Low Latency Linux Platform Engineer

1 day ago

Toronto, ON, Canada HSBC Holdings plc Full-time $150,000 - $210,000 Contract

Build deterministic low-latency compute for electronic trading at HSBC in Toronto, using Red Hat Enterprise Linux, hardware tuning, and automation.

This hands-on engineering role supports latency-sensitive trading platforms across co-located and enterprise data centers. You will design, qualify, deploy, and operate physical server platforms. Core work includes RHEL, Docker, Podman, firmware, security, telemetry, and automated validation.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Translate trading workloads into qualified server bills of materials
  • Benchmark hardware and firmware combinations before production approval
  • Build, harden, patch, and support RHEL platforms
  • Tune BIOS, kernels, CPUs, NUMA, power, and networking
  • Investigate incidents and implement permanent corrective actions

Requirements:

  • Substantial server, Linux, or platform engineering experience
  • Deep RHEL administration, security, storage, and networking expertise
  • Experience tuning Linux for measured low-latency performance
  • Knowledge of x86 hardware, BIOS, UEFI, BMCs, and firmware
  • Strong Ansible and Python or Java automation skills

Apply Linux engineering, hardware qualification, and performance tuning expertise to HSBC’s electronic trading compute platforms in Toronto.