Trading Systems Engineer (Trading Platform)
DRWAbout the Role
As a Trading Systems Engineer, you'll have an opportunity to exercise your extensive skills while helping solve complex technical problems.
- Work closely with trading, infrastructure and software development teams to provide smooth support for our technology
- Communicate directly with exchanges, traders and developers to iron out any problems that arise
- Maintain the health and availability of a world class trading eco-system
- Respond to support requests from our traders and software engineers
- Contribute to our 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
Requirements
- Minimum of 5 years working in trade support, site reliability engineering or related fields
- Bachelor's degree in STEM or related field
- Familiarity with trading platforms and financial markets
- Thrives in high-pressure situations while working alongside traders, developers and other engineering teams
- Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to troubleshoot technical issues under pressure
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
- Knowledge of Linux/Unix environments
- Experience with scripting languages such as Python and Bash for automation tasks
- Ability to devise complex SQL database queries and updates
- Basic networking knowledge, including multicast, TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP and common network troubleshooting tools