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# Network Engineer at Radix Trading Experienced Job Board

- **Company:** Radix Trading Experienced Job Board
- **Location:** Chicago Illinois, United States / New York New York, United States
- **Posted:** 2024-11-27
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-05
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/radixexperienced/jobs/7745843002

## Job description

Radix Trading is seeking an experienced Network Engineer to design, implement, and manage our complex, low-latency network infrastructure. In this pivotal role, you will operate with a high degree of independence to ensure the reliability, performance, and optimization of our global network. The ideal candidate has deep expertise in networking within fast-paced trading environments and excels at solving challenging technical problems at scale.

Responsibilities:

- Oversee the architecture, design, and strategy for research, enterprise and trading networks.
- Lead the design and deployment of trading network infrastructure, ensuring optimal performance and low latency.
- Troubleshoot complex network issues, ensuring minimal disruption to trading activities.
- Collaborate with internal teams to ensure network systems meet trading application requirements.
- Maintain and improve networking standards across the organization, adhering to best practices and regulatory requirements.
- Work with remote datacenter teams to troubleshoot complex hardware, cabling, and optics issues
- Develop scripts and tools for network automation and monitoring
- Lead initiatives to ensure network scalability and performance in line with business goals.
- Provide expert guidance on networking protocols.

Skills & Qualifications:

- Expert knowledge of networking and TCP/IP protocols.
- Experience with vendor hardware and operating systems, including Arista, Cisco, and Juniper
- Proficiency in Python scripting for network automation.
- Strong knowledge of Unix/Linux network stack and command line tools. Experience with multicast design, especially in high-performance trading environments.
- Trading network experience is highly desired.
- Results-oriented, highly flexible, team player.
- Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to lead network projects.

## About Radix Trading Experienced Job Board

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Radix Trading is a privately-funded, research-driven proprietary trading firm that uses statistical methodologies and machine learning to trade on major electronic markets globally.
- **Entity Type**: Private (privately-funded, does not accept outside investments)
- **Headquarters**: Chicago, Illinois, United States
- **Founded**: 2014
- **Founders**: Not publicly available (founded by industry veterans who previously built and managed some of the most profitable trading teams in the world)

## Core Business
- Primary industry/industries: Financial Services, Proprietary Trading
- Target customers: B2B (operates on major electronic exchanges; does not serve external clients as it trades its own capital)
- Mission or purpose statement: "Building a new type of trading firm dedicated to research through targeted collaboration and vast ingenuity."

## Products & Services
- **Proprietary Trading Strategies**: Radix develops and executes automated trading strategies across North America, Europe, and Asia, focusing on statistical research rather than pure speed (HFT). The firm monetizes its research through trading.
- **Automated Research Platform**: A cutting-edge, proprietary technology platform that supports rapid idea inception to execution, enabling continuous enhancement of trading strategies.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed (privately-held, no outside investments)
- **Key Metric**: Not publicly available (private firm; revenue and funding not disclosed)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: None (privately-funded, does not accept outside investments)
- **Growth Signals**:
  - Headcount: approximately 150 employees (+6.6% YoY)
  - LinkedIn followers: 15,019 (+48.1% yearly growth)
  - Offices in Chicago, New York, and Amsterdam
  - Actively hiring across multiple roles (Quantitative Researcher, Quantitative Technologist, Quantitative Business Analyst, HPC Systems Engineer, Network Engineer)
  - Talent sources include top firms like Jane Street, Citadel Securities, Google, and top universities (University of Chicago, Princeton, Stanford)

## Competitive Advantages
- **Research-First Culture**: Radix emphasizes statistical research and machine learning over pure speed, differentiating from traditional HFT firms.
- **Open Collaboration**: A culture of openness enables fast turnaround from idea inception to execution, with no silos or barriers to accessing internal data and tools.
- **Top Talent Pool**: The team blends interdisciplinary academics (undergraduate, PhD, Postdoc, Professors) from top universities with experienced researchers and senior engineers from Silicon Valley tech companies and supercomputer specialists.
- **Experienced Leadership**: Led by industry veterans who previously built and managed some of the most profitable trading teams in the world.

## Strategic Focus
- **Continued Research-Driven Growth**: The firm sees continued opportunities in using statistical research to "outsmart the competition," rather than relying on the diminishing returns of high-frequency trading.
- **Talent Acquisition**: Actively recruiting researchers, technologists, and business analysts across all three office locations, with a focus on highly analytical minds from math, physics, computer science, and engineering backgrounds.
- **Global Expansion**: Already operating on major electronic markets across North America, Europe, and Asia, with a growing presence in Amsterdam.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Described as a culture of openness and collaboration, with a hacker's approach to testing ideas. The firm values "persistent drive to improve," "creative problem solving," "team mindset," and "orientation for making money."
- **Impact**: Employees can "directly affect our bottom line within your first few weeks on the team." The work provides "near-immediate feedback on your best ideas."
- **Compensation**: Competitive salary plus quarterly bonus based on individual performance and contribution towards success of others and the firm.
- **Work Environment**: Offices in Chicago (River North), New York (One World Trade Center), and Amsterdam. The firm offers a hybrid/office presence (roles are listed as Chicago, New York, or Amsterdam).
- **Employee Rating**: 4.3/5.0 on LinkedIn (23 reviews), with Compensation rated 4.6/5.0.
- **Notable Perks**: Access to cutting-edge proprietary technology, a supercomputer-like research platform, and the opportunity to work alongside top talent from Jane Street, Citadel, Google, and leading universities.

## Sources
1. [radixtrading.co](https://radixtrading.co/)
2. [Greenhouse Job Board](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/radixexperienced)
3. [LinkedIn - Radix Trading LLC](https://www.linkedin.com/company/radix-trading)
4. [Quantitative Researcher Job Posting](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/radixexperienced/jobs/6629844002)

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