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Systems Administrator

Optimal · Chicago, Illinois, United States; New York, New York, United States · On-site

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About Optimal

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About the role

We are seeking a hands-on Systems Administrator, working alongside our existing sysadmin, to keep our production infrastructure running and to grow it. You and your colleague own the infrastructure layer: hosts, network, storage, and connectivity, with some services supported by external providers. Application-level production support and incident coordination sit with our senior Production Engineer.

What they're looking for

  • Strong hands-on Linux and network administration
  • Strong scripting and automation skills
  • Experience with Infrastructure as Code (we are open on which tools)
  • A track record in production support and incident response
  • Experience using AI tools, ideally Claude Code
  • Ownership: you take responsibility for what you run and communicate status without being asked
More about this role

Optimal Market Technologies is a FINRA-registered broker-dealer with an innovative platform of wholesale options and execution solutions designed to meet the needs of today’s dynamic market participants. Optimal can quickly and seamlessly enhance its platform, adapt to regulatory changes, and offer a more efficient implementation that scales as clients grow. Optimal is disrupting the US Options Wholesale landscape by introducing a Competition for Order Flow model through which market makers compete for retail flow on our platform based on best execution quality. Additional offerings include an Institutional Alternative Trading System (ATS) for discreet execution and price improvement and Execution Services for institutional-grade routing and algorithmic execution designed to balance price capture, speed, and market impact across trading objectives.

This is an opportunity to work for a fintech start-up and to be an integral part of growing a broker-dealer from the ground up. As a small, hardworking team, we pride ourselves on our entrepreneurial culture and cross-team collaboration. We recently raised funding from several strategic partners and are in a very exciting stage of...

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