Application Developer – Network & Market Data Instrumentation (Python)

Veteran Firm Seeking an Application Developer - Network and Market Data Instrumentation (Python) for a Hybrid Onsite Assignment in New York, NY My name is Stephen Hrutka. I lead a Veteran-Owned management consulting firm in Washington, DC. We specialize in Technical and Cleared Recruiting for the Department of Defense (DoD), the Intelligence Community (IC), and other advanced defense agencies. At HRUCKUS, we support fellow Veteran-Owned businesses by helping them recruit for positions across organizations such as the VA, SBA, HHS, DARPA, and other leading-edge R&D-focused defense agencies. We seek to fill an Application Developer Network and Market Data Instrumentation Python role in New York, NY The ideal candidate is a New York resident with strong Python development skills, experience building automation tools for network analytics, and ideally, a background in low-latency trading infrastructure. If you’re interested, I'll gladly provide more details about the role and further discuss your qualifications. Thanks, Stephen M Hrutka Principal Consultant www.hruckus.com Executive Summary: HRUCKUS is looking for an experienced Application Developer Network and Market Data Instrumentation Python to build automation and tooling supporting a high-performance network instrumentation and packet analytics environment. Position Description: We are seeking an experienced Application Developer with strong Python development skills to build automation and tooling supporting a high-performance network instrumentation and packet analytics environment. This is a software engineering role focused on automation—not a network operations position. The ideal candidate has experience developing automation for network infrastructure, packet capture environments, metadata management, and low-latency trading systems. You will design scalable tooling that provides visibility into market data feeds, trading infrastructure, and network performance. Position Responsibilities Develop and maintain Python automation for packet capture and instrumentation platforms Build automated validation tools to verify market data feed integrity Develop processes to collect and maintain metadata for network infrastructure and trading environments Automate configuration generation for packet capture devices and aggregation switches Develop tooling to monitor network performance, drops, and latency Build APIs and chatbot integration layers for querying instrumentation environments Collaborate with infrastructure engineers and business stakeholders Improve automation, operational efficiency, and system visibility Required Qualifications: Strong Python development experience Experience building automation tools Experience with packet capture or network analytics platforms Understanding of network infrastructure including: Load Balancers, Firewalls, Network Switches, Packet Capture Experience with metadata automation API development Strong software engineering fundamentals Excellent communication skills Desired Qualifications: Corvil experience Corvil CNE or CMC Certification Low-latency trading infrastructure Financial markets experience Market data feeds Network monitoring REST APIs MCP AI integration Git CI CD Details Job Title: Application Developer Network and Market Data Instrumentation (Python) Location: New York, NY (10286) Salary Range: $70 to $80 Hourly W-2