Linux Engineering Team Lead

Lead and develop the Linux Engineering team; translate business needs into a clear roadmap and drive accountability across project and operational work

Own the design, implementation, and operation of a global Linux infrastructure footprint with a focus on reliability, performance, and determinism

Automate and standardize fleet operations (provisioning, configuration management, patching, upgrades, lifecycle) and improve monitoring/alerting to reduce time-to-detect and time-to-recover

Establish operational excellence (runbooks, incident response, post-incident learning) and mentor engineers through debugging, performance tuning, and architecture decisions

Partner across execution, network, and development teams to plan and coordinate changes; guide projects end-to-end and participate in an on-call rotation

Experience managing a team of people (e.g., conducting 1:1s, contributing to hiring or performance decisions)

Extensive experience supporting a large-scale, global Linux server fleet and low-latency Linux systems

Deep knowledge of Linux internals and systems-level debugging, with a track record of solving performance issues

Demonstrated success in leadership and stakeholder management

Strong problem-solving under pressure and a collaborative, customer-service mindset; financial trading industry experience preferred

Salary Range: $200,000 - $250,000, plus a discretionary bonus.

The discretionary bonus will be dependent upon the individuals skills, experience, qualifications, and firm performance.

Most teams at CTC, with the exception of Trading, follow a hybrid workplace model, subject to change based on business need.

Our Benefits

We strongly believe in the well-being of our employees and their families so we offer outstanding benefits to support you both professionally and personally. These benefits include generous time off, insurance coverage, paid parental leave, free breakfast and lunch (plus healthy snacks, of course), wellness reimbursement, and a variety of other benefits focused on providing the best employee experience.