HFT Production Engineer

AXQ is a global quantitative investment firm. As an HFT Production Engineer, you will work closely with development, research, and trading teams to ensure stable operation of global trading systems, managing production deployment, operational assurance, and continuous optimization of high-frequency trading strategies and related systems, with focus on market data and trading linkage, low-latency execution, and production stability.

* Conduct pre-market checks, ensure intra-market operational stability, and perform post-market reconciliation, monitoring strategy execution, positions, trading limits, and market data/trading linkage status * Handle production incidents and troubleshoot issues, particularly investigating trading latency anomalies, coordinating with internal teams and external partners (brokers, exchanges), conducting root cause analysis and post-incident reviews * Support strategy and system deployment, perform version and parameter validation, deployment verification and rollback, execute production emergency procedures according to protocols * Develop and maintain monitoring, alerting, and operations tools; track trading latency and key operational metrics to enhance system observability and operational efficiency * Participate in market data and trading interface integration testing and fault resolution, collaborate with development teams on network, performance, and system operational issues

* Minimum 2+ years of hands-on HFT production operations (HFT ProdOps) experience with independent responsibility for strategy deployment, production support, and incident handling, including experience diagnosing trading latency anomalies * Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science, Engineering, Financial Mathematics, or related field * Proficiency with Linux, networking, and operating systems fundamentals; understanding of market data and trading interface mechanisms; capability in scripting and tool maintenance * Strong problem analysis, communication, collaboration, and cross-team coordination skills; ability to respond quickly and handle issues effectively under production pressure * Strong sense of responsibility, attention to detail, and sound risk awareness

* Familiarity with broker interfaces, exchange rules, market data access, and trading interface integration testing * Experience with monitoring and alerting systems, automated deployment, and operations tools; hands-on experience building such systems * Development experience with Rust or Shell; practical experience with network performance analysis, TCP/UDP, or multicast protocols * Familiarity with FPGA-accelerated trading system architecture and experience debugging, integrating, or troubleshooting related components * Experience with AI programming tools such as Claude Code or Codex, and ability to leverage them for improving development and operations efficiency

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