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title: 'System Engineer at Exegy'
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# System Engineer at Exegy

- **Company:** Exegy
- **Location:** St. Louis, MO
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** hybrid
- **Posted:** 2026-11-02
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-11-04
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/exegy/ecba4089-becd-4cd2-b484-068e3a7845ce

## Job description

## About Exegy

Exegy is a global leader in intelligent market data, advanced trading systems, and future-proof technology. Exegy serves as a trusted partner to the complete ecosystem of the buy-side, sell-side, exchanges, and financial services technology firms around the globe. Headquartered in St. Louis with regional offices in North America, the UK/Europe and Asia Pacific, Exegy has the global footprint to deliver world-class support and managed services to its customer base of elite financial market participants. Job Summary We are seeking an experienced System Engineer to join our Managed Services Engineering (MSE) team in St. Louis, MO. You will be our lead specialist in Linux systems, bare-metal provisioning, and infrastructure networking, building and maintaining the automation that turns bare-metal servers into production-ready platforms. You will own our automated OS provisioning workflows, configuration management frameworks, Linux networking and routing services, and hardware validation tooling, and serve as a senior escalation resource for deployment and operations teams.

## Responsibilities

- Bare-Metal Provisioning & OS Lifecycle: Design, maintain, and evolve automated provisioning workflows, including network boot environments, live boot images, and unattended Linux installations. Lead OS lifecycle work such as package and repository management, service administration, and platform upgrades
- Configuration Management & Automation: Build and maintain Puppet and Ansible automation, including custom modules, manifests, data hierarchies, and backend data stores
- Provisioning Tooling: Develop and support Python and Bash applications and scripts for preboot staging, hardware discovery, and automated hardware validation
- Linux Networking, Routing & Security: Administer, troubleshoot, and modernize Linux network services, including dynamic routing, VPN, proxy services, and SSL/TLS certificate lifecycle management
- Server Hardware Validation: Define and validate Bills of Materials (BOMs) for enterprise server platforms, manage out-of-band configuration, and resolve hardware discrepancies during bring-up
- Technical Escalation: Act as the escalation point for deployment and support teams on provisioning failures, hardware mismatches, and complex Linux networking and routing issues

Required Qualifications

- Enterprise Linux (5+ years): Senior-level systems engineering experience on RHEL and Rocky Linux 9/10. RHCSA or RHCE certification is a strong plus
- Configuration Management: Hands-on experience with Puppet (modules, manifests, Hiera, Facter, Ruby) and Ansible
- Bare-Metal Provisioning: Practical experience with PXE/iPXE, live boot image generation (dracut/initramfs), unattended installers (Anaconda/Kickstart), and provisioning tools such as Razor or Foreman
- Python & Bash: Proficiency in systems automation, CLI tooling, REST API integration, and structured data formats (JSON, YAML)
- Databases: Experience with NoSQL and relational databases (such as CouchDB and PostgreSQL) that store infrastructure and configuration data
- Linux Networking & Routing: Deep knowledge of IP networking, NIC bonding, VLANs, multiple routing tables, policy-based routing (ip rule/ip route), firewalling (iptables/nftables), and packet analysis (tcpdump)
- VPN, Proxy & Routing Daemons: Experience configuring and troubleshooting OpenVPN, SSL/TLS certificates (OpenSSL/PKI), proxy services (such as Squid), and routing daemons (such as BIRD)
- Linux Troubleshooting: Strong command of systemd, dnf/yum/rpm, storage and filesystems, and diagnostic tools (journalctl, strace, lsof, ss, dmesg)
- Hardware & Out-of-Band Management: Familiarity with enterprise server hardware (Dell, Intel, AMD), BOM verification, and lights-out management tools (iDRAC, IPMI, RACADM, Redfish)
- Collaboration: Proficiency with Git, clear technical documentation, and effective communication across engineering and deployment teams

## Preferred Qualifications

- Containers & Virtualization: Experience with Docker and virtual machine or hypervisor environments
- Observability & Service Management: Familiarity with Telegraf, Prometheus, and Grafana, and with ServiceNow and Jira

## About Exegy

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Exegy provides resilient, low-latency solutions for normalized market data, connectivity, and real-time trading signals for financial firms [exegy.com](https://www.exegy.com/).
- **Entity Type**: Private (backed by Marlin Equity Partners; merged with Vela Trading Systems LLC in 2021) [exegy.com/company/about-us](https://www.exegy.com/company/about-us/)
- **Headquarters**: St. Louis, Missouri, United States [linkedin.com/company/exegy](https://www.linkedin.com/company/exegy)
- **Founded**: 2003 [linkedin.com/company/exegy](https://www.linkedin.com/company/exegy)
- **Founders**: Not publicly available (spun out of Washington University in St. Louis School of Engineering) [exegy.com/company/about-us](https://www.exegy.com/company/about-us/)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Financial Services / Capital Markets Technology – low-latency market data, trading execution, and managed infrastructure.
- **Target customers**: B2B – Tier 1 banks, hedge funds, proprietary trading firms, market makers, exchanges, retail brokers, and ISVs [exegy.com](https://www.exegy.com/).
- **Mission / Purpose**: “Trade Better with Exegy – scalable, reliable market data and trading infrastructure for capital markets,” with a stated goal of “democratizing capital markets technology” [exegy.com/company/about-us](https://www.exegy.com/company/about-us/).

## Products & Services
- **Exegy Ticker Plant**: Hardware-accelerated (FPGA) normalized market data feed – the company’s original flagship product, providing ultra-low latency normalization, enrichment, and filtering [exegy.com/company/about-us](https://www.exegy.com/company/about-us/).
- **Axiom**: High-performance, real-time consolidated market data feed with expanded coverage including Middle Eastern exchanges (Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait). [exegy.com](https://www.exegy.com/) (Market Data Coverage Middle East announcement)
- **Exegy Nexus**: A unified platform for market data, connectivity, and execution – designed for firms across the latency spectrum [exegy.com](https://www.exegy.com/).
- **Managed FPGA Platform / Managed Appliance**: Fully managed, purpose-built hardware and software solutions for trading infrastructure, including FPGA development frameworks [exegy.com](https://www.exegy.com/).
- **Execution & Market Access**: Direct market access and order execution solutions for multi-asset trading [exegy.com](https://www.exegy.com/).
- **Managed Services**: End-to-end infrastructure management, allowing clients to offload maintenance and focus on trading strategies [exegy.com/company/about-us](https://www.exegy.com/company/about-us/).

## Market Standing
- **Valuation / Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed (privately held).
- **Key Metric**: Annual revenue estimated at $65.4M (industry data source); total disclosed funding ~$16.8M (including private equity, debt, and grants) [linkedin.com/company/exegy](https://www.linkedin.com/company/exegy). Note: Official revenue not confirmed.
- **Notable Investors / Partners**: Marlin Equity Partners (lead investor in 2021 merger); strategic partnerships with leading hosting and hardware providers [exegy.com/company/about-us](https://www.exegy.com/company/about-us/). Works with the Financial Information Forum (FIF) to publish MarketDataPeaks.
- **Growth Signals**:
  - 175 employees (+8.3% YoY) [linkedin.com/company/exegy](https://www.linkedin.com/company/exegy)
  - Expansion of market data coverage into Middle East exchanges (June 2026) [exegy.com](https://www.exegy.com/)
  - Acquisitions of NovaSparks (2026) and Enyx (2022) to enhance ultra-low latency capabilities [linkedin.com/company/exegy](https://www.linkedin.com/company/exegy)
  - Over 175 patents since 2003; 29% of employees hold advanced degrees; 26% have 10+ years tenure [exegy.com/company/about-us](https://www.exegy.com/company/about-us/)

## Competitive Advantages
- **FPGA Hardware Acceleration**: 175+ patents in field-programmable gate array technology, providing unmatched low latency and deterministic performance [exegy.com/company/about-us](https://www.exegy.com/company/about-us/)
- **Full Latency Spectrum Coverage**: Only global provider offering solutions from ultra-low to medium latency, enabling clients to optimize cost and performance [linkedin.com/company/exegy](https://www.linkedin.com/company/exegy)
- **Managed Service Model**: Clients can offload infrastructure management, reducing operational complexity and allowing focus on strategy [exegy.com/company/about-us](https://www.exegy.com/company/about-us/)
- **Deep Industry Expertise**: 20+ years in capital markets; team with strong domain knowledge from top financial firms (Thomson Reuters, Bloomberg, Citi, Deutsche Bank) [linkedin.com/company/exegy](https://www.linkedin.com/company/exegy)

## Strategic Focus
- **Expanding Global Market Data Coverage**: Continuous addition of new regions, most recently Middle East; strengthening presence in Europe, Asia-Pacific, and North America [exegy.com](https://www.exegy.com/)
- **Integration of Acquired Technologies**: Merging NovaSparks and Enyx into unified platform to deepen ultra-low latency capabilities [linkedin.com/company/exegy](https://www.linkedin.com/company/exegy)
- **Managed Services Growth**: Converting one-off product sales into long-term recurring managed service relationships [exegy.com/company/about-us](https://www.exegy.com/company/about-us/)
- **AI and Automation**: Leveraging AI and service automation to enhance trading signals and reduce operational overhead [exegy.com/company/about-us](https://www.exegy.com/company/about-us/)

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Described as “people-first” with globally diverse teams, community volunteering, charity events, employee recognition, catered lunches, and social events [exegy.com/company/careers](https://www.exegy.com/company/careers/).
- **Work Model**: Multiple global offices (St. Louis, New York, London, Paris, Belfast, Manila) – likely hybrid/flexible, though not explicitly stated. Roles include remote-suitable positions (e.g., Senior Network Engineer) [linkedin.com/company/exegy](https://www.linkedin.com/company/exegy).
- **Engineering Excellence**: Cutting-edge FPGA and low-latency projects; high concentration of advanced degrees (29%); long tenure indicates stability and deep technical mentorship; active hiring for C++ software engineers and network engineers [exegy.com/company/careers](https://www.exegy.com/company/careers/), [linkedin.com/company/exegy](https://www.linkedin.com/company/exegy).
- **Perks**: Competitive salaries (example: Technical Account Manager ~$176K, Data Scientist ~$140K), stocked beverages, company swag, wellness initiatives [exegy.com/company/careers](https://www.exegy.com/company/careers/), [linkedin.com/company/exegy](https://www.linkedin.com/company/exegy).
- **Note**: Employer rating on LinkedIn is 2.9/5 (52 reviews) – job seekers may want to research current employee sentiment further [linkedin.com/company/exegy](https://www.linkedin.com/company/exegy).

## Sources
1. [exegy.com](https://www.exegy.com/)
2. [exegy.com/company/about-us](https://www.exegy.com/company/about-us/)
3. [exegy.com/company/careers](https://www.exegy.com/company/careers/)
4. [linkedin.com/company/exegy](https://www.linkedin.com/company/exegy)
5. [jobs.ashbyhq.com/exegy](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/exegy) (careers page provided by user)

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