Clearing Operations Specialist
About BitnomialBitnomial is building the next generation US-based global derivatives exchange, starting with digital assets and progressively expanding to encompass a full spectrum of commodities worldwide. Bitnomial operates a US CFTC regulated exchange (DCM), clearinghouse (DCO), and brokerage (FCM). Bitnomial offers the Bitcoin Complex comprising physically delivered Bitcoin Futures, Options, Deci Futures, and Hashrate Futures used by brokers, hedge funds, institutions, and trading firms around the world.Role OverviewBitnomial is hiring a Clearing Operations Specialist to keep production clearing infrastructure running: monitoring, incident response, deployments, and tooling. The role sits between operations and engineering, working across databases, containers, cloud services, and the internal scripts that tie them together. This is hands-on systems work in a regulated clearing environment where uptime and correctness directly affect capital flows.This role includes on-call responsibilities. Clearing infrastructure operates on market schedules, which may require coverage outside standard business hours.Core RequirementsSystems & OperationsLinux proficiency: command line, log analysis, process management, system configurationExperience monitoring production systems and responding to alerts (Grafana, Prometheus, or similar)Comfort supporting production deployments and releasesIncident response instincts: triage, diagnose, resolve, documentInfrastructureCloud infrastructure experience (AWS preferred)Containers and orchestration: Docker and either Kubernetes or NomadShell/Bash scripting for automation and operational toolingDataWorking knowledge of PostgreSQL or MySQL: writing queries, reading schemas, understanding data flowsAbility to trace issues through application logs, database state, and system metricsProgrammingProficiency in at least one programming languageBackground in Rust or Haskell is a plus but not requiredBaseline ExpectationsCandidates should be able to:Diagnose problems across the stack (application, database, container, network) without waiting for someone else to narrow the scopeWrite and maintain operational scripts and tooling that other people depend onOperate with discipline in systems that handle real capital under regulatory constraintsTake ownership of incidents through resolution and follow up with prevention