Trading Systems Engineer – Trading Platform

About the role

As a Trading Systems Engineer, you’ll have an opportunity to exercise your extensive skills while helping solve complex technical problems. You’ll work closely with trading, infrastructure and software development teams to provide smooth support for our technology. You’ll communicate directly with exchanges, traders and developers to iron out any problems that arise.

Key responsibilities

• Maintain the health and availability of a world‑class trading ecosystem.
• Respond to support requests from traders and software engineers.
• Contribute to automation and monitoring solutions, reducing manual configuration and improving uptime.
• Liaise with external trading partners such as financial exchanges and clearing firms to resolve technical issues.
• Onboard new trading desks, trading systems and technologies.

Required profile

• Minimum of 5 years experience in trade support, site reliability engineering or related fields.
• Bachelor’s degree in a STEM discipline or related field.
• Familiarity with trading platforms and financial markets.
• Ability to thrive in high‑pressure situations alongside traders, developers and engineering teams.
• Strong problem‑solving and troubleshooting skills under pressure.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Knowledge of Linux/Unix environments.
• Basic networking knowledge including multicast, TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP and common troubleshooting tools.

Required skills

• Python scripting for automation.
• Bash scripting for automation.
• Complex SQL query and database update capabilities.
• Linux/Unix system administration.
• Networking fundamentals (multicast, TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP).