Infrastructure Engineer (SRE/Python) at Life Trading

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

16 May, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

15 Feb, 26

Experience

2 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

SRE, Python, Infrastructure Automation, CI/CD, SLIs/SLOs, Incident Response, Linux Administration, Terraform, Nomad, Kubernetes, Git Workflows, Ansible, Salt Stack, Capacity Planning, Change Management

Industry

Financial Services

Description

About Us 👋 Life Trading Pty Ltd is a growing proprietary trading company with offices in Australia and the UK. We aim to combine trading excellence with innovative technology, creating a culture that is high-performing but relaxed. Our team values accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement, while recognising the importance of life outside work. We operate in a flat, collaborative environment where your work has direct impact across the business. About the Role 💡 We’re looking for a versatile Infrastructure Engineer (SRE/Python) to join our Technology team in Sydney. You’ll play a critical role in supporting our high-frequency trading infrastructure, as well as broader systems including analytics, back-office, and development environments. Following modern SRE and DevOps principles, you’ll focus on automation, reliability, and system-wide improvements. You’ll also work closely with developers and business teams to ensure infrastructure is scalable, secure, and resilient. Your Mission at Life Trading 🎯 Infrastructure & Reliability: Design, implement, and maintain infrastructure automation for provisioning and management Manage CI/CD pipelines to support rapid, reliable application delivery Monitor system reliability using SLIs/SLOs and participate in incident response Conduct post-mortem analysis to drive continuous improvement Support trading, back-office, analytics, and development/test environments Collaboration & Improvement: Work with development teams to optimise deployment processes Implement infrastructure-as-code best practices using Terraform Contribute to capacity planning and scaling decisions Maintain strong change management discipline while proactively improving systems What We’re Looking For 👀 3–5 years of experience in infrastructure engineering, DevOps, or SRE roles Strong Linux administration skills Proficiency in at least one programming language (Python, Go, or similar) Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools (Terraform) Knowledge of CI/CD principles and container orchestration (Nomad, Kubernetes) Familiarity with monitoring, observability, and version control (Git workflows) Networking fundamentals and configuration management experience (Ansible, Salt Stack) Understanding of deployment strategies, release management, and system reliability principles Bonus Points For ✅ Experience with SRE practices (SLOs, error budgets, blameless post-mortems) Knowledge of distributed systems and time-series databases Understanding of security best practices Exposure to low-latency trading systems Multi-cloud platform experience Experience with log aggregation and analysis A Bit About the Team 🤝 You’ll join a collaborative, fast-paced Technology team where your contributions directly affect both trading success and operational reliability. We value initiative, curiosity, and practical problem-solving, and encourage you to continuously learn and improve our systems. Benefits 🎉 At Life Trading, we recognise that our people are our most valuable asset. Here’s what you can expect: Competitive Salary: Reflecting your skills and experience Flat Structure: Open communication and influence from day one Flexible Working: Hybrid model supporting work-life balance Health & Wellbeing: Access to mental health programs and initiatives Anniversary Leave: Extra leave to celebrate milestones Social Events: Team lunches, offsites, and gatherings Professional Development: Training, industry events, and growth opportunities Employee Recognition: Celebrate your contributions and successes

Responsibilities

The engineer will design, implement, and maintain infrastructure automation for provisioning and management, focusing on reliability and system-wide improvements across trading, back-office, and analytics environments. They will also manage CI/CD pipelines, monitor reliability using SLIs/SLOs, and participate in incident response and post-mortem analysis.