Trading Operations Engineer

Arcus Search; Dubai; Remote; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote-first working environment

Flexible and supportive culture

Global offsites and team workations

Job summary

Arcus Search is partnering with a high-performance trading firm to hire a Trading Operations Engineer. You will support global trading systems during APAC hours, covering early mornings from a Dubai perspective, ensuring uptime and real-time incident response.

In a fast-paced, live-systems environment, you’ll own operational reliability, collaborate with traders and engineers, and drive automation and tooling improvements in a 24/7 setting.

Qualifications

• Strong Linux fundamentals including shell usage, system debugging, and networking tools.
• Good understanding of networking concepts and troubleshooting connectivity issues.
• Able to read and debug Python code in production.
• Comfortable working in a 24/7 environment with an incident-response mindset.

Responsibilities

• Provide dedicated off-hours coverage to maintain high trading uptime.
• Act as the first responder for production and infrastructure incidents during your shift.
• Collaborate closely with trading and engineering teams to minimise downtime and improve resolution times.
• Monitor system health, performance, and alerts using modern observability tools.
• Contribute to reliability best practices within an SRE-style environment.
• Drive improvements in automation, tooling, and operational workflows.

Skills

Linux fundamentals

Networking concepts

Python code reading

Incident-response mindset

Tools

Kubernetes

Helm

Prometheus

Grafana

Terraform

Job description

The Opportunity

We're partnered with a high-performance, tech-driven trading firm looking to hire a Trading Operations Engineer to support their global trading systems during APAC hours.

This position aligns with early APAC mornings (approximately 7am - 3pm SGT / 8am - 4pm JST / 9am-5pm AEST), covering overnight trading from a Dubai perspective. You'll play a key role in keeping production systems stable, responding to real-time incidents, and working closely with traders and engineers to ensure uninterrupted trading activity.

If you enjoy operating close to live systems, handling time-critical issues, and working in a fast-paced environment, this role offers strong ownership and impact.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide dedicated off-hours coverage to maintain high trading uptime
• Act as the first responder for production and infrastructure incidents during your shift
• Collaborate closely with trading and engineering teams to minimise downtime and improve resolution times
• Monitor system health, performance, and alerts using modern observability tools
• Contribute to reliability best practices within an SRE-style environment
• Drive improvements in automation, tooling, and operational workflows

Required Experience

• Strong Linux fundamentals including shell usage, system debugging, and networking tools
• Good understanding of networking concepts and troubleshooting connectivity issues
• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes fundamentals (pods, scheduling, debugging)
• Experience managing configurations using Helm or similar tooling
• Comfortable working in a 24/7 environment with an incident-response mindset
• Ability to read and debug Python code in production
• Experience with monitoring tools such as Prometheus and Grafana

Nice to Have

• Exposure to structured incident management approaches
• Experience with GitOps and deployment tools (e.g. ArgoCD)
• Familiarity with cloud environments (AWS, VPCs, EC2)
• Infrastructure-as-code experience (Terraform)
• Experience querying ClickHouse for performance analysis
• Understanding of Kafka or similar messaging systems

What's on Offer

• Remote-first working environment
• Flexible and supportive culture
• Opportunity to work within a fast-growing, cutting-edge trading environment
• Regular global offsites and team workations

Shift Alignment (Indicative)

• Singapore / Hong Kong / China: 7am - 3pm
• Japan / Korea: 8am - 4pm
• India: 4:30am - 12:30pm
• Australia (East Coast): 9am - 5pm