Electronic Trading Production Lead

Qube Research & Technologies; Sydney; On-site; AUD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Qube Research & Technologies (QRT) seeks an experienced electronic trading professional to join our Production Trading Services (PTS) team in Sydney. This role sits at the crossroads of Trading, Technology, Compliance and Operations, and acts as a control tower for our live trading environment.

You’ll oversee production issues, assess trading impact, and drive governance improvements to strengthen resilience and scalability. Collaboration across traders and technologists is essential.

Qualifications

• 5+ years' experience working in or supporting a live electronic trading environment.
• Strong electronic equities trading knowledge and understanding of the order lifecycle.
• Experience with trading limits, controls and production incidents.
• Good technical understanding of electronic trading environments, including FIX and low-latency trading systems.
• Strong judgement, problem-solving and prioritisation skills in time-sensitive environments. A proactive, accountable approach and the confidence to work across traders, technologists and other stakeholders.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to take ownership of issues through to resolution.

Responsibilities

• Monitor order and trade flows, trading limits and controls across the live trading environment.
• Assess the trading impact of production issues and help determine priorities and appropriate escalation.
• Coordinate across Trading, Technology, Compliance, brokers and exchanges to manage trading-related issues.
• Support trading limit management, session access and trading control oversight.
• Identify control gaps and recurring issues and drive improvements to processes and governance.
• Help strengthen the resilience and scalability of QRT's production trading environment.
• Work with PTS colleagues globally as part of our developing follow-the-sun coverage model.

Skills

Experience in live electronic trading

Equities trading knowledge

Trading limits & controls

FIX protocol understanding

Low-latency trading systems

Problem solving & prioritisation

Strong communication

Tools

FIX protocol

Low-latency systems

Job description

Qube Research & Technologies (QRT) seeks an experienced electronic trading professional to join our Production Trading Services (PTS) team in Sydney. This role sits at the crossroads of Trading, Technology, Compliance and Operations, and acts as a control tower for our live trading environment.

You’ll oversee production issues, assess trading impact, and drive governance improvements to strengthen resilience and scalability. Collaboration across traders and technologists is essential.