Trading Systems Engineer - Python & FIX (London Onsite)

Templeton and Partners; Greater London; On-site; GBP 111,000 - 185,000; Full time

Job summary

Templeton and Partners seeks an experienced Python & FIX Connectivity Trading Application Production Support Specialist to join a high-performance team. You will support global derivatives trading platforms, focusing on Front Office trading applications, FIX connectivity, and capital markets operations.

The role emphasizes production support, incident response, and collaboration with trading, engineering, infrastructure, and product teams. On-call duties may include occasional US hours.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years' experience supporting Front Office trading applications in production environments.
• Minimum 1 year's experience supporting FIX connectivity to exchanges or client-side FIX flows.
• Strong understanding of the trading life cycle: order capture/execution, allocations, settlement, and compliance requirements.
• Experience in Commodity Trading, Capital Markets, or Trading & Supply environments.
• Familiarity with algorithmic trading workflows and technologies.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Provide production support for Front Office trading applications and ensure high availability.
• Investigate, troubleshoot, and resolve issues across the trading environment.
• Perform root cause analysis and implement long-term stability improvements.
• Respond rapidly to incidents to maintain uninterrupted trading operations.
• Proactively monitor systems and drive reliability and resilience improvements.
• Manage and support end-to-end trading workflows across teams.

Skills

Python

FIX connectivity

Trading apps support

On-call support

Real-time data

Tools

TT (Trading Technologies)

NYFIX

Bloomberg

TradingScreen

kdb+

Shakti

Job description

Templeton and Partners seeks an experienced Python & FIX Connectivity Trading Application Production Support Specialist to join a high-performance team. You will support global derivatives trading platforms, focusing on Front Office trading applications, FIX connectivity, and capital markets operations.

The role emphasizes production support, incident response, and collaboration with trading, engineering, infrastructure, and product teams. On-call duties may include occasional US hours.