17.8% YoY to ~300 employees; building a large-scale data centre in Finland to future-proof computational capabilities; expanding offices in New York, Singapore, Finland, Armenia, and India.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Unmatched computational scale**: Over 25,000 GPUs in research cluster, 1 Exabyte storage – among the largest in the trading industry.
- **Machine learning expertise**: Deep focus on ML and quantitative research; teams include world-class researchers from pure math, physics, computer science.
- **Global reach**: Trades across 35 countries on nearly 100 exchanges; $250bn daily volume provides deep liquidity.
- **Founder-led, long-term vision**: Private ownership allows patient investment in technology and talent without short-term shareholder pressure.

## Strategic Focus
- **Infrastructure expansion**: Building a massive data centre in Finland to support growing computational needs.
- **Talent acquisition**: Hiring across quantitative research, software engineering, machine learning, and operations in London, New York, Singapore, Armenia, and Bristol.
- **Product diversification**: Continued expansion into new asset classes and geographies, including crypto and emerging markets.
- **Philanthropy**: Over £400m committed to charitable causes (primarily mathematics education and research) since 2020.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Non-hierarchical, collaborative, and meritocratic; emphasis on intellectual curiosity and autonomy. Described as “bright, inquiring minds” with a fast feedback loop.
- **Work environment**: Onsite in London (Handyside St.) with extensive facilities: private GP clinic, gym, sauna, sleep pods, hairdresser/nail salon, barista, monthly cinema screenings, and fully stocked kitchens with breakfast and lunch.
- **Remote/hybrid policy**: Not explicitly stated, but roles appear to be primarily office-based given the onsite perks; some roles (e.g., datacentre operations) may require shift work.
- **Compensation & benefits**: Highly competitive – pension (1.5x match up to 15%), private medical/dental, enhanced parental leave, nursery support, fertility support, income protection, tuition reimbursement, and more. Employee referral scheme and charitable giving matching.
- **Engineering culture**: Strong focus on high-performance distributed systems, machine learning, and quantitative research. Teams work closely with quants and have high autonomy to choose software and hardware.

## Sources
1. [xtxmarkets.com](https://www.xtxmarkets.com/)
2. [greenhouse.io](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/xtxmarketstechnologies)
3. [linkedin.com](https://uk.linkedin.com/company/xtx-markets)
4. [xtxmarkets.com/disclosures](https://www.xtxmarkets.com/disclosures/)

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