Senior Linux Infrastructure Engineer
tastytrade · Chicago, Illinois
Posted 14 days ago · $140,000-$180,000
or apply directly on tastytrade's site. We never take the application ourselves.
Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 14 days tastytrade's roles stay open a median of 24 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- Yes 94% of tastytrade's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at tastytrade
- moderate 3 stale, 1 reposted of 18 open
- Hiring momentum
- 30 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-09-17
Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from tastytrade's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for tastytrade.
About this role
The Senior Linux Infrastructure Engineer will be responsible for managing and optimizing the systems layer of the production environment at tastytrade. This hands-on role involves diagnosing performance issues, leading troubleshooting efforts, writing and maintaining configuration management code, and operating containerized workloads. The engineer will also automate processes, manage core network services, and ensure observability within the infrastructure.
- benefits
- 5/5
- freshness
- 4/5
- career value
- 5/5
- role clarity
- 5/5
- pay transparency
- 5/5
Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of tastytrade as an employer.
What you need
- 6+ years in a Linux systems, infrastructure, or SRE role
- Expert-level Linux performance analysis
- Troubleshooting methodology
- Systems fundamentals knowledge
- Declarative configuration management experience with Salt, Ansible, Chef, or Puppet
- Production experience with Kubernetes or Nomad
Nice to have
- Production ownership of Redis or RabbitMQ
- Vault administration experience
- Elastic Stack operations experience
- Experience in a regulated environment
- Colocation or bare-metal experience
What you get
- Performance Bonuses
- Stock Purchase Options
- Medical/Vision/Dental Benefits
- 401k Plan
- 20 Paid Vacation Days (plus an additional paid vacation day the month of your birthday)
- 10 Paid Sick Days
Worth weighing
- Base salary range of $140,000-$180,000 but actual salary depends on experience and qualifications
- Discretionary performance bonus of 10-12% based on individual and company performance
Summarised from tastytrade's posting. Read the full original.
Listed by tastytrade on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-09-17. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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