Trading Operations Engineer — Desk-Level Tech & Support

Five Rings LLC - Careers; New York (NY); On-site; USD 225,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

Five Rings seeks a Trading Operations Engineer in New York to provide technical operations support for US and UK desks. Embedded in the trading desk, you will split your time between desk-facing activities and light coding with development staff to keep trading systems running smoothly.

You will install, configure and monitor critical trading applications, handle incidents via ticketing and documentation, and collaborate with developers to support trading platforms and workflows.

Qualifications

• Strong programming and scripting abilities.
• Experience with Linux environments and relational databases.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to work with traders.

Responsibilities

• First point of contact for traders utilizing the firm’s trading systems.
• Install, configure and monitor critical trading applications.
• Incident management via ticketing system and documentation.
• Collaborate with developers for all operational processes supporting trading applications.

Skills

Python

Bash

MySQL

Linux

Problem solving

Communication

Job description

About Five Rings

Five Rings is a proprietary trading firm founded with a vision of combining strategy, innovation and technology to succeed in today’s global markets. With offices in New York, Boca Raton, London and Amsterdam, Five Rings trades in various domestic and international markets, both established and esoteric. Our team constantly seeks new opportunities, analyzes their risks and rewards, and creates strategies and tools to capitalize on them.

We have an open culture and encourage the flow of knowledge and ideas between all areas of the firm.

About the Role

New York based 200-person trading firm seeks a Trading Operations Engineer to provide technical operations support for US and UK based desks. This individual is part of the firm’s Technology division but sits on the trading desk and is embedded in the technical operations processes of the firm. The task set is roughly split evenly between desk facing activities and light coding tasks often in collaboration with full time development staff.

Duties and responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• First point of contact for traders utilizing the firm’s trading systems

• Install, configure and monitor critical trading applications

• Incident management via ticketing system and documentation

• Collaborate with developers for all operational processes supporting trading applications

Required skills:

• Strong problem solving and multitasking abilities

• Experience with Python, bash and MySQL on Linux is required

• Excellent communication skills

Applicants are able to apply to multiple positions, but we strongly encourage you to only apply to your top choice.

Range reflects annual base salary. Total compensation packages are comprised of base salary and a discretionary bonus.

Salary Range:

$250,000—$300,000 USD