Trading Systems Operations Engineer (USA)

Trexquant Investment

$90K — $130K *
Finance & Insurance
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, IT, or STEM-related field; Master's preferred
  • 1+ years experience as a systems operations engineer
  • Strong quantitative analytical skills
  • Proficiency in Linux/Unix and scripting languages like Python and Shell
  • Prior financial services industry experience preferred

Responsibilities

  • Monitor trading systems and infrastructure for optimal performance and reliability
  • Proactively identify and resolve potential issues to minimize downtime
  • Respond to system alerts and incidents, investigating root causes
  • Analyze system performance metrics for optimization opportunities
  • Implement performance tuning strategies for system responsiveness
  • Collaborate with developers and system architects to troubleshoot technical issues
  • Provide support to various teams with production data analysis and troubleshooting
  • Support implementation of new trade functionalities like asset classes and prime brokers

Benefits

  • Competitive salary plus performance-based bonus
  • Collaborative, casual, and friendly work environment
  • Fully covered PPO health, dental, and vision insurance for you and dependents
  • Pre-tax commuter benefits
  • Weekly company meals
Full Job Description
The Trading Systems Operations Engineer is a vital role in supporting the operation and growth of our production systems infrastructure. The successful candidate will be responsible for ensuring the smooth operation and performance of our trading systems infrastructure as we scale. This includes systems monitoring, incident response, troubleshooting and systems performance optimization. The successful candidate will also collaborate with traders, developers, quantitative analysts and the business team to support their initiatives.

Responsibilities:
  • Monitor trading systems and infrastructure components to ensure optimal performance and reliability.
  • Proactively identify and resolve potential issues to minimize downtime and optimize system efficiency.
  • Respond promptly to system alerts and incidents, investigating root causes and implementing solutions to prevent recurrence.
  • Analyze system performance metrics and identify opportunities for optimization.
  • Implement performance tuning strategies to enhance system responsiveness and throughput.
  • Collaborate with software developers and system architects to troubleshoot complex technical issues.
  • Provide tech and analytical support to Research, Accounting, Investor Relations and Compliance teams eg. troubleshooting, ad hoc analysis of production data
  • Support implementation of new trade functionality such as new asset classes or new prime brokers e.g. establish FIX sessions, file encryption, FTP setup
  • On-call support


Requirements
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or STEM-related field, Masters level or higher preferred
  • 1+ years of experience as systems operations engineer
  • Strong quantitative analytical skills
  • Proficiency in Linux/Unix system administration and scripting languages (e.g., Python, Shell).
  • Prior experience in a similar role within the financial services industry is preferred

Benefits

  • Competitive salary plus bonus based on individual and company performance
  • Collaborative, Casual, and friendly work environment
  • PPO Health, dental and vision insurance premiums fully covered for you and your dependents
  • Pre-tax commuter benefits
  • Weekly company meals


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