Trading Systems Engineer

Quant Capital; Amsterdam; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Quant Capital in Amsterdam is seeking a Trading Systems Engineer to join its technology team. This production-facing role supports the systems behind automated trading, staying close to traders, developers and infrastructure to keep the platform stable and well deployed.

You will dig into Linux logs, network behavior and release problems, own incidents from alert to resolution, and help improve monitoring and tooling.

Qualifications

• Experience supporting business-critical production systems.
• Good troubleshooting ability across applications, systems and networks.
• Understanding of TCP/IP, routing or multicast.
• Scripting ability in Python, Bash, PowerShell or similar.
• Calm approach to time-sensitive incidents.
• Clear communication and good judgement under pressure.

Responsibilities

• Support live trading systems during market hours.
• Own production issues from alert through to resolution.
• Help manage releases, configuration changes and deployments.
• Investigate issues across Linux, applications, market data and connectivity.
• Improve monitoring, alerting and operational tooling.
• Write small scripts to remove repetitive manual work.
• Work closely with developers, infrastructure and trading teams.

Skills

Troubleshooting

Linux

Networking

Scripting (Python/Bash)

Calm under pressure

Communication under pressure

Education

CS/Engineering degree

Tools

Containers

Deployment tooling

Monitoring tools

Logging tools

CI/CD basics

Job description

Quant Capital is working with a specialist trading firm looking for a Trading Systems Engineer to join its Amsterdam technology team.

This is a production-facing engineering role supporting the systems behind automated trading. You will be close to traders, developers and infrastructure, helping keep the platform stable, well monitored and properly deployed.

The role suits someone who is comfortable digging into Linux, logs, application behaviour, network issues and release problems without needing everything handed over.

The role

• Support live trading systems during market hours
• Own production issues from alert through to resolution
• Help manage releases, configuration changes and deployments
• Investigate issues across Linux, applications, market data and connectivity
• Improve monitoring, alerting and operational tooling
• Write small scripts to remove repetitive manual work
• Work closely with developers, infrastructure and trading teams

What we are looking for

• Experience supporting business-critical production systems
• Good troubleshooting ability across applications, systems and networks
• Understanding of TCP/IP, routing or multicast
• Scripting ability in Python, Bash, PowerShell or similar
• Calm approach to time-sensitive incidents
• Clear communication and good judgement under pressure

Useful background

• Trading systems or financial markets
• Deployment, configuration or monitoring tools
• Containers, log analysis or automation
• Computer science or engineering background

This is a good fit for someone who wants more depth than standard application support and wants to work close to a real trading stack.

All applications are handled in strict confidence.