eTrading Production Engineer (FIC/Trading)

Deutsche Bank AG; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 83,000 - 124,000; Full time

Job summary

Deutsche Bank is seeking an eTrading Production Engineer for a 6-month contract in London. The role focuses on stability, performance, and incident response for electronic trading systems with hybrid work (3 days in office, 2 from home).

The position requires strong Linux/Unix, SQL, scripting skills and experience with low-latency trading, cloud, containers, Kubernetes, and CI/CD practices. You will mentor junior engineers and contribute to governance and operational risk processes.

Qualifications

• Proven experience supporting electronic trading systems, low-latency platforms, or front-office trading applications in financial services.
• Strong Linux/Unix administration, SQL, and scripting skills.
• Advanced programming experience in Python, Java, C++, or similar languages.
• Experience with observability and monitoring platforms such as OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk, Geneos, Corvil, or equivalent.
• Strong understanding of distributed systems, messaging technologies, and event-driven architectures used in electronic trading.
• Experience with cloud technologies, containers, Kubernetes, and CI/CD practices.
• Strong understanding of the trade lifecycle, electronic execution workflows, market data and risk systems.

Responsibilities

• Ensure the stability, availability, and performance of electronic trading, market connectivity, pricing and risk management platforms.
• Lead the response to production incidents with a focus on rapid recovery, root cause analysis, and preventative engineering solutions.
• Design and implement monitoring, telemetry, alerting and automation solutions to improve system visibility and reduce manual operational effort.
• Analyse and optimise system latency, throughput, capacity and resiliency across trading workflows.
• Support exchange connectivity, market data distribution, order routing, pricing engines and algorithmic trading platforms.
• Work closely with development teams to ensure systems are designed for reliability, scalability, operability and supportability from inception.
• Play an active part of the electronic trading controls governance processes. change management, incident management, problem management and operational risk standards.
• Mentor junior engineers and champion best practices in automation, software engineering, observability and operational excellence.

Skills

Linux/Unix

SQL

Scripting

Python/Java/C++

Observability

Prometheus

Grafana

CI/CD

Kubernetes

Distributed systems

Tools

OpenTelemetry

Splunk

Geneos

Corvil

Job description

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Job Title: eTrading Production Engineer (FIC/Trading)

Location: London

AMS is the world’s leading provider of Talent Acquisition and Management Services. Our Contingent Workforce Solutions (CWS) service, partner with Deutsche Bank to support contingent recruitment processes.

On behalf of Deutsche Bank, we are looking for an eTrading Production Engineer for a 6 month contract based in the bank’s London office on a hybrid working model of 3 days per week in the office and 2 from home.

Deutsche Bank is a global banking business with strong roots in Germany and operations in over 70 countries. Their large but focused footprint gives an established position in Europe plus a significant presence in the Americas and Asia Pacific.

‘Together we’re sharing new perspectives and transforming what it means to be a bank.’

Key Responsibilities:

• Ensure the stability, availability, and performance of electronic trading, market connectivity, pricing and risk management platforms.
• Lead the response to production incidents with a focus on rapid recovery, root cause analysis, and preventative engineering solutions.
• Design and implement monitoring, telemetry, alerting and automation solutions to improve system visibility and reduce manual operational effort.
• Analyse and optimise system latency, throughput, capacity and resiliency across trading workflows.
• Support exchange connectivity, market data distribution, order routing, pricing engines and algorithmic trading platforms.
• Work closely with development teams to ensure systems are designed for reliability, scalability, operability and supportability from inception.
• Play an active part of the electronic trading controls governance processes. change management, incident management, problem management and operational risk standards.
• Mentor junior engineers and champion best practices in automation, software engineering, observability and operational excellence.

Skills and Qualifications required:

• Proven experience supporting electronic trading systems, low-latency platforms, or front-office trading applications within a financial services environment.
• Strong Linux/Unix administration, SQL, and scripting skills.
• Advanced programming experience in Python, Java, C++, or similar languages.
• Experience with observability and monitoring platforms such as OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk, Geneos, Corvil, or equivalent.
• Strong understanding of distributed systems, messaging technologies, and event-driven architectures used in electronic trading.
• Experience working with cloud technologies, containers, Kubernetes, and CI/CD practices.
• Strong understanding of the trade lifecycle, electronic execution workflows, market data and risk systems.
• Knowledge of FIC products, market structure, algorithmic trading, smart order routing, or low-latency trading infrastructure (highly desirable).
• Experience in electronic trading controls and governance, including assessing and clearly presenting operational risk, control effectiveness, incidents, and remediation actions to senior electronic trading governance forums.

Deutsche Bank’s values define the working environment they strive to create – diverse, supportive and welcoming of different views. They embrace a culture reflecting a variety of perspectives, insights and backgrounds to drive innovation. They build talented and diverse teams to drive business results and encourage their people to develop to their full potential.

The Bank promotes good working relationships and encourage high standards of conduct and work performance. They welcome applications from talented people from all cultures, countries, races, genders, sexual orientations, disabilities, beliefs, and generations and are committed to providing a working environment free from harassment, discrimination and retaliation.

This client will only accept workers operating via a PAYE engagement model.

AMS’s payroll service is in partnership with Giant, we have worked with them for many years and have good processes in place to ensure you get the best service. If you are successful in your application for this role, your contract will be via Giant. For more information on Giant, please follow this link: https://ams-giant-paye-introduction.

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