Trading Production Engineer (2025)

Optiver US LLC; London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading trading firm in London is seeking a Support Engineer to enhance their high-frequency trading systems' reliability and performance. The role involves troubleshooting, automation, and collaboration across departments to ensure optimal operation in a dynamic trading environment. No prior trading experience is necessary; the position is ideal for candidates passionate about technology and ready to learn.

Qualifications

• Experience with managing distributed systems in Linux environments.
• Strong understanding of networking and deployment systems.
• Proficiency in Python or similar scripting languages.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical support in a high-frequency trading environment.
• Maintain and monitor trading applications for stability.
• Collaborate with teams to implement best practices.

Skills

Troubleshooting

Automation

Collaboration

Tools

CI/CD tooling

Python

PostgreSQL

Job description

The Trading Operations Production Support Engineering team is responsible for maintaining and scalingOptiver’slow-latency trading systems. The team ensures a safe, stable, and efficient production environment while supporting profitability and sustainable growth across various regions. Collaborating closely with traders, development, and operational teams, the engineer will deploy, monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize our trading infrastructure to enhance reliability, performance, and automation.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

• Provide technical expertise and support to high-frequency trading floors, troubleshooting complex issues and resolving incidents in a fast-paced, dynamic setting.
• Deploy, maintain, and monitor proprietary trading applications, ensuring stability and performance in the trading environment.
• Review andanalyzeincidents to identify recurring themes, driving improvements to enhance automation and operational efficiency.
• Coordinate deployments of new trading products, systems, and exchanges, ensuring readiness for events such as corporate actions or special announcements.
• Architect and maintain services to maximize reliability, ensuring the trading systems operate within performance thresholds.
• Collaborate with development teams to establish best practices and ensure the long-term stability of production systems, even under extreme conditions.
• Set standards for system configuration and deployment to minimize risks and support smooth scaling.
• Manage the colocation to ensure the right level of redundancy and capacity for growth is available.
• Automate system management processes, while maintaining control over critical operations.

WHO YOU ARE

Technical Skills:

• Prior experience managing complex distributed systems in Linux environments, with a strong understanding of networking fundamentals, build, deployment, and version control systems.
• Proficiency with CI/CD tooling and scripting in Python or similar languages to automate tasks.
• Experience with relational databases (e.g., PostgreSQL) or other database systems.
• Demonstrated ability to drive system improvements and work across global teams to deliver changes.

Non-Technical Skills:

• A collaborative team player with a positive attitude, capable of coordinating effectively across departments.
• A pragmatic and logical thinker who thrives under pressure in high-intensity environments, with strong troubleshooting skills and the ability to resolve incidents efficiently.
• Effective communicator, able to clearly explain technical concepts and ask insightful questions.
• Highly organized, able to manage multiple responsibilities while keeping stakeholders informed.
• Passionate about technology, curious about the interaction between hardware and software, and driven to learn and grow by embracing frequent change.
• Prior experience in high-frequency trading environments is a plus, but not required.

No prior trading or financial experience is needed – our onboarding program will kick-start your career at Optiver and support you in gaining all the relevant knowledge about our business.

WHO WE ARE

At Optiver, our mission is to continuously improve the market. By providing liquidity and accurate pricing in various financial instruments, to multiple exchanges across the world, we participate in the safeguarding of healthy and efficient markets.

HOW TO APPLY

Are you interested in furthering your career on one of the most dynamic and exciting trading floors in Europe?

Apply directly via the form below. If you have any questions feel free to contact our Recruitment team via [e-mail] .

Please note:

• We cannot accept applications via email for data protection reasons.
• We do not require any assistance from third-parties including agencies in the recruitment of this role