Posted at: 21 November

DevOps Engineer

Company

Capital Markets Gateway

Capital Markets Gateway (CMG) is a Chicago-based B2B fintech firm specializing in modernizing equity capital markets through a digital platform that connects institutional investors and financial institutions.

Remote Hiring Policy:

Capital Markets Gateway (CMG) hires remotely from various locations, including the United States and select countries in Latin America such as Brazil, Argentina, and Mexico, with roles requiring collaboration across time zones.

Job Type

Full-time

Allowed Applicant Locations

United States, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina

Salary

$130,000 to $150,000 per year

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Job Description


The Company

Capital Markets Gateway LLC (CMG) is a capital markets-focused fintech transforming global equity capital markets (ECM) through data, technology, and connectivity. As the preferred source for ECM analytics and the first network connecting the buy-side and sell-side for ECM workflows, we are committed to reshaping how capital markets operate. Founded in 2017 by a team of ECM practitioners, CMG has completed three successful fundraising rounds and is backed by a group of the world’s most prestigious financial institutions. The CMG platform is currently relied upon by nearly 150 buy-side firms representing $40 trillion in AUM and 22 global investment banks. For more information, please visit www.cmgx.io.  

The Role 

We are searching for an engineer focused on our DevOps, infrastructure, reliability, and tooling. While this is a DevOps position, you'll be part of a team focused on building and maintaining an enterprise-level, cloud infrastructure for microservices, and cloud-native applications running on Kubernetes. The person who joins our team will be encouraged and empowered to influence new solutions that will keep our technology running smoothly and with high availability for our customers. 

Our Engineering Team 

The CMG engineering team consists of domain experts who work collaboratively within a culture of cross-domain knowledge sharing. We value engineers who are passionate about modern technologies and best practices. 
Our engineers are encouraged to challenge the status quo and are constantly seeking improvement and efficiency in our code-base and platform. CMG engineers are empowered to explore solutions using bleeding edge technologies such as AI and bring recommendations to the table. We are in a period of making impactful engineering decisions. 
As part of our process, we believe in taking the time for research and prototyping - this is critical in making the right decisions. Given the experience of our team, we have naturally adopted best practices from local development, through code review and into production rollouts. Besides the standard pull requests, test automation, code coverage tracking, containerization, and one-click deployments we are constantly reviewing these foundational components to develop new best practices. 

Responsibilities

    • Design and implement tools and technologies to provision and configure an enterprise software system hosted in Kubernetes 
    • Design and implement architecture and networking solutions within Azure 
    • Automate/script existing processes using languages such as python and bash 
    • Provision, configure, and maintain cloud resources using Terraform and Terragrunt 
    • Actively monitor the application environment and respond to incidents 
    • Conduct root cause analysis for production incidents 
    • Oversee cloud infrastructure and recommend any potential improvements to technology or process 
    • Contribute to team planning to solve engineering challenges 
    • Be a dependable and highly skilled development resource for peers through education and review 
    • Have a broad awareness of related projects and industry trends, and encourage innovative practices among peers 
    • Provide detailed feedback and suggestions to team code reviews 
    • Document and demonstrate solutions through written documentation, diagrams, and readable code 

Qualifications

    • Kubernetes Container Orchestration, Docker: 3+ years 
    • Azure cloud infrastructure: 3+ years 
    • Experience with system monitoring and alerting. Data-driven system improvements using DataDog and/or Grafana: 3+ years 
    • Experience supporting, configuring, deploying RabbitMQ, Redis, PostgreSQL, Elasticsearch: 3+ years 
    • Experience with CI/CD tools: Github Actions, ArgoCD or Harness: 3+ years 
    • Experience supporting customer-facing web-delivered software: 3+ years 
    • Working knowledge of UNIX/Linux 
    • Bash and Python experience 
    • Excellent communication skills in English 

Our Tech Stack

    • Azure as infrastructure provider. We are reviewing secondary cloud options. 
    • Docker + Kubernetes for microservice orchestration using Istio service mesh 
    • PostgreSQL for relational db, ElasticSearch for indexing, Redis for caching 
    • DataDog, Grafana and OpenTelemetry for observability 
    • GitHub for our Version Control and CI (with our own runners) 
    • CD: Harness and FluxCD 
    • Terraform and Terragrunt as IaaC 
    • Python and bash for scripting infrastructure 
    • React - We’re all in on React – we maintain multiple single-page React apps 
    • TypeScript – 99% of our codebase is TypeScript 
    • Latest .NET version for our backend services 
    • GraphQL - Our standard for API communication is GraphQL served by our DotNet Back-End 

Our Values

    • We innovate with purpose
    • We focus on outcomes vs. output
    • We believe diverse and inclusive teams fuel innovation
    • We are humble yet candid
    • We do right by the customer

What We Offer

    • Comprehensive benefits program (Medical, Dental & Vision)    
    • Equity   
    • Performance-based bonus   
    • 401k company match    
    • Flexible Spending & Health Savings Account    
    • Unlimited PTO    
    • Hybrid/remote work environment    
    • Education reimbursement    
    • Continuous learning opportunities    
    • Life insurance    
    • Employee referral bonus    
    • Parental leave  
$130,000 - $150,000 a year
The successful candidate’s salary will be determined by non-discriminatory factors such as skills and experience. Additionally, this role is eligible to participate in our benefits program including health, dental, vision, 401K, paid time off and our equity plan.  
 
This employer participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm you are authorized to work in the U.S. 
CMG embraces our ongoing commitment to building a culture reflecting the people, perspectives, and passions it represents. We will accept nothing less than equity, inclusion, and belonging for all. With the only constant in life being change, we will always listen, learn, and improve for the betterment of our teams, customers, and communities. CMG is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. 
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