MarketAxess · 3 days ago
Site Reliability Engineer
New York, NY
Full-time
Hybrid
Mid, Senior Level
$110K/yr - $165K/yr
5+ years expMarketAxess is on a journey to digitally transform one of the world’s largest financial markets, enabling the shift from analog, phone-based trading to a fully electronic marketplace. The Site Reliability Engineer will focus on building and operating a next-generation trading platform, emphasizing reliability, scalability, and automation while collaborating across teams to solve complex technical challenges.
BankingFinanceFinancial Services
Responsibilities
Implement and refine SRE best practices to improve reliability, scalability, and operational efficiency
Automate workflows and infrastructure to reduce manual effort and accelerate delivery
Design and maintain CI/CD pipelines for seamless, secure deployments
Develop and enhance observability solutions—metrics, logging, and tracing—to ensure system health and compliance
Define and monitor SLIs/SLOs, using data-driven insights to improve service performance
Troubleshoot complex distributed systems issues and drive root cause analysis for incidents
Participate in incident response and postmortems, ensuring lessons learned translate into actionable improvements
Collaborate with developers on containerization and cloud-native deployments, optimizing for resilience and scalability
Contribute to infrastructure as code initiatives using tools like Terraform to standardize and automate environments
Stay current with emerging technologies, experiment with new tools, and share knowledge with the team
Advocate for reliability and operational excellence across engineering teams through technical influence and collaboration
Qualification
Required
5+ years of experience in SRE, DevOps, or related roles
Strong knowledge of public cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure)
Proficiency in at least one programming language (Java or Python) and scripting (e.g., Bash)
Hands-on experience with containers and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes)
Solid understanding of CI/CD pipelines and tools like Jenkins or GitHub Actions
Experience defining and monitoring SLIs/SLOs
Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work in complex distributed environments
Excellent communication skills—able to collaborate effectively and explain technical concepts clearly
BS/MS in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience
Preferred
Infrastructure as Code (Terraform preferred)
Familiarity with observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, etc.)
Benefits
Hybrid Environment: Our employees enjoy a mix of working in the office and from home
Free Food: We provide free lunch for employees when they are working in the office. Plus, our offices are stocked with snacks
Paid Time Off: Competitive PTO package including vacation and personal days, sick leave and charity days
Generous Parental Leave: Up to 20 weeks fully paid leave
401(k): Dollar-for-dollar employer match up to $17,500
Employee Stock Purchase Plan: Employees can purchase MarketAxess common stock at a discount
Wellness Stipend: We provide employees with up to $1K annually towards gym memberships, home office equipment and more
Onsite Healthcare: We offer convenient access to world-class care through Mount Sinai at our Hudson Yards location
Tuition Assistance and Professional Development: Benefit from live and on-demand learning, role-specific training, employee-led Lunch and Learns and guest speakers
Core benefits: Highly competitive medical, dental, and vision programs
Company
MarketAxess
MarketAxess operates electronic trading platform that enables fixed-income market participants for trade corporate bonds.
501-1000 employees
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Funding
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Leadership Team
Ilene Fiszel Bieler
Chief Financial Officer
Tony DeLise
CFO
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