Production Engineer

TP ICAP Group Services Ltd; City Of London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Liquidnet Europe Limited is seeking a Senior Front Office Support Engineer to take a leading role in the Europe Front Office Support team. You will apply deep FIX, Linux, Windows Server, DevOps, databases, networking, and cloud skills to ensure platform reliability and performance.

This hands-on leadership role involves complex troubleshooting, driving automation, overseeing migrations to cloud, and mentoring colleagues across global teams. A strong customer-service mindset is essential.

Qualifications

• Hands-on production support experience within a financial institution.
• Expert knowledge of FIX protocol, including detailed debugging of FIX sessions and message flows.
• Strong experience supporting and troubleshooting Windows Server environments.
• Experience with cloud-based technologies and DevOps practices.
• Ability to lead multiple projects and mentor teammates.

Responsibilities

• Act as technical lead and primary escalation point for complex application support issues, driving root-cause analysis and resolution across the trading platform.
• Lead and mentor junior engineers, fostering technical growth and ensuring knowledge transfer within the team.
• Design, implement, and maintain automation solutions to streamline workflows, reduce manual effort, and improve operational efficiency across key business processes.
• Own and drive projects including new feature implementations, client migrations, and cloud migration initiatives.
• Fulfil and oversee complex client customisation requests within algorithmic trading systems and MTF platform.
• Manage and optimise team processes including chat, queue, and mailbox workflows to ensure SLA adherence.
• Perform advanced troubleshooting and analysis of order routing, trade flow, and post-trade issues.
• Lead the ‘follow the sun’ support model coordination, working closely with global teams in APAC and US.
• Drive incident management practices, trend identification, and post-mortem analysis.
• Collaborate with development teams to influence platform improvements based on support insights.
• Occasional weekend work will be required during major upgrades and out of hours testing.

Skills

FIX protocol

Linux

Windows Server

DevOps

SQL databases

Networking

Cloud technologies

Python

Leadership

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Kafka

ITRS

Job description

Group Overview

Group Overview The TP ICAP Group is a world leading provider of market infrastructure. Our purpose is to provide clients with access to global financial and commodities markets, improving price discovery, liquidity, and distribution of data, through responsible and innovative solutions. Through our people and technology, we connect clients to superior liquidity and data solutions. The Group is home to a stable of premium brands. Collectively, TP ICAP is the largest interdealer broker in the world by revenue, the number one Energy & Commodities broker in the world, the world’s leading provider of OTC data, and an award winning all-to-all trading platform. The Group operates from more than 60 offices in 27 countries. We are 5,300 people strong. We work as one to achieve our vision of being the world’s most trusted, innovative, liquidity and data solutions specialist.

Liquidnet

Liquidnet is a next-generation agency execution specialist. Powered by technology that helps drive institutional alpha, our trading and liquidity network intelligently and securely connects the world’s investors with the world’s investments. Established in 1999 on the belief that there was a better way to trade, Liquidnet’ journey began with a vision to create a platform that goes beyond traditional transactional models. We wanted to build a community where traders could connect, collaborate, and execute trades with confidence. Over the years, we've grown from a vision into a thriving ecosystem that empowers the buy side in ways never before imagined. We are committed to making trading more efficient, intelligent, and accessible. Our purpose guides every decision we make, from the tools we develop to the relationships we nurture with our Members.

Role Overview

Liquidnet Europe Limited is looking for a Senior Front Office Support Engineer to take a leading role within the Europe Front Office Support team. The team requires an experienced, technically strong engineer who can drive operational excellence, mentor junior team members, and take ownership of complex issues across our trading platform. You will leverage deep expertise in FIX, Linux, Windows Server, DevOps, databases, networking, and cloud technologies to ensure platform reliability and performance. This is a hands-on leadership role involving complex troubleshooting across cross-platform market-leading technologies, driving automation and tooling improvements, and acting as the primary escalation point for critical production issues. You will lead projects, drive new feature implementations, oversee client migrations, and champion Liquidnet's migration to cloud-based technologies. The role also includes oversight of member user administration, OMS integration support, and trade lifecycle issues for both the MTF platform and trading desk, with a focus on root-cause analysis and preventative improvements. The successful candidate should possess a positive ‘can-do’ attitude and an intuitively high level of customer service in their approach. This will complement strong FIX, database (SQL, Sybase or Oracle), Linux, understanding of cloud-based technologies, Windows and Networking troubleshooting skills, along with a proven ability to lead and mentor.

Role Responsibilities

• Act as technical lead and primary escalation point for complex application support issues, driving root-cause analysis and resolution across the trading platform.
• Lead and mentor junior engineers, fostering technical growth and ensuring knowledge transfer within the team.
• Design, implement, and maintain automation solutions to streamline workflows, reduce manual effort, and improve operational efficiency across key business processes.
• Own and drive projects including new feature implementations, client migrations, and cloud migration initiatives.
• Fulfil and oversee complex client customisation requests within algorithmic trading systems and MTF platform.
• Manage and optimise team processes including chat, queue, and mailbox workflows to ensure SLA adherence.
• Perform advanced troubleshooting and analysis of order routing, trade flow, and post-trade issues.
• Lead the ‘follow the sun’ support model coordination, working closely with global teams in APAC and US.
• Drive incident management practices, trend identification, and post-mortem analysis.
• Collaborate with development teams to influence platform improvements based on support insights.
• Occasional weekend work will be required during major upgrades and out of hours testing.

Experience / Competences

• Hands-on production support experience within a financial institution (buy-side, sell-side, venue/platform provider)
• Deep application support experience within a Unix / Linux environment
• Expert working knowledge of the FIX protocol, including complex debugging of FIX sessions and message flows
• Strong experience supporting and troubleshooting Windows Server environments
• Advanced experience in troubleshooting network problems: firewalls, routing, DNS, load balancers, and connectivity issues
• Working knowledge of multiple buy-side or sell-side Order Management Systems
• Strong understanding of international equity market mechanics, flows, and settlement processes
• Proven ability to lead multiple projects simultaneously, delivering to deadlines
• Expert-level experience with MSSQL, Oracle and Sybase database environments, including complex query-writing and performance tuning
• A natural leader who relishes the prospect of supporting an expanding business and driving continuous improvement in support functions
• Motivated self-starter who takes ownership of responsibilities and can work autonomously, setting the standard for the team
• Ability to confidently communicate at all stakeholder levels (technical, client, trader, executive team) and influence decision-making
• Passionate about customer satisfaction and service excellence
• Excellent organisational skills with the ability to prioritise under pressure
• Disciplined approach towards Service Level Agreement adherence and minimising Mean Time to Resolve (MTTR)
• Willing to embrace core business values demonstrated by day-to-day work ethic
• Analytical and disciplined approach to problem-solving, with a focus on prevention over reaction
• Must be a team player who actively participates in projects, mentors others, and collaborates across departments
• Must be flexible in relation to working hours
• Positive approach to the day-to-day, with the resilience to handle high-pressures production incidents
• Desired Experience with Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) practices, including monitoring, incident response, and post-mortem analysis
• Proven experience applying AI or machine-learning models to optimise workflows, identify patterns, and drive intelligent automation solutions
• Hands-on experience with containerization technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes, including cluster management, deployment, scaling, and observability
• Deep practical knowledge of algorithmic trading workflows, including the behaviour, lifecycle, and risk controls of execution algos used across the EMEA markets
• Experience designing and supporting message-based architectures (Solace, Kafka, or similar)
• Practical understanding of global Listed Derivatives markets and system workflows
• Proven experience managing cloud-based infrastructure and services (AWS, Azure, or GCP), including architecture design and cost optimisation
• Strong understanding of DevOps principles and practices, including CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code (IaC), and automated testing
• Experience with industry-standard monitoring tools (ITRS or similar) including configuration and alert design
• Advanced automation experience using Python, PERL, or similar scripting languages, including building tooling for the wider team
• Understanding of financial regulations and reporting requirements in EMEA and Asia cash equity markets
• Experience mentoring and developing junior team members

Job Band & Level

Professional / 5 #LNET #LI-Hybrid

Company Statement

We know that the best innovation happens when diverse people with different perspectives and skills work together in an inclusive atmosphere. That's why we're building a culture where everyone plays a part in making people feel welcome, ready and willing to contribute. TP ICAP Accord - our Employee Network - is a central to this. As well as representing specific groups, TP ICAP Accord helps increase awareness, collaboration, shares best practice, and holds our firm to account for driving continuous cultural improvement.

Location UK - 135 Bishopsgate - London Connecting clients, communities and colleagues for sustainable growth TP ICAP connects people, platforms, ideas, and insight across the world’s financial, energy and commodities markets. As a global leader in market infrastructure and data-led solutions, we enhance market access, increase efficiencies, and unlock possibilities. Work with us Joining TP ICAP puts you at the heart of markets that matter. You’ll have the freedom to innovate and act on your initiative. We’ll train you and build your abilities in your specialist area, so that you can become an expert in your field. And all within a connected network that’s there to set you up for success.

More about us TP ICAP Group is a collection of premium brands each with a distinct, client-focused offering. Underpinning and connecting these client-facing brands is the financial security, operational strength and know-how we have as a Group. Connections are at the heart of what we do. We combine our people’s know-how with the latest technology to improve price discovery, trade execution and liquidity flow. Connections create strength. Through them, we help our clients to manage risk, realise investment strategies and expand the scope for growth. And connections act as a catalyst. Sparking richer solutions for our clients to break new ground, modernising markets for future performance, and creating dynamic careers for our people. Our capacity to connect builds trust, supports communities and gives us the power to anticipate and respond to change, whatever direction the world takes. It’s what makes TP ICAP a mainstay in the global markets, now and in the future. TP ICAP. We connect.