Senior/Staff DevOps Engineer (High-Performance solutions)

Location: Global, EU We are the creators of a new fintech era! Our mission is to change this world by making blockchain accessible to everyone in everyday life. WhiteBIT is a global team of over 1,200 professionals united by one mission — to shape the new world order in the Web3 era. Each of our employees is fully engaged in this transformative journey. We work on our blockchain platform, providing maximum transparency and security for more than 8 million users worldwide. Our breakthrough solutions, incredible speed of adaptation to market challenges, and technological superiority are the strengths that take us beyond ordinary companies. Our official partners include the National Football Team of Ukraine, FC Barcelona, Lifecell, FACEIT and VISA. The future of Web3 starts with you: join us as a ! Requirements We're looking for a Senio/Staff-level engineer with an open mind and a builder's instinct - someone who goes beyond executing tasks and is ready to own the High-Performance practice end-to-end: establish engineering processes, drive R&D, evaluate and champion new technologies, and lead their adoption in production. The ideal candidate can bridge the gap between business requirements for low latency and high throughput and the realities of existing infrastructure - translating "we need to be faster" into an actionable technical roadmap. You bring a fresh perspective, know how to organize the work, and are equally comfortable optimizing a hardware parameter and presenting a strategy to stakeholders. We expect 5+ years of hands-on experience as a DevOps/SRE/Systems Engineer in performance-critical environments - and the maturity to grow yourself and grow a team around you. Linux: Advanced administration and OS-level tuning — real-time OS configurations, cgroups, CPU isolation, memory management, and low-level network stack configuration. Hardware Internals: Deep understanding of CPU power and performance states (C/P-states), Hyper-Threading / SMT trade-offs, TX/RX ring configuration, and the full data path from NIC through PCIe to memory and CPU. Ability to reason about and tune each stage of that path under production load. Networking & TCP Internals: Deep knowledge of TCP/IP — congestion control, ACK behavior, buffer tuning, and protocol-level latency sources. Strong Linux networking fundamentals: low-latency NIC configuration, bypass networking technologies (DPDK, RDMA), and market connectivity (multicast feeds, co-location networks, VPNs). Performance Engineering: Practical experience profiling latency-sensitive systems; familiarity with tools such as perf, flamegraph, strace, tcpdump, eBPF, and hardware performance counters. Containerization: Deep knowledge of Docker and Kubernetes, including low-overhead deployment patterns and performance trade-offs of containerized workloads. IaC: Proven track record with Ansible, Terraform, and Helm in production environments. Monitoring: Hands-on experience with the Prometheus / Grafana stack; ability to build latency-aware dashboards and alerting (P99, jitter, throughput KPIs). Scripting: Solid scripting in Bash and Python; Golang is a strong plus given its role in systems tooling. CI/CD & Secret Management: Strong grasp of CI/CD pipelines with experience integrating performance validation stages; familiarity with Vault for secrets management. Security: Understanding of DevSecOps principles and Kubernetes security policies. Key Performance Metrics You'll Work With Latency Distribution - P99 / P99.9 across the tick-to-trade path, using hardware-level timestamps (NIC/PTP). Jitter - variance between min/max latency, measured over large sample sets in live market conditions. Throughput - messages per second (orders + cancels) under exchange burst scenarios. System Reliability - сontinuous monitoring of uptime Extra Credit / Big Pluses Hands-on experience with kernel-level optimization: syscall reduction, network stack bypass (DPDK, RDMA, Solarflare OpenOnload). Background in HFT, algorithmic trading, or other ultra-low-latency production environments. Experience with hardware timestamping, PTP/IEEE 1588, and precision time synchronization. Familiarity with colocation operations and exchange connectivity (cross-connects, proximity hosting). Proven SRE track record with formal SLO/error budget frameworks in latency-sensitive contexts. DevSecOps: vulnerability scanning, Zero Trust, RBAC, and secure delivery pipelines. Understanding of business processes in FinTech, crypto, or electronic trading. Responsibilities Low-Latency Infrastructure Ownership: Design, deploy, and continuously optimize infrastructure for latency-sensitive trading systems — market data handlers, order/deal gateways, and risk check engines. Own the full stack from bare metal to application delivery. Define and maintain a reference architecture for low-latency connectivity when onboarding new trading venues, including reproducible configuration baselines, validation procedures, and performance acceptance criteria — so every new venue goes live on a proven, optimized stack. Cloud & Hybrid Network Connectivity: Design, implement, and maintain complex low-latency network solutions for cloud provider interconnects - including cross-connects and Direct Connect / ExpressRoute links between cloud regions, hybrid on-premise/cloud topologies, and high-throughput inter-server fabrics. Ensure both latency minimization and fault tolerance at every layer: physical redundancy, failover routing, and path diversity across providers and regions. Hardware & OS Stack Tuning: Go deep on the full hardware and OS stack - CPU pinning, C/P-states, HT/SMT configuration, NUMA topology, IRQ affinity, TX/RX ring sizing, NIC offloading, and network stack bypass (DPDK/RDMA where applicable). Understand the complete data path from NIC through PCIe to memory and CPU - and optimize every hop. Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Automate provisioning and configuration of high-performance environments using Ansible, Terraform, and Helm - with performance reproducibility as a first-class requirement. Latency Profiling & Benchmarking: Systematically profile and debug latency hotspots across the full execution path. Establish and maintain SLA/SLO targets; track P99/P99.9 distributions, jitter, and throughput - not just averages. CI/CD for Performance: Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines that include automated latency regression testing, so performance degradations are caught before they hit production. Monitoring & Observability: Design and operate comprehensive latency monitoring and alerting systems (Prometheus, VictoriaMetrics, Grafana) - including hardware timestamping (NIC/PTP) and fine-grained performance telemetry. Colocation & Network Placement: Research, evaluate, and manage optimal server placements - colocations, cross-connects, proximity hosting. Work closely with network and infrastructure teams to minimize physical and logical distance to exchanges. High Availability & DRP: Design systems that maintain stability and reliability under peak load while continuously pushing latency lower - zero regressions, always. Cross-Team Collaboration: Work alongside algo developers, quant teams, and network engineers to ensure trading strategies execute with minimal infrastructure overhead. Working terms Immerse yourself in Crypto & Web3: Master cutting-edge technologies and become an expert in the most innovative industry. Work with the Fintech of the Future: Develop your skills in digital finance and shape the global market. Take Your Professionalism to the Next Level: Gain unique experience and be part of global transformations. Drive Innovations: Influence the industry and contribute to groundbreaking solutions. Join a Strong Team: Collaborate with top experts worldwide and grow alongside the best. Work-Life Balance & Well-being: Modern equipment. Comfortable working conditions, and an inspiring environment to help you thrive. 24 calendar days of paid leave. Additional days off for national holidays. With us, you’ll dive into the world of unique blockchain technologies, reshape the crypto landscape, and become an innovator in your field. If you’re ready to take on challenges and join our dynamic team, apply now and start a new chapter in your career! Let’s Build the Future Together! WhiteBIT offers all candidates an equal opportunity to join the team. All hiring decisions are made without regard to race, national origin, gender identity or sexual orientation, age, religion, disability, medical condition, marital status, familial status, veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristic of an individual.