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Application Support £150,000 + Bonus (High frequency trading firm)

Hunter Bond

London

Hybrid

GBP 100,000 - 150,000

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Job summary

A leading tech-driven proprietary trading firm based in London is seeking an Application Support Engineer. The role focuses on providing technical support to trading systems while ensuring platform readiness and monitoring transaction flows. Ideal candidates will have strong scripting skills in Python and an understanding of Linux, alongside experience in supporting front office applications.

Benefits

Unrivalled bonus and benefits package

Yearly pay reviews

Role progression and autonomy

Qualifications

3+ years experience supporting front office applications/trading systems.
Strong scripting/development ability in Python.
Strong understanding of Linux OS.

Responsibilities

Ensure readiness of the global trading platform for trading activities.
Monitor and support the entire transaction flow across the trading platform.
Create tooling and automate processes to optimize workflows.

Skills

Scripting in Python

Understanding of Linux OS

SQL

Experience with KDB

Education

Degree in Computer Science or related field

Application Support £150,000 + Bonus (High frequency trading firm)

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Senior Headhunter at Hunter BondLondon | New York | Singapore | Montreal |Specialising in Infrastructure Engineering

Job Title: Application Support

Client: FinTech trading

Salary: Up to £150,000 + Bonus/Benefits

Location: London (Hybrid)

My client are a completely tech driven proprietary trading firm, looking to expand their Application Support team, and would like someone with prior front office experience to provide technical support and engineering functions in support of their proprietary and third party trading systems. This role will be highly technical with a large focus on automation!

responsibilities:

Ensure readiness of the global trading platform for both pre-trading and post-trading activities.
Monitor and support the entire transaction flow across the trading platform.
Promptly identify, analyse, and resolve alerts and issues, or escalate them to minimize disruptions in trade flow and prevent outages.
Collaborate extensively with the trading community, back office operations, brokers, exchanges, development teams, and infrastructure teams.
Supervise automated processes, scheduled jobs, and routine reports.
Create tooling and automate processes where necessary to optimise workflows/inefficiencies
Liaise with Dev and Infrastructure teams to coordinate and participate in software/new version releases.

The right candidate will have the following:

3+ Years experience supporting front office applications/trading systems
Strong scripting/development ability in 1 or more languages (python) - Must have
Strong understanding of Linux OS - Must have
SQL experience
Experience with KDB is a +
Degree in computer science or related field
Cutting-edge tech: 5/10 years ahead of the competition
Rewarding, satisfying work: yearly pay reviews, role progression and autonomy
Technologists only report to technologists
Unrivalled bonus, exceptional benefits package

If you are interested in the Application Support Engineer role, please apply directly or email jhayne@hunterbond.com

Seniority level

Seniority level
Mid-Senior level

Employment type

Employment type
Full-time

Job function

Job function
Engineering, Finance, and Information Technology
Industries
IT Services and IT Consulting, Financial Services, and Investment Management

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