Application Reliability Engineer

<p>Graviton is a privately funded quantitative trading firm striving for excellence in financial markets research. We are seeking a skilled Application Reliability Engineer to <strong>be the first line of defense for ensuring the reliability, availability, and performance of our databases, services, and trading support systems. </strong>You’ll not only monitor, troubleshoot, and resolve production issues, but also build automation, improve observability, and drive long-term stability of mission-critical systems. You’ll work closely with developers, traders, and infrastructure teams to triage issues, manage deployments, and continuously improve operational workflows.</p> <p>The ideal candidate will possess a strong background in technical support, with a passion for problem-solving and a commitment to excellence.</p> <p><strong>As a Application Reliability Engineer, you will be responsible for:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Monitor production services and respond quickly to alerts, incidents, and outages to ensure smooth operation and minimal downtime.</li> <li>Monitor trading systems and infrastructure.</li> <li>Triage issues across trading support services, databases, and infra; escalate and coordinate with the right owners, and drive root-cause analysis and ensure fixes are implemented for long-term stability.</li> <li>Serve as the first line of defense for trading operations.</li> <li>Proactively identify, address recurring issues, and build automation to reduce manual intervention.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Improve observability by enhancing monitoring, logging, and alerting systems.</li> <li>Develop and maintain operational runbooks and SLO/SLA metrics.</li> </ul> <p><strong>Requirements :</strong></p> <ul> <li>Possess a degree in a highly analytical field, such as Engineering, Mathematics, or Computer Science</li> <li>Upto 2 years of experience in Python, Shell/Bash scripting.</li> </ul> <p><strong>Experience with Linux and shell online tools</strong></p> <ul> <li>Hands-on experience with <strong>databases (SQL, NoSQL)</strong></li> <li>Strong problem-solving and analytical skills</li> <li>Excellent communication skills</li> <li>Ability to remain calm and analytical under production pressure</li> </ul> <p>Good to have:</p> <ul> <li>Familiarity with monitoring/alerting stacks (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, etc.)</li> <li>Familiarity with distributed messaging (Kafka) and caching systems (Redis)</li> <li>Experience with CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation</li> <li>Prior experience in a support, SRE, or production engineering role</li> </ul>