Production Support Engineer

Selby Jennings; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Selby Jennings is seeking a Production Support Engineer for our client's equities desk. You will support PMs and senior traders, maintaining and enhancing front-, middle-, and back-office equities systems and delivering automation to streamline trading platform operations.

The ideal candidate has 3-5+ years on an equities desk, strong Python and SQL scripting skills, and experience operating in production environments within ITIL and Agile frameworks.

Qualifications

• 3–5+ years of experience supporting an equities investment/trading desk.
• Strong Python and SQL scripting skills for production support.
• Experience operating in production environments within ITIL and Agile settings.

Responsibilities

• Support Equities investment staff across trading, risk, and compliance systems.
• Enhance and maintain front-, middle-, and back-office equity systems.
• Collaborate within the global Production Engineering team.
• Proactively engage PMs, traders, and analysts to resolve issues and identify improvements.
• Deliver automation and integration using Python, PowerShell, and SQL.
• Document common issues, trade flows, and procedures on Confluence.
• Explore AI-based solutions to improve operational efficiency.

Skills

Python scripting

SQL scripting

FIX protocol

Equities desk experience

ITIL environments

Agile methodologies

Tools

Confluence

PowerShell

Job description

Our client, a leading multi-strategy hedge fund, is seeking a Production Support Engineer to focus on their equities desk. In this role, you will support PMs and senior traders while maintaining and enhancing the firm's front-, middle-, and back-office equities systems. You will also deliver technical solutions to automate, streamline, and integrate their world-class trading platform.

The ideal candidate will have experience working on an equities investment or trading desk, with a strong understanding of equity products. They will be comfortable operating in production environments, providing support to front-office stakeholders, and possess solid scripting skills in Python and SQL, alongside knowledge of FIX protocols.

Responsibilities:

• Support Equities investment staff who leverage a full stack of applications, including Trading, Position, PnL, Risk, Reporting, Research, and compliance systems.
• Enhance, support, and maintain the firm's Equity front, middle and back-office systems.
• Work as a part of the global Production Engineering team
• Proactively engage with PMs, Traders, and Analysts to resolve issues and identify improvement opportunities.
• Deliver technical solutions to automate, streamline and integrate using Python, PowerShell & SQL.
• Document common support issues, trade flows and procedures on Confluence
• Employ AI based solutions to improve upon operational efficiency.

Requirements:

• 3-5+ years of experience supporting an Equities investment/trading desk within investment banks, hedge funds, asset managers or associated software vendors
• A thorough understanding of Equity products e.g. Cash Equities, Futures, Options. Must be able to discuss details with Portfolio Managers, Traders, Analysts, Operations and Risk Managers.
• Experience supporting Production environments within an ITIL framework and Development environments using agile methodologies.
• Strong troubleshooting and creative problem-solving abilities, including being able to interpret, understand and troubleshoot internally developed systems.
• Experience scripting tools in python and/or PowerShell for support purposes