Open Positions

Final Israel Ltd. is one of the world’s leading high-frequency trading (HFT) companies.

As a major participant in the HFT industry,

the challenge Final faces is two-fold: to analyze large and complex data sets

off-line, as well as to process massive flows of real-time data.

As a DevOps engineer, you will have the opportunity to build an

E2E CI\CD pipelines from the ground up as well as be in charge of large

deployments and their healthiness. You will be working on monitoring, log

analysis, deployment, testing, rollout to production and much more.

Our ideal candidates are highly motivated

individuals with strong technical skills and a solid background and

understanding in DevOps methodologies, technologies, and tools.

Responsibilities:

· Enable and enhance team developer workflows by developing CI/CD and automation capabilities

· Leading the monitoring of the team’s offerings through logs, metrics, traces and more

· Taking part in a top-notch technology team, code reviewing and knowledge sharing

· Support the core research teams with their workflows using the team’s solutions

Requirements:

· At least 5 years of hands-on DevOps experience

· Experience (3+ years) in writing automation software in one or more languages, such as Python, bash, groovy or similar.

· Extensive knowledge of cloud, containers

· Experience with CI and orchestration servers (Jenkins, airflow etc.)

· Experience working with automated configuration management tools (Salt, Ansible, packer etc.).

· Experience with IaaC tools (terraform, heat, etc.)

· Experience with monitoring and log analyzing tools (ELK, Grafana, Prometheus, etc.)

Advantages:

· Experience with large, offline on-premises production deployments.

· Good understanding in complex network solutions, SDN, CNI etc.

· Good understanding in complex storage solutions.

Final is a world leader in trading algorithms and trade execution technologies development. Our multi-disciplinary teams have developed a unique and highly successful machine learning algorithmic based HFT platform that delivers excellent results. In a world increasingly dominated by learning machines and artificial intelligence, we at Final are especially proud of our humans. Our elite team of exceptional people are the soul of our company, and it is our top priority to provide them with a professionally fulfilling environment that supports healthy work-life balance. Our employees are encouraged to pursue their passions outside of work and we are proud to offer them a variety of opportunities , multiple resources and an agile work environment which promotes their well-being.

We are searching for an innovative Senior Software Engineer that will join us and be part of a SW team responsible of the full life cycle development of several web key applications including technical and statistical research, design, coding and integration. you will play a pivotal role in spearheading a transformative project aimed at replacing a monolithic software architecture with a more scalable and flexible microservices architecture. You will be an important part of leading the technological aspects of the project

This role will require you to lead the redesign of an important product , you will move fast and help deliver a state of the art products, you will be part of a smart, motivated, creative team of people who are filled with positive energy targeting to bring the best solutions to the finish line. 

In this role you’ll 

• Deliver scalable features to support Final’s vision in a timely and quality manner
• Building cutting-edge technologies that make a powerful impact on big amount of instances
• Tackle tough problems and find creative ways to solve them
• Produce (a lot) of high-quality, functional code that is readable, testable and maintainable
• Leverage our in-house autonomous tools to manage all development flow, from setting up our development environment to creating git branches and deploying services to production
• Be the owner of your domain to ensure code quality, performance, and scalability of our products
• Manage and complete tasks using TDD, continuous integration and modern development processes

• 4+ years working as a Full Stack engineer using FE and BE technologies in a web environment 
• In Depth understanding of OOP, SOLID and know functional programming principles
• Can understand and write multi-threaded code, specifically a web server's request lifecycle
• You care about design, are passionate about TDD methodology and microservices architecture, contributed to open source projects, take responsibility and can work independently
• Have an excellent understanding of database systems, relational and otherwise, including big data applications
• Are able to conduct performance analysis for a system and find its bottlenecks
• Experienced with Linux development and know your way around cloud environment
• Broad knowledge of modern backend and frontend frameworks, tools, and architecture
• Experience working on a high scale, production-grade projects
• B.Sc. in Computer Science or Mathematics (or equivalent experience) is a big plus
• Result oriented, self-motivated, fast learner, can do attitude and a great team player

Final is a world leader in trading algorithms and trade execution technologies development. Our multi-disciplinary teams have developed a unique and highly successful machine learning algorithmic based HFT platform that delivers excellent results. In a world increasingly dominated by learning machines and artificial intelligence, we at Final are especially proud of our humans. Our elite team of exceptional people are the soul of our company, and it is our top priority to provide them with a professionally fulfilling environment that supports healthy work-life balance. Our employees are encouraged to pursue their passions outside of work and we are proud to offer them a variety of opportunities, multiple resources and an agile work environment which promotes their well-being. 

We are looking for a talented IT Expert who is a tech-savvy individual and will join our IT team to help us build and maintain our virtual and Microsoft environment. 

In this role, you will be a subject matter expert and take a major part in our efforts to build, maintain and manage Final's infrastructure, ensuring seamless operation and high availability of services. 

The IT team is composed of strong and experienced IT professionals, responsible for defining the IT strategy and managing all of Final’s on-premise and public cloud IT infrastructure. 

Responsibilities:

• Design, deploy, and operate virtual solutions to provide high availability, scalability, and performance in a technically diverse and complex on-premises environment. 
• Design, deploy, and operate final Microsoft infrastructure on-premises and in the cloud.  
• Identify new promising IT technologies. 
• Design, deploy, and operate final DR solutions. 
• Automate IT processes to support and improve Final’s IT infrastructure. 

• 5+ years as an IT Expert with a deep understanding of Microsoft infra and Azure services (Entra ID, 365 etc)– must 
• Experience in designing virtualization architectures for both on-premise and public cloud environments 
• Proven hands-on experience with virtualization systems, tools and SaaS solutions 
• Deep understanding and hands-on experience with Microsoft infrastructure on-premises and as a SaaS. (AD, exchange etc) 
• Deep knowledge in IT domains of networking, operating systems and backup tools (Windows, Linux, TCP/IP, Vlans, veeam, TSM etc) 
• Coding/ scripting capabilities 
• Self-motivated and autodidact with the ability to deliver solutions end-to-end as part of “A can-do” attitude 
• Up to date with the latest IT standards and emerging technologies 
• Team player 

Advantage:

• Deep Knowledge of Linux distribution OS. 

Final is a world leader in trading algorithms and trade execution technologies development. Our multi-disciplinary teams have developed a unique and highly successful machine learning algorithmic based HFT platform that delivers excellent results. In a world increasingly dominated by learning machines and artificial intelligence, we at Final are especially proud of our humans. Our elite team of exceptional people are the soul of our company, and it is our top priority to provide them with a professionally fulfilling environment that supports healthy work-life balance. Our employees are encouraged to pursue their passions outside of work and we are proud to offer them a variety of opportunities, multiple resources and an agile work environment which promotes their well-being.

We are looking for a talented IT Help Desk Specialist to join our team.

The ideal candidate will have a strong technical background and desire to be hands on to solve IT problems with patients and a can-do attitude. You will be part of an exceptional IT help Desk team working to push new technologies and unique IT projects to support Final’s business efforts towards success. 

Responsibilities

• Hands-on experience across a wide IT scope including Mac and PC hardware, software applications, and OS support experience including installation, configuration, and troubleshooting.
• Track, follow and improve SLA & KPIs to measure team success
• Manage all user accounts, licenses, and subscriptions
• Provide support to Office 365 and corporate software related
• Manage IT equipment, stock, and purchasing.
• Make sure all companies multimedia systems are ready to be used
• Administer and manage Jira projects, workflows, permissions, and configurations to ensure optimal performance and user satisfaction.

• 5+ years working experience as Help Desk Technician.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to detail
• Experience with monitoring, maintaining, and troubleshooting windows and Linux OS.
• Excellent ability to administer and troubleshoot server hardware and software (Linux).
• Demonstrated understanding of concepts such as TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, VLANs.
• Deep understanding of Microsoft core services such as: Active Directory, exchange, office 365, Intune etc.
• Understanding Microsoft cloud services – Teams, one drive, SharePoint.
• Excellent people skills and strong customer service approach.
• Experience with Jira services such as ticketing system, wiki and inventory.
• Hardworking and flexible with the ability to work under pressure
• Great time management, prioritization and sense of ownership skills - able to self-manage and “juggle” between different tasks with optimal results.

Final is a world leader in trading algorithms and trade execution technologies development. Our multi-disciplinary teams have developed a unique and highly successful machine learning algorithmic based HFT platform that delivers excellent results. 

 Our research is run by an outstanding team of brilliant researchers who love the extreme challenge of beating the markets. We consistently profit in challenging markets that get increasingly efficient. 

We have no customers, and no marketing. It is a pure technological and algorithmic challenge. Hence the time-to-market from a research idea until it is used and make profit by our trading machines is very short. 

In a world increasingly dominated by learning machines and artificial intelligence, we at Final are especially proud of our humans. Our elite team of exceptional people are the soul of our company, and it is our top priority to provide them with a professionally fulfilling environment that supports healthy work-life balance. Our employees are encouraged to pursue their passions outside of work and we are proud to offer them a variety of opportunities, multiple resources and an agile work environment which promotes their well-being. 

Our unique research team is expanding, we are looking for smart and humble team members to join the team and solve complex problems. Our technical challenges include developing new trading strategies, , improving the performance of our algorithms, finding new ways to beat the markets. As an ML researcher you will collaborate with our R&D team to execute live trading strategies. If you are looking to make an impact by putting into practice successful ideas and seeing immediately the outcome, make influence on Final’s financial performance this is a great opportunity.

In this role you will:

• Mange and lead independent research applying ML/DL/Signal Processing/Data Mining to a wide variety of datasets.
•  Creatively find new trading strategies
• Work with other team members to optimize Final’s Algorithms

• Masters or PhD in Computer Science, Physics, EE, Mathematics, Statistics, or a related field
•  5+ Years of experience of ML research/Deep Learning/Data Mining etc
•  Experience with software engineering in Python / C++
• Strong statistical analysis and mathematical skill
•  A great team player eager to share/learn/teach other team members.
•  Creative, self-motivated, love complex problems, determined

Final is a world leader in trading algorithms and trade execution technologies development. Our multi-disciplinary teams have developed a unique and highly successful machine learning algorithmic based HFT platform that delivers excellent results. In a world increasingly dominated by learning machines and artificial intelligence, we at Final are especially proud of our humans. Our elite team of exceptional people are the soul of our company, and it is our top priority to provide them with a professionally fulfilling environment that supports healthy work-life balance. Our employees are encouraged to pursue their passions outside of work and we are proud to offer them a variety of opportunities, multiple resources and an agile work environment which promotes their well-being. 

We are searching for an innovative and experienced Senior Big Data Engineer that will join us and be part of our big data group. 

As a Senior Big Data Engineer, you will: 

• Lead the architecture and development of mission-critical, diverse and large-scale data pipelines over both public and on-prem cloud solutions. 
• Derive policies for data storage and versioning over peta-bytes scale complex storage solutions of multiple data lakes. 
• Design and develop smart ML infrastructure in order to build Agile ML processes (MLOps). 
• Work with Data Scientists to understand needs and design ML infrastructure solutions 
• Be a part of a collaborative heterogeneous data team which includes developers, data scientists, data engineers, MLOps and data scouts. 

• BSc / MSc degree in Computer Science/ Engineering / Mathematics or Statistics 
• At least 5 years of experience working as a Data Engineer or Data Architect or ML Engineer 
• At least 3 years of experience working in high level software development, preferably in Python 
• Proven hands-on experience in designing, developing and optimizing complex solutions that move and/or manipulate large volumes of data 
• Sound understanding of different big data file formats such as Parquet, Arrow, HDF5, etc. 
• Experience with Docker, Linux, CI/CD tools and concepts, Kubernetes. 
• Experience with data pipelining tools such as Airflow, Kubeflow, MLFlow and similar technologies. 
• Hands-on experience with large-scale distributed computing systems and related technologies (e.g., Spark, Hive) 
• Understanding of ML concepts and processes. 
• Result oriented, self-motivated, fast learner, can do attitude and a great team player

Advantage: 

• Experience and understanding of various storage solutions (NFS, S3, software defined distributed storage, etc.) 
• Experience working with data versioning tools such as DVC, LakeFS, GitLFS or similar technologies. 
• Experience working with AWS data processing tools and concepts. 
• Experience with large, offline on-premises production deployments. 
• Experience with Pandas, Numpy, Jupyter notebook. 
• Hands-on experience in lower-level programming languages such as C++ or RUST. 

Final is a world leader in trading algorithms and trade execution technologies development. Our multi-disciplinary teams have developed a unique and highly successful machine learning algorithmic based HFT platform that delivers excellent results. In a world increasingly dominated by learning machines and artificial intelligence, we at Final are especially proud of our humans. Our elite team of exceptional people are the soul of our company, and it is our top priority to provide them with a professionally fulfilling environment that supports healthy work-life balance. Our employees are encouraged to pursue their passions outside of work and we are proud to offer them a variety of opportunities, multiple resources and an agile work environment which promotes their well-being.

We are looking for an experienced Senior Cloud Infrastructure Engineer with a strong background in both AWS and Azure to help design, implement, and optimize our cloud infrastructure solutions. This role requires deep technical knowledge in cloud services, automation through Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and a hands-on approach to managing complex cloud environments. Experience with AWS CDK and handling network services via Azure ExpressRoute and AWS PrivateLink is highly advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Cloud Architecture Design: Architect and design scalable, reliable, and secure cloud infrastructure solutions in AWS and Azure.
• Cloud Services Management: Lead the management of key cloud services such as Azure Virtual Machines, AWS EC2, Azure Blob Storage, AWS S3, Azure Virtual Network, AWS VPC, and networking features like Azure Load Balancer and AWS Elastic Load Balancer.
• Automation & IaC: Develop and implement Infrastructure as Code using tools like Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, and Azure Resource Manager (ARM) templates.
• AWS CDK Expertise: Utilize AWS Cloud Development Kit (CDK) to define cloud infrastructure in code, enabling automation and repeatability.
• Network Infrastructure: Design and manage hybrid cloud environments using Azure ExpressRoute and AWS PrivateLink for secure, private network connections.
• Security & Compliance: Ensure cloud solutions comply with security and governance standards by using tools like Azure AD, AWS IAM, AWS KMS, and Azure Key Vault.
• Performance & Cost Optimization: Continuously evaluate cloud services for performance improvements and cost-efficiency.

• 5+ years of experience in cloud infrastructure architecture, with deep expertise in AWS and Azure.
• Hands-on experience with key cloud services in both platforms, including but not limited to: AWS: EC2, S3, VPC, IAM, CloudFront, RDS, Lambda, PrivateLink. Azure: Virtual Machines, Blob Storage, Virtual Network, ExpressRoute, Azure Active Directory, Azure SQL.
• Mandatory experience with IaC using Terraform, CloudFormation, or ARM templates.
• Proficiency with AWS CDK (advantageous).
• Experience managing private network connections using Azure ExpressRoute and AWS PrivateLink (advantageous).
• Strong understanding of hybrid architectures, cloud security and compliance practices.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices.
• Strong communication skills to collaborate with stakeholders and cross-functional teams.

Advantages:

• AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional
• Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert

Final is a world leader in trading algorithms and trade execution technologies development. Our multi-disciplinary teams have developed a unique and highly successful machine learning algorithmic based HFT platform that delivers excellent results. In a world increasingly dominated by learning machines and artificial intelligence, we at Final are especially proud of our humans. Our elite team of exceptional people are the soul of our company, and it is our top priority to provide them with a professionally fulfilling environment that supports healthy work-life balance. Our employees are encouraged to pursue their passions outside of work and we are proud to offer them a variety of opportunities, multiple resources and an agile work environment which promotes their well-being.

We are looking for a Network Engineer to join our IT Production group. The ideal candidate is an all-around-player that will perform a variety of tasks. Developing and automating the IT infrastructure and supporting a unique and advanced AI research network. Maintaining a highly demanding and distributed WAN/LAN infrastructure maintenance, and supporting server side Linux based systems.

Responsibilities

• Maintaining the network's integrity includes implementing new systems, troubleshooting network issues
• Defining, installing and maintaining new network solutions
• Monitoring the network performance over time
• Full Responsibility on Network Observability
• Managing multi-vendor environment (Juniper, Cisco, Arista, Nvidia, Fortinet)
• NETOPS attitude (network as a code, network automation, auto provision)
• Supporting various development Departments for all IT aspects
• Full responsibility on all the firewalls in the organization( Configuration , deployment , Tshoot ) 

• At least 3 years hands-on experience with networking and routing protocols such as TCP/IP, UDP, Multicast, OSPF, BGP, etc
• Expert knowledge in the operation of Ethernet LAN switching protocols and standards
• Proven experience of using scripting (Python/Bash) to automate network tasks
• Experience in planning and designing projects and analyzing existing network systems and procedures for efficiency and effectiveness
• Analyze complex network issues using variety of tools
• Excellent communication skills and team player

Advantages:

• Manage Cloud environments and Services
• Strong Linux skills
• Knowledge of virtualization technologies
• Knowledge of monitoring and telemetry systems
• CCNP, JNCIS/P – preferred

Final is a world leader in trading algorithms and trade execution technologies development. Our multi-disciplinary teams have developed a unique and highly successful machine learning algorithmic based HFT platform that delivers excellent results. 

 Our research is run by an outstanding team of brilliant researchers who love the extreme challenge of beating the markets. We consistently profit in challenging markets that get increasingly efficient. 

We have no customers, and no marketing. It is a pure technological and algorithmic challenge. Hence the time-to-market from a research idea until it is used and make profit by our trading machines is very short. 

In a world increasingly dominated by learning machines and artificial intelligence, we at Final are especially proud of our humans. Our elite team of exceptional people are the soul of our company, and it is our top priority to provide them with a professionally fulfilling environment that supports healthy work-life balance. Our employees are encouraged to pursue their passions outside of work and we are proud to offer them a variety of opportunities, multiple resources and an agile work environment which promotes their well-being. 

We are looking for a Deep Learning Engineer to join a small, fast-moving, Deep Learning research team. You will be working closely with our researchers, developing tools and optimizing models in both offline and online environments.

In this Role you will :

·        Optimize models and pipelines for both Training and Inference speed on various hardware

·        Develop frameworks for managing large-scale fault-tolerant training runs

·        Manage training and deployment to production

·        Develop research infrastructure for experiment management

·        Build highly efficient data pipelines

·        Collaborate with researchers on algorithm design and implementation.  

• At least 5 years experience of SW development experience working in a high-scale environment
• Experience with Deep Learning infrastructure
• Proficiency in Python
• Have the resilience to solve complex difficult problems.
• Independent, focused, well organized, and capable of prioritizing and multitasking  
• Be proactive and detail-oriented, yet comfortable working in a dynamic environment with fast paced deliveries and changing requirements
• B.Sc with honor from a leading University

Advantages:

• Proficient in one or more general-purpose programming languages C/C++/Rust
• Data science/ML experience
• Experience working in research environment

 Soft skills :

• Eager to learn and teach others
• Open-minded in search of great ideas
• Team player, with strong feeling of responsibility on team’s products / solutions

Final is a world leader in trading algorithms and trade execution technologies development. Our multi-disciplinary teams have developed a unique and highly successful machine learning algorithmic based HFT platform that delivers excellent results. In a world increasingly dominated by learning machines and artificial intelligence, we at Final are especially proud of our humans. Our elite team of exceptional people are the soul of our company, and it is our top priority to provide them with a professionally fulfilling environment that supports healthy work-life balance. Our employees are encouraged to pursue their passions outside of work and we are proud to offer them a variety of opportunities, multiple resources and an agile work environment which promotes their well-being.

We are searching for an innovative Software Engineer that will join us and be part of a SW team

In this role you'll:

• Be responsible of the full life cycle development of several key applications including: Technical and statistical research, design, coding and integration
• Developing and integrating new and existing software as part of a large-scale system
• Tackle tough problems and find creative ways to solve them
• Write high quality, functional code using C++/Rust/Python
• Leverage our in-house autonomous tools to manage all development flow, from setting up our development environment to creating git branches and deploying services to production
• Be the owner of your domain to ensure code quality, performance, latency and scalability of our products
• Manage and complete tasks using TDD, continuous integration and modern development processes
• Coach and mentor other developers and help them elevate their skills while investing in your personal growth
• Be working independently but as a part of a strong and collaborative team

• B.Sc. in Computer Engineering or Computer Science (preferably cum laude, from a leading university)
• 5+ years of experience as a C++ software engineer
• Result oriented and experience in working on complex and large-scale systems
• Passionate about code, self-motivated, fast learner, can do attitude and a great team player

Final is a world leader in trading algorithms and trade execution technologies development. Our multi-disciplinary teams have developed a unique and highly successful machine learning algorithmic based HFT platform that delivers excellent results. 

In a world increasingly dominated by learning machines and artificial intelligence, we at Final are especially proud of our humans. Our elite team of exceptional people are the soul of our company, and it is our top priority to provide them with a professionally fulfilling environment that supports healthy work-life balance. Our employees are encouraged to pursue their passions outside of work and we are proud to offer them a variety of opportunities, multiple resources and an agile work environment which promotes their well-being. 

The Connectivity team is looking for a highly skilled, business-aligned technologist responsible for the design, delivery and maintenance of exchanges’ low latency connectivity solutions and identifying new business opportunities.

What you'll do :

• Work with external vendors to design, implement and deliver low latency connectivity solutions both from a technical and business perspective.
• Lead the on boarding of new trading platforms and integration projects. Work closely with R&D, Research, IT, Risk, Compliance.
• Deep dive into Exchanges’ technological architecture (GWs, APIs, network topology) to make sure optimal implementation is in place.
• Stay up to date with platform upgrades/changes.
• Stay current with existing, emerging, and evolving technologies in the HFT industry.
• Identify and lead new business opportunities.
• Analyze trading behaviors to identify technological deficiencies.

• Proven experience as a Technical Program Manager (or other in-depth technical role), with a strong track record of successfully leading and delivering large-scale, cross-functional projects.
• Familiarity with network components and configurations (reading network topology, tracing IP routes, pcap files)
• Strong analytical decision-making skills, business thinking, Independent and organized.
• Experience with BI tools (Spotfire, Grafana) and a data driven approach.
• You should be able to discuss and negotiate technical tradeoffs with software engineers and present project status to senior management.
• Ability to work independently and in ambiguous situations.

 Advantages:

• Experience as a software engineer.
• Experience in troubleshooting logs (Application logs, pcaps, FIX logs).
• Experience with low latency trading solutions (Exchanges architecture, trading APIs, low latency network components, known vendors, HFT common practices)
• Familiarity with Financial markets.