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Could It Be You?\nThis is a high-impact, hybrid release engineering role bridging global enterprise platform standards with the specialized technical needs of our high-speed brokerage systems. You will own, optimize, and modernize our CI/CD pipelines across a polyglot codebase—ranging from low-latency native C++ (Linux) microservices to Angular Micro-Frontends, .NET Core, Node.js, Python, and Apigee API gateways on GCP. Your mission is to eliminate build friction, accelerate compilation and feedback loops, embed modern AI SDLC and DevSecOps tooling, and ensure safe, automated releases for active trading systems.\n\nNeed more details? 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