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title: 'Systems Engineer at Teza Technologies'
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# Systems Engineer at Teza Technologies

- **Company:** Teza Technologies
- **Location:** Austin, TX
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** onsite
- **Posted:** 2025-01-21
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-11
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/teza-technologies/e7820977-8f14-4956-9dbc-ae7b92143b86

## Job description

## About the role

The Systems Engineer is responsible for managing and maintaining Teza’s systems and storage infrastructure. The System engineer will work closely with the development and trading operations teams to ensure the smooth functioning of all systems and applications.

Location: Austin, Texas (On-Site)

Key responsibilities/Day-to-day:

- Manage Teza’s server Linux, storage and client infrastructure
- Collaborate with the development and trading operations teams to ensure the smooth functioning of systems and applications
- Monitor system performance and proactively identify and resolve any issues; experience with open source monitoring tools such as Icinga, Nagios or Zabbix
- Troubleshoot and resolve technical issues, including hardware and software problems
- Implement and maintain security measures to protect the organization’s data and systems
- Develop and maintain documentation for system configurations and procedures
- Participate in on-call support rotation to address critical issues and incidents promptly and effectively
- Provide technical support and guidance to end-users

Basic Requirements:

- 3+ years of experience in systems infrastructure operations or related field.
- Proficiency in Linux, preferably with a RHEL or Debian based distribution
- Proficiency in scripting languages such as Python or shell (Bash, Zsh)
- Extensive automation experience with tools such as Ansible or Salt
- Experience with virtualization platforms, preferably VMWare
- Experience with identity management, SSO, LDAP and Kerberos
- Strong understanding of TCP/IP
- Excellent problem solving and troubleshooting skills
- Strong communication and collaboration skills
- Ability to work independently
- Ability to work in a fast paced environment

## Nice to have Requirements

- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field
- Experience with containerization and orchestration tools such as Docker and Kubernetes
- Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS or Google Cloud
- Experience with database systems such as Postgres and MongoDB
- Experience with Identity management, SSO and LDAP

## Benefits

- Health, visual and dental insurance
- Flexible sick time policy

## About Teza Technologies

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Teza Technologies is a systematic trading firm that translates complex mathematical concepts into financial strategies across global markets, blending high-performance technology with deep scientific research.
- **Entity Type**: Private (bootstrapped; no external funding rounds disclosed)
- **Headquarters**: Chicago, United States
- **Founded**: 2009
- **Founders**: Dr. Misha Malyshev

## Core Business
- **Primary industry/industries**: Capital Markets / Quantitative Finance / Hedge Funds
- **Target customers**: Institutional investors; the firm operates a multi‑strategy quantitative hedge fund that trades on its own capital (internal money from 2009–2015, later opened to institutional capital).
- **Mission or purpose statement**: “Talent, science, and innovation meet” – the firm aims to be the best team on the financial markets through collaborative research and scientific rigor.

## Products & Services
- **Futures**: Models supply/demand across global commodities, bonds, and currencies using a framework built on market microstructure and economic causality. Strategies are market‑neutral and statistically driven, processing over 500 billion market data packets daily.
- **Equities**: Spans thousands of instruments in U.S. and APAC markets, combining scale with precision. Statistical arbitrage and high‑throughput systems are core.
- **Options**: Expanding into volatility surfaces and correlation models. Volatility‑aware strategies that draw on firm‑wide equities and futures capabilities.
- **Artificial Intelligence**: Deep learning architectures including LLMs and neural networks to uncover hidden signals. Integrated into every stage of the trading lifecycle.
- **Technology Platform**: Low‑latency infrastructure, real‑time execution, scalable research stack. At peak processes 7+ million messages per second.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly available
- **Key Metric**: Approximately 76 employees (LinkedIn); estimated annual revenue of $10M is reported by some third‑party sources but has not been officially confirmed.
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: The firm is privately held with no disclosed external investors. Key past talent sources include Citadel, Tower Research Capital, Yandex, and Goldman Sachs.
- **Growth Signals**: Headcount grew +16.3% year‑over‑year (LinkedIn); active job postings increased +87.5% year‑over‑year; expanded into Armenia and deepened presence in global equity and options markets; multi‑strategy platform now covers global futures, equities, and options.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Proprietary formula for hiring**: “Success = step(IQ) × step(IT) × step(HR) × exp(Drive)” – filters for fast thinking, technical fluency, collaboration, and ownership. Creates a culture of high‑performing, autonomous teams.
- **Scientific culture**: Flat, open‑door structure with minimal bureaucracy; strong emphasis on R&D and rapid prototyping.
- **Infrastructure scale**: Processes 100+ billion market data packets daily; built one of the fastest low‑latency execution systems.
- **Track record**: Operating since 2009 with deep roots in HFT (historical Sharpe ratios of 10‑20), now diversified across multiple strategies and asset classes.

## Strategic Focus
- **Expansion beyond HFT**: Transitioned from a pure high‑frequency trading shop to a multi‑strategy quantitative hedge fund.
- **Options trading**: Actively building and scaling options strategies using the firm’s equities and futures expertise.
- **AI integration**: Deploying LLMs, neural nets, and machine‑learned alpha across research and trading.
- **Global footprint**: Offices in Chicago, Austin, London, Yerevan, and presence in Colombia, with plans to further expand talent pools globally.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: “Scientific, open‑door culture with a flatter structure.” Employees are encouraged to question, experiment, and collaborate across disciplines. No micromanagement, no bureaucracy.
- **Benefits** (U.S.): 401(k) with immediate vesting, two medical plans (PPO and HDHP with HSA), wide range of coverage.
- **Work environment**: 76 person firm with offices in six time zones; hybrid/office‑based depending on role. Most employees write code (C++, Java, Python).
- **Interview process**: Averages 25‑30 days; includes coding tests, live problem‑solving, and non‑technical assessments. Technical topics vary by role. Uses an Automated Employment Decision Tool (AEDT) for skills assessment.
- **Notable engineering culture**: Emphasis on technical fluency across the entire firm (not just developers). Research and engineering teams work tightly together.

## Sources
1. [teza.com](https://www.teza.com/) – Company homepage
2. [teza.com/who-we-are](https://www.teza.com/who-we-are/) – Company story, leadership, values
3. [teza.com/what-we-do](https://www.teza.com/what-we-do/) – Products, technology, AI, strategies
4. [teza.com/careers](https://www.teza.com/careers/) – Careers page, benefits, interview process, culture
5. [linkedin.com/company/teza-technologies](https://www.linkedin.com/company/teza-technologies) – Employee data, headcount growth, job trends, talent sources

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