FX Production Engineer

Cornwallis Elt Ltd; London; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading investment bank seeks an FX Production Engineer in London to support the front office operations. This role involves incident management, automation, and mentoring while leveraging technical skills in programming and system oversight. Candidates should have experience in Python or Java, monitoring tools, and a robust understanding of the FX trade lifecycle.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience in Python or Java.
• Full understanding of the FX trade lifecycle.
• Experience with monitoring tools like Splunk and Prometheus.

Responsibilities

• Provide end to end support across the front office.
• Oversee incident management and system optimisation.
• Coach and mentor junior team members.

Skills

Programming (Python, Java)

Monitoring Tools (Splunk, Prometheus, Grafana)

Containerization (Docker, Kubernetes)

Linux/Unix

SQL

Job description

FX Production Engineer – Front Office, Java, Python, Monitoring, Trade Lifecycle, Docker, Kubernetes, Docker, Kubernetes, Linux, Unix – London – Paying up to £125,000

A Production Engineer is currently being sought by a leading investment bank to join their Foreign Exchange team on a permanent basis in London. You will be responsible for providing end to end support across the front office overseeing incident management, system optimisation, automation to reduce manual intervention.

You will also work alongside a team of developers and engineers, leveraging your technical abilities to ensure pipelines are built and code is production ready. In addition, you will offer coaching and mentoring to support the growth of junior team members promoting engineering best practice

To be successful in this role, you will need the following:

• Hands-on experience using programming languages. Python or Java is preferred.
• Full understanding of the end-to-end trade lifecycle (FX knowledge preferred)
• Experience using monitoring tools such as Splunk, Prometheus or Grafana etc.
• Expertise on containerization alongside tools like Docker, Kubernetes, and CI/CD.
• Exposure to Linux/Unix and SQL

This is a great opportunity for a Production Engineer to join a critical program of work within a leading investment bank.