Senior Application Support Engineer - Trade Operations - Boston, MA

Marlin Selection Ltd; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in financial services is seeking a Senior Application Support Engineer in Boston. This role encompasses both technical and managerial responsibilities, aimed at supporting client operations through a small team. Candidates should possess strong leadership skills, technical expertise, and a proactive approach to problem-solving in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years experience supporting clients in financial services.
• Proficient in FIX protocol and basic knowledge of TCP/IP.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a team of Application Support Engineers.
• Manage daily operations ensuring timely resolution of client issues.
• Act as a point of escalation for critical issues.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Decision Making

Client Support

Technical Skills

Tools

Microsoft Windows OS

Job description

Senior Application Support Engineer - Trade Operations - Boston, MA

The Senior Application Support Engineer position supports customer-facing operations by responding to operational and business issues. In addition to technical responsibilities, this role includes leading a small team, ensuring operational excellence, and driving continuous improvements. This position is responsible for planning, deploying, and supporting client implementations of products.

Specific Duties:

• Lead and mentor a small team of Application Support Engineers, providing guidance, training, and performance management.
• Manage the team's daily operations, ensuring timely and accurate resolution of customer issues in alignment with company SLAs.
• Collaborate with other departments (e.g., CSM, Sales, Billing, Development, IT, etc) to drivetheresolution of complex client issues and improve product offerings.
• Conduct regular team meetings to review progress, address challenges, and ensure alignment with organizational goals.
• Act as a point of escalation for critical issues, providing strategic input and directing the team on best practices for issue resolution.
• Monitor and analyze team performance metrics to identify areas for improvement and ensure service quality.
• Coordinate the on-call schedule and provide support during high-priority incidents.
• Foster a collaborative and supportive work environment, encouraging team growth and professional development.
• Support change management and incident review processes, ensuring lessons learned are incorporated into future workflows.

Technical Duties:

• Provide customer support in accordance with company SLAs via email, phone, or live chat.
• Act as a technical first responder. Triage technical issues across multiple infrastructure levels (network, OS, application). Prioritize and escalate issues according to the severity and details of each case.
• Analyze logs, FIX messages, and other primary sources to determine the root cause of trading and quoting issues.
• Manage upgrades and migrations for the business related application software. Perform system check-out after the process is completed.
• Develop subject matter expertise and be an ambassador of digital asset knowledge within the team.
• Work with clients to appropriately configure each aspect of their application, including liquidity provider details, order routing configuration, trading platform connectivity, and prime broker give-up arrangements.

Required Skills:

• Proven leadership experience in a support or technical role, with the ability to manage and develop a small team.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and high attention to detail.
• Ability to process multiple client communication streams and make high-quality decisions under pressure.
• Desire and ability to learn new skills and tools, and enthusiastically take on new opportunities and tough challenges.
• High proficiency level (power user) with Microsoft Windows OS.
• 5+ yr experience supporting clients in the financial services industry.
• Understanding of FIX protocol.
• Basic knowledge of TCP/IP and Networking.

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