A proprietary trading firm is hiring for a Trade Desk Operations Engineer.
Salary: $85,000 - $120,000 plus discretionary bonus
Responsibilities:
- Execute daily tasks related to the trading system for equity and futures markets.
- Oversee system status and operational integrity from early morning until market close.
- Monitor and verify trades and system values in real time.
- Manage the trading system during periods of limited staffing.
- Address trading exceptions, such as unacknowledged orders or broken trades.
- Facilitate change management and ensure new software and hardware function correctly.
- Identify and respond to system incidents, perform troubleshooting, and escalate issues as needed.
- Participate in root cause analysis for identified issues.
- Adjust for and respond to corporate action events.
- Collaborate with colleagues to enhance and improve trading system procedures.
- Maintain and ensure the integrity of trading system parameterization data.
- Automate existing processes by writing scripts and generating reports.
- Document trading-related procedures.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in a quantitative or technical field.
- Minimum of 2 years relevant work experience.
- Knowledge of markets and trading.
- Proficiency with UNIX/Linux and Windows.
- Programming skills; knowledge of Python, Ruby, and Perl is advantageous.
- Experience with SQL for database interaction.
- Detail-oriented and organized.
- Ability to multi-task and work under pressure.
- Sound judgment in problem-solving and escalation.
- Ability to work independently.
- Series 7 or 57 preferred (successful candidate must pass Series 57 exam if not previously obtained)
This role must sit in the firms Chicago office.