Platform Engineer
WFH Flexible Saint Louis, MO
Job Type
Full-time
Description

About Exegy

Exegy is a global leader in intelligent market data, advanced trading systems, and future-proof technology. Exegy serves as a trusted partner to the complete ecosystem of the buy-side, sell-side, exchanges, and financial services technology firms around the globe. Headquartered in St. Louis with regional offices in North America, the UK/Europe and Asia Pacific, Exegy has the global footprint to deliver world-class support and managed services to its customer base of elite financial market participants.


Job Summary
Exegy is seeking a highly motivated Platform & Automation Engineer to join the Platform Engineering Team (PET) who plays a central role in ensuring that all R&D teams across the group have access to robust, scalable, and automated infrastructure solutions. You will be responsible for, streamlining, and automating our internal infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines. You will work closely with the PET team and R&D teams to ensure efficiency, reliability, and scalability in our development and deployment workflows.


What You’ll Do

· Enhance and automate CI/CD workflows using Jenkins, GitLab CI, and scripting (Bash & Python)

· Develop and maintain infrastructure automation using Ansible and Terraform
Optimize and maintain Exegy's internal production services and platforms
Ensure scalability and resilience by improving our infrastructure provisioning and orchestration

· Collaborate with R&D teams to define infrastructure needs and best practices
Lead improvements in security and efficiency by implementing automation and infrastructure as code (IaC) principles

· Document and share knowledge across teams to drive consistency and reliability
 

Qualifications:

· 5+ years of experience in Platform Engineering, DevOps, or Infrastructure Automation

· Strong experience with CI/CD tooling (Jenkins, GitLab CI) and pipeline automation

· Proficiency in scripting (Python, Bash) for automation and tooling development

· Hands-on experience with Ansible and Terraform for infrastructure provisioning and management

· Solid knowledge of Linux systems administration and networking fundamentals

· Experience with monitoring and observability tools is a plus

· Strong analytical mindset and ability to balance long-term vision with short-term execution