Real-Time Trading Operations Engineer

Wolverine Trading, LLC; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401K plan

Paid time off

On-site gym

Free meals

Job summary

Wolverine Trading, LLC in Chicago, IL is seeking a Trading Operations Engineer to support the health of core trading systems. You will monitor real-time performance, troubleshoot production issues, and build tools to handle a growing, complex infrastructure.

You will collaborate with Traders, Software Developers, and Network Engineers to deploy strategies, reconfigure systems, and improve processes, while maintaining documentation and performance reporting for clients and the team.

Qualifications

• Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting skills in live production environments.
• Experience using a relational database to store, manipulate, and access data.
• Ability to synthesize data from multiple sources to identify issues or trends.
• Ability to work collaboratively with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Driven to iteratively improve systems and processes.

Responsibilities

• Diagnose and resolve technical operational issues on live trading systems.
• Perform intraday troubleshooting of production systems, communicating status clearly to stakeholders.
• Set up and maintain monitoring tools across server hardware and software to ensure system stability.
• Maintain production trading infrastructure including databases, transaction servers, gateways, and web servers.
• Certify new exchange links, including FIX and other protocols.
• Work with vendors to resolve production issues.
• Collaborate with Traders, Software Developers, and Network Engineers to deploy and reconfigure strategies and track changes.
• Partner with trading stakeholders and Software Developers to implement system improvements.
• Create and maintain performance reports for clients and the system.
• Document support processes, known issues, and workarounds.

Skills

Problem solving

Relational databases

Data synthesis

Stakeholder collaboration

Continuous improvement

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Tools

FIX protocol

Linux scripting

Job description

Wolverine Trading, LLC in Chicago, IL is seeking a Trading Operations Engineer to support the health of core trading systems. You will monitor real-time performance, troubleshoot production issues, and build tools to handle a growing, complex infrastructure.

You will collaborate with Traders, Software Developers, and Network Engineers to deploy strategies, reconfigure systems, and improve processes, while maintaining documentation and performance reporting for clients and the team.