Trade Support Engineer

Alumni Ventures; Wakefield (MA); Hybrid; USD 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity-based grants for all new hires

Company-paid medical premiums of 90%

Competitive time-off program

Job summary

Alumni Ventures is hiring a Technical Support Engineer based in Wakefield, MA. In this hybrid role, you will manage all aspects of production support for clients using VestmarkONE, ensuring a high level of client satisfaction.

Your responsibilities include troubleshooting issues related to trading and order management, collaborating with internal teams, and contributing to procedural improvements. A strong background in Financial Services and excellent problem-solving skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Ability to handle problem situations quickly and resourcefully.
• Experience/Knowledge of investment systems.
• Self-starter with good judgment in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical solutions for Vestmark’s trading clients.
• Troubleshoot client issues related to order management.
• Contribute to procedure repository for production support.

Skills

Understanding of the Financial Services/Wealth Management Industry

Excellent customer service mentality

Collaborative interpersonal skills

Creative problem-solving and analysis skills

Ability to manage multiple competing priorities

Education

BA or BS degree (preferably in Finance, Economics, or Computer Science)

Tools

Salesforce

JIRA/Confluence

SQL

Job description

As a Technical Support Engineer on the production support Trading team, you will be responsible for all aspects of production and technical support for clients using our Wealth Management solutions platform, VestmarkONE. This hands‑on position requires significant client contact and coordination with internal operations and technology teams to service new and existing clients. You will analyze, research, and resolve customer support cases and internal alerts to provide a high level of client satisfaction.

This position is hybrid based out of our Wakefield, MA office at least 3 days per week.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Vestmark’s trading clients to provide timely guidance or technical solutions in a time sensitive environment.


• Troubleshoot client question and issues related (but not limited) to; order generation, order and allocation transmission, order management, model management, product questions, and configuration settings.


• Respond to internal alert monitoring, and proactively notify clients of issues and steps to resolve the issue.


• Use business and technical prowess to proactively manage and conduct analysis, research, and resolution of customer support cases.


• Ongoing contributions to the production support procedure repository by developing and refining production support procedures, which contribute to overall team efficiencies.


• Contribute to the cross training and onboarding of newer team members, rotation team members and/or interns and coops.


• Answer inbound support calls and triage support inquiries; elevate to team lead if case is outside area of understanding.


• Proactively manage case communication and resolution activities associated with assigned cases, ensuring all activity is accurately described with a reasonable amount of detail.


• Management of client expectations – excellent communication skills are essential.


• Collaborate within the organization to provide optimal workflows and solutions for client use cases and issues.


• Lead and / or participate in special projects related to client issues, sponsor changes or issues that may impact multiple clients.


• Lead or participate in client meetings as needed.

Required Experience and Skills

• Understanding of the Financial Services/Wealth Management Industry and Investments


• Ability to balance and manage multiple competing priorities.


• Collaborative interpersonal skills and ability to work within cross-functional teams.


• Self‑starter who can display good judgment to plan and accomplish goals in a complex fast‑paced environment.


• Excellent customer service mentality and skills.


• Creative problem‑solving and analysis skills.


• Ability to handle problem situations quickly, inventively, and resourcefully.

Preferable skills

• Experience/Knowledge of investment systems (e.g. Portfolio Management, Trading, Middle/Back Office Operations).


• Experience with/understanding of FIX


• Project management skills including:
  
  
  
  • Ability to prioritize and manage tasks
  
  
  • Ability to identify, elevate, and manage project issues
  
  
  
  


• Willingness to work extended hours on an as‑needed basis


• Knowledge, understanding and/or interest of enterprise software implementation life‑cycle and aptitude for comprehending enterprise software architecture is a plus.


• SQL experience or exposure is a plus.


• Familiarity/experience with Salesforce, Dynatrace, BigPanda, JIRA/Confluence

Attributes

• The most successful people in this position possess the following traits: intelligent, collaborative, proactive, engaging, dynamic, resourceful, personable, technical, flexible.

Education

• BA or BS degree (degree in Finance, Economics, Computer Science or equivalent is a plus).

Vestmark is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. Vestmark prohibits employment discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy, national origin, age, disability status, protected military or veteran status, and genetic information.

Vestmark takes a market‑based approach to compensation to ensure we pay fairly and competitively. Compensation for this role depends on several factors such as skills, experience, qualifications, job scope and location.

In addition to base salary, Vestmark offers a comprehensive total rewards package, which includes equity‑based grants for all new hires, company‑paid medical premiums of 90%, a competitive time‑off program, and other variable compensation, if eligible.

Salary range

$65,000 – $85,000 USD