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title: 'Systems Engineer | Production Engineering (Weekend Warrior) at Jump Trading'
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# Systems Engineer | Production Engineering (Weekend Warrior) at Jump Trading

- **Company:** Jump Trading
- **Location:** Sydney, Australia
- **Posted:** 2024-09-13
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-10
- **Apply:** https://www.jumptrading.com/hr/job?gh_jid=6250379

## Job description

Jump Trading Group is committed to world class research. We empower exceptional talents in Mathematics, Physics, and Computer Science to seek scientific boundaries, push through them, and apply cutting edge research to global financial markets. Our culture is unique. Constant innovation requires fearlessness, creativity, intellectual honesty, and a relentless competitive streak. We believe in winning together and unlocking unique individual talent by incenting collaboration and mutual respect. At Jump, research outcomes drive more than superior risk adjusted returns. We design, develop, and deploy technologies that change our world, fund start-ups across industries, and partner with leading global research organizations and universities to solve problems.

Our Production Engineering team is based in Chicago, New York, London, Singapore and Sydney with some members in smaller offices or fully remote. We operate as one global team to support Jump’s infrastructure including multiple world-leading High-Performance Computing (HPC) environments and a diverse global trading infrastructure that operates across many global financial markets. The team is responsible for everything from low level infrastructure to applications, making heavy use of both internally developed and open-source software. As a Systems Engineer, you'll have the opportunity to showcase your skills as a deeply technical resource with exceptional troubleshooting skills when required. We are looking for someone who loves learning new cutting-edge technologies and getting their hands dirty to solve challenging technical problems.

As a Systems Engineering Weekend Warrior, you will be working a modified 4- or 5-day work week that includes Saturday and Sunday to help support our infrastructure on a full-time basis. You will work the equivalent of a third of the weekends in a year (on a schedule agreed with two fellow weekend shift colleagues in your region). During "on" weekends, you will work 12-hour shifts that overlap with colleagues in the other time zone (US & APAC). You'll have two days off during the week, and on workdays, you'll work flexible hours with the rest of the Jump Production Engineering team. Worth noting, other teams have a similar setup, so you will join a virtual ‘weekend warrior’ team online all weekend in your time zone. Also, Jump’s systems are heavily automated so most of your time will be focused on project work – but you will be available for immediate troubleshooting and support as required.

What You'll Do:

- Work on global projects across a wide range of infrastructure
- Manage and resolve technical issues with a high degree of technical complexity
- Develop tools that will help in diagnosing, resolving, and triaging difficult problems
- Other duties as assigned or required (we pride ourselves on avoiding “siloing”, so this will include widely different engineering projects)
- Work a modified work week, which includes the weekends

Skills You'll Need:

- An insatiable desire to learn
- Expert Linux knowledge
- Some Networking knowledge and a willingness to learn more
- Scripting competence with either Go or Python (and a willing to learn both)
- Extensive experience profiling and debugging application stacks
- Extensive experience designing, building, and maintaining complicated systems
- Experience with system configuration management tools (Salt, Puppet, Ansible, etc.)
- A compulsion to perform root-cause analysis
- Reliable and predictable availability

## About Jump Trading

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Jump Trading is a global proprietary trading firm that builds advanced algorithms, high-performance infrastructure, and research-driven strategies to trade across all major asset classes and time horizons.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Self-funded, no venture capital)
- **Headquarters**: Chicago, Illinois, United States
- **Founded**: 1999
- **Founders**: Not publicly disclosed (commonly cited as Paul Gurinas and Bill DiSomma, but not confirmed on company materials)

## Core Business
- **Primary Industry**: Financial Services – Proprietary Trading, Algorithmic Trading, High-Frequency Trading (HFT)
- **Target Customers**: Institutional (the firm trades exclusively for its own account; serves as a liquidity provider and market maker on global exchanges)
- **Mission Statement**: "We don’t chase what’s working. We build what works next." – Emphasis on first-principles research, continuous innovation, and building systems that stand up to real-world markets.

## Products & Services
Jump Trading does not sell commercial products; its offerings are internal capabilities that drive its trading business:
- **[Proprietary Trading Strategies]**: Research-driven strategies across equities, futures, options, cryptocurrencies, and fixed income, spanning multiple time horizons from microseconds to months.
- **[Technology Infrastructure]**: Custom hardware (ASICs, FPGAs), low-latency networking, distributed systems, and co-located compute environments in over 100 data centers near global exchanges.
- **[Research & AI/ML Platforms]**: Large-scale simulation, storage, and analytics platforms that power both trading and applied machine learning research, including live inference and fast iteration.
- **[Jump Crypto]**: A dedicated division for cryptocurrency trading, market making, and blockchain infrastructure (acquired Certus One in 2021).

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed (private company)
- **Key Metric**: Annual revenue of approximately **$546 million** (LinkedIn estimate as of 2025)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Self-funded; no external investors. Key partners include major exchanges (CME, NYSE, etc.) and technology vendors.
- **Growth Signals**:
  - Headcount: 1,448 employees (LinkedIn, +29% YoY)
  - Active job postings: 44 (+528% YoY growth in postings)
  - 16 offices across 8 countries (US, UK, Singapore, China, India, Netherlands, Australia, Hong Kong, France)
  - Acquisition of Certus One (2021) and Darebiz (2021) to expand crypto and data capabilities

## Competitive Advantages
- **Proprietary Hardware & Software**: In-house ASIC, FPGA, and custom networking that deliver microsecond-level latency advantages.
- **Flat, High-Agency Culture**: Engineers and researchers have ownership from day one; decisions are fast and friction is low.
- **Talent Density**: Recruits heavily from top tech firms (Google, Citadel, Jane Street) and universities; alumni often move to other elite trading firms.
- **Cross-Disciplinary Integration**: Traders, engineers, and researchers work side-by-side, enabling rapid iteration from research to production.
- **Long Track Record**: 25+ years of consistent profitability and adaptation across market cycles.

## Strategic Focus
- **AI/ML Expansion**: Scaling machine learning research for both trading and infrastructure, with dedicated pre-training research teams.
- **Crypto & Digital Assets**: Growing Jump Crypto as a major market maker and infrastructure provider in blockchain ecosystems.
- **Global Infrastructure**: Building out additional data centers, co-location sites, and microwave/network links to reduce latency.
- **Talent Acquisition**: Aggressively hiring engineers, researchers, and operations staff to maintain competitive edge.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: "A (genuinely) flat structure that keeps decisions fast and friction low." Engineers see the impact of their work in real time.
- **Work Environment**: Hybrid/office-based with major hubs in Chicago, New York, Austin, London, Singapore, and others. On-site presence expected for most technical roles.
- **Engineering Focus**: Build custom hardware, low-latency software (C++, Python, Go, Rust), and large-scale distributed systems. "You can design something on Monday and see it in production by Friday."
- **Mentorship**: Senior leaders still write code, test models, and trade. Interns and new grads receive direct mentorship.
- **Compensation**: Not disclosed, but proprietary trading firms are known for industry-leading total compensation (base + bonus).
- **Perks**: Not detailed, but the firm invests heavily in tools, infrastructure, and talent development.

## Sources
1. [jumptrading.com – Company Overview](https://www.jumptrading.com/)
2. [jumptrading.com – Careers](https://www.jumptrading.com/careers)
3. [jumptrading.com – Technology](https://www.jumptrading.com/technology)
4. [jumptrading.com – Culture & HR](https://www.jumptrading.com/hr/overview)
5. [LinkedIn – Jump Trading Company Page](https://www.linkedin.com/company/jump-trading)

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