Senior Trading Systems Execution Engineer

Jain Global; New York (NY); On-site; USD 180,000 - 225,000; Full time

Job summary

Jain Global LLC is seeking an experienced Senior Execution Support Engineer to join the Execution Support team in New York. This desk-based role provides direct support to Portfolio Managers and Traders across trading platforms, requiring strong technical hands-on capabilities and clear communication to drive issue resolution.

The ideal candidate understands the trade lifecycle, FIX, and production troubleshooting, with experience in Python tooling and onboarding of new brokers and platforms.

Qualifications

• 8+ years supporting front-office trading systems in a hedge fund or similar env.
• Experience with FlexTrade or similar OMS/EMS platforms.
• Strong understanding of trade lifecycle: orders, executions, allocations, positions, P&L.
• Proficiency with FIX protocol and electronic trading workflows.
• Hands-on SQL and Linux for production troubleshooting.
• Experience with Python and API integrations.
• Experience across multiple asset classes: equities, options, futures, FX, fixed income.
• Experience with production monitoring, incident management, and application support.
• Excellent communication with PMs, Traders, Tech teams and vendors.
• Bachelor’s degree and licenses are a plus (SIE, Series 7/57/63).

Responsibilities

• Provide front-line production support for PMs and Execution Traders across OMS, EMS, FIX, APIs.
• Investigate and resolve production issues involving orders, executions, and market data.
• Monitor reliability and performance of production trading systems and respond to alerts.
• Collaborate with internal Tech teams and external vendors to troubleshoot and enhance systems.
• Coordinate UAT, production releases, upgrades, and deployment of new functionality.
• Use SQL, Linux, logs, and FIX messages to diagnose issues.
• Develop Python-based tools to automate trading and support workflows.
• Onboard new brokers, trading platforms, APIs, and investment teams.
• Identify recurring issues, perform root-cause analysis, implement fixes.
• Maintain documentation and runbooks to improve the support model.

Skills

Front-office trading systems

SQL

Linux

Python

API integrations

FIX protocol

OMS/EMS platforms

Communication

Licenses (SIE/Series)

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Finance, or related field

Tools

FlexTrade

Job description

Jain Global LLC is seeking an experienced Senior Execution Support Engineer to join the Execution Support team in New York. This desk-based role provides direct support to Portfolio Managers and Traders across trading platforms, requiring strong technical hands-on capabilities and clear communication to drive issue resolution.

The ideal candidate understands the trade lifecycle, FIX, and production troubleshooting, with experience in Python tooling and onboarding of new brokers and platforms.