Balyasny Asset Management L.P. · 22 hours ago
Equity Production Engineer
New York, NY
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level
5+ years expBalyasny Asset Management L.P. is undergoing a rapid technology transition and is seeking an Equity Production Engineer to join their Production Engineering team. This role focuses on ensuring the reliability and performance of equity trading systems through proactive monitoring, incident response, and continuous improvement.
Responsibilities
Proactively monitor and maintain the health, capacity, and performance of trading and business-critical systems, addressing bottlenecks and risks
Respond to and resolve production incidents, including troubleshooting, root cause analysis, escalation, and post-incident reviews to minimize downtime and drive continuous improvement
Build, maintain, and enhance automated tools and solutions for system deployments, monitoring, alerting, operational workflows, and repetitive maintenance tasks, leveraging AI where appropriate
Manage application deployments, configuration, and environment changes in coordination with development, infrastructure, and DevOps teams to ensure reliability, scalability, and performance
Collaborate closely with equity trading desk, operations, technology teams, and external vendors to ensure system stability, resolve issues, and deliver strategic enhancements
Ensure compliance with internal controls, audit requirements, and regulatory standards, and support business continuity and disaster recovery testing for applications
Own the production environment for trading and business systems, driving continuous improvement in deployment pipelines, configuration management, and system observability
Document and maintain best practices, operational procedures, runbooks, and technical solutions for knowledge sharing, onboarding, and process improvement
Provide direct and escalation support for trading desks and operations teams, including regional coverage as needed
Qualification
Required
5+ years of experience in Production Engineering, DevOps, or Site Reliability Engineering roles within financial services or related technology environments
Deep understanding of equity trading system architecture and platforms, including execution, order management, FIX messaging, and market/static data feeds
Proven experience managing and supporting complex, distributed production environments, including incident response, on-call rotations, escalation, and operational best practices (ITIL/agile/CI-CD), with strong troubleshooting and creative problem-solving abilities
Hands-on experience supporting applications on Windows, Linux, and Cloud platforms (Kubernetes, AWS)
Proficiency in automation and scripting (Python, PowerShell), infrastructure as code, configuration management, and deployment automation
Experience with monitoring, observability, and alerting tools (e.g., ITRS Geneos, Grafana Alloy), including metrics, logging, and performance optimization
SQL experience troubleshooting data-related issues impacting trading operations across multiple database platforms (MSSQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Snowflake)
Familiarity with messaging (Solace, Kafka, RabbitMQ) and enterprise scheduling/orchestration tools (ActiveBatch, Airflow, Control-M, AutoSys)
Understanding of capacity planning, performance tuning, and system scalability principles
Exposure to supporting applications written in languages such as C++, C#, Java, and Python in production environments
Company
Balyasny Asset Management L.P.
Balyasny Asset Management (BAM) is a diversified global investment firm founded in 2001 by Dmitry Balyasny, Scott Schroeder, and Taylor O'Malley.
1001-5000 employees
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