Full-Time
HPC Systems Engineer
Radix Trading
51-200 employees
Research-focused trading firm using machine learning
No salary listed
Chicago, IL, USA + 1 more
More locations: New York, NY, USA
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- 5+ years of HPC system administration/architecture including RHEL/CentOS/Rocky Systems
- Experience with job scheduler and resource management tools such as SLURM, Moab, or Torque
- Knowledge of network storage systems such as DDN, IBM SpectrumScale, NetApp, Weka, or Vast
- Knowledge of parallel file systems such as Lustre or Spectrum Scale (GPFS)
- Experience working with InfiniBand and high-speed Ethernet
- Hands-on experience with configuration management tools such as xCAT, Ansible, Salt, and Terraform
- Exposure to bare metal provisioning — including DHCP, DNS, PXE Boot
- Competence in Python, able to edit and create scripts
- Own monitoring and performance tuning across HPC applications, SLURM job scheduler, networking, storage, and hardware to optimize workload efficiency
- Perform root-cause analysis to develop sustainable automated solutions
- Support and troubleshoot alerts and errors with savvy communication skills to interact with external entities and internal counterparts
- Keep up communication with new and existing external vendors on technical infrastructure work
- Keep up communication with new and existing external business interfaces --- day-to-day operation, planning connectivity, and exchange upgrades
- Oversee communication with others internally - project management across different functions to plan exchange upgrades, hardware refreshes, and other improvements/rollouts
- Build out and support research, trading, and enterprise infrastructure
Radix Trading is a research-driven trading firm that uses machine learning and statistical methods to develop and monetize trading strategies. It operates in major electronic markets across North America, Europe, and Asia, supported by a proprietary automated research platform and continuously evolving strategies. The firm distinguishes itself by private funding with no outside investors, an open culture that favors rapid idea execution, and a team of interdisciplinary academics and technologists focused on longer-horizon, statistically driven opportunities rather than traditional high-frequency trading. Its goal is to generate returns by deploying advanced, independently developed trading strategies that stay ahead of the competition in electronic markets.
Company Size
51-200
Company Stage
Private
Total Funding
N/A
Headquarters
Chicago, Illinois
Founded
2014
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- 2026 FIA member profile validates Radix’s active liquidity provision across derivatives markets.
- January 2026 Amsterdam quantitative-research hiring shows continued expansion and persistent demand.
- Radix’s open research platform and machine-learning focus support rapid strategy turnover.
What critics are saying
- Seenu v. Radix Trading survived appeal; wage and bonus disputes remain reputationally toxic.
- Radix’s Binance identification keeps CFTC scrutiny alive and invites future market-access probes.
- A small, secretive partnership model creates key-person risk; losing elite quants breaks edge.
What makes Radix Trading unique
- Radix’s 2026 job posts emphasize academia-heavy hiring and open, collaborative iteration.
- It trades across Chicago, New York, Amsterdam, and major electronic markets worldwide.
- Privately funded, Radix avoids outside investors and keeps strategy control internal.
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