Desktop Trade Support Engineer

JR United Kingdom; City Of London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A global proprietary trading firm seeks a Desktop Trade Support Engineer in London to provide high-touch technical support and enhance trading operations. The role emphasizes proactive engineering with a focus on automation, requires strong problem-solving skills, and a background with low-latency systems.

Qualifications

• Experience supporting or deploying trading and market data platforms.
• Ability to triage complex issues under time pressure.

Responsibilities

• Providing high-touch technical support in a fast-paced trading environment.
• Deploying and supporting trading platforms.
• Driving automation across user provisioning and system configuration.

Skills

Trade floor technology familiarity

Problem-solving

Scripting (PowerShell, Python, Bash)

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Posted:

16.06.2025

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31.07.2025

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Job Description:

Desktop Trade Support Engineer – Global Proprietary Trading Firm

Location: London

Compensation: Up to £90,000 + Performance Bonus

Quant Capital is partnered with one of the world’s most sophisticated proprietary trading firms as they expand their core engineering team in London. With over 30 years of consistent success, our client sits at the intersection of finance, data, and deep tech innovation—leveraging their own capital and advanced systems to trade across global markets, unconstrained by external pressures.

This opportunity is ideal for an End-user Support or Trade Support Engineer who thrives in high-performance environments, understands the demands of a trading floor, and is excited by the pace and complexity of modern market infrastructure.

The Opportunity:

Joining a globally distributed team of expert technologists, you’ll provide mission-critical support to the London office while helping shape the user experience across the firm. This is not a reactive support role—it’s a proactive, engineering-led position with a strong focus on automation, systems optimisation, and continuous improvement.

You’ll work directly with traders, quant researchers, and developers—deploying, managing, and innovating around the systems that power one of the most agile trading operations in the industry.

Key Responsibilities:

• Delivering high-touch technical support to front-office and back-office users in a real-time, fast-paced trading environment
• Deploying, configuring, and supporting complex trading platforms and custom applications
• Collaborating with global engineering teams to align tooling, infrastructure, and user strategy
• Leading hardware provisioning, workstation builds, and onboarding workflows for technical staff
• Supporting video conferencing and high-availability meeting infrastructure
• Driving automation across user provisioning, system configuration, and diagnostic workflows
• Evaluating and introducing emerging technologies to enhance performance and reliability

Your Background:

• Deep familiarity with trade floor technology and the demands of low-latency systems
• Experience supporting or deploying trading and market data platforms
• Scripting capabilities (PowerShell, Python, Bash or similar) to automate workflows
• Strong problem-solving instinct and the ability to triage complex issues under time pressure
• Highly autonomous, intellectually curious, and able to manage competing priorities with composure

Desirable (but not essential):

• Prior experience in proprietary trading, hedge funds, or market-making firms
• Windows Server and Active Directory administration
• Exposure to Microsoft SCCM or similar enterprise tools

This role offers the chance to operate at the heart of a world-class trading environment—where engineering isn’t just a support function, but a strategic driver of innovation and performance.