Trading Production Support Engineer

BHFT; Dubai; Remote; AED 293,000 - 404,000; Full time

Job summary

A financial technology firm in Dubai is looking for a Low-Latency Trading Production Support professional. You will ensure system stability, manage incidents, and optimize trading performance in a high-load environment. The ideal candidate has 5 years of experience in a trading support role, a strong technical skill set including Linux administration, and hands-on knowledge of market data and trading processes. This position offers full-time employment with remote work options.

Qualifications

• 5 years of experience in a trading support function preferably in a TradeFi buyside firm.
• Handson experience with low-latency market data and order management systems.
• Deep understanding of trading processes and market microstructure.

Responsibilities

• Provide realtime support for low-latency trading environments.
• Ensure continuous compliance with regulatory requirements.
• Develop monitoring and alerting systems for production metrics.
• Enforce standards for managing releases and changes.
• Lead initiatives to connect with new exchanges and brokers.

Skills

Low-latency trading support

Market data operations

Incident management

Linux systems administration

Python scripting

Tools

Trading platforms

Monitoring systems

Job description

Responsibilities

LowLatency Trading Production Support : Provide realtime handson support for lowlatency trading environments ensuring minimal downtime and rapid response to system failures or trading incidents. Collaborate with traders and engineers to finetune performance and proactively address potential bottlenecks.

Production Stability Management : Ensure continuous compliance with external regulatory requirements and internal standards including risk security technology and trader needs. Support and automate validation and monitoring processes for adherence to necessary standards.

Incident Monitoring & Management : Develop and improve monitoring and alerting systems to detect anomalies in key production metrics. Implement rapid response mechanisms and efficient solutions to maintain strategy performance.

Release and Change Management : Enforce standards for managing releases and changes to minimize deployment risks. Implement strict acceptance testing for all releases.

Process Management : Develop and maintain Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for the team manage task queues and organize shift schedules to ensure continuous support and high availability of trading strategies.

Integration Projects : Lead initiatives to connect with new exchanges, brokers and trading platforms ensuring smooth and secure service integration.

• Technical Performance Optimization : Continuously improve system availability resilience (MTTR, MTBF) and latency reduction while optimizing data exchange performance and order routing to maximize profitability.

Qualifications / Requirements

• 5 years of experience in a trading support function preferably in a TradeFi buyside firm with a lowlatency tech
• Handson experience with lowlatency market data and order management systems operations and troubleshooting
• Deep understanding of trading processes and market microstructure including colocation trading on native exchange protocols and algorithmic trading.
• Experience in monitoring alerting systems and incident management for high-load environments.

Nice to have

• Knowledge of regulatory compliance and security standards.
• Experience developing and managing SOPs and KPIs for service teams.
• Experience managing integration projects with brokers and exchanges.

Strong technical skill set including

• Linux systems administration and optimization.
• Good knowledge of network protocols
• Demonstrable understanding of FIX-based and native exchange protocols
• Python scripting for automation and monitoring.
• English proficiency at C1 level or higher.

Market knowledge

• Products coverage : equities derivatives

Remote Work

Yes

Employment Type

Fulltime