Trading Operations Specialist

PrimeXBT; United States; Remote; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

PrimeXBT Trading Services Ltd in the United States seeks a Trading Operations Specialist to monitor platforms, support risk mitigation, and ensure accurate trade records.

You will respond to incidents, optimize routing, and coordinate with tech teams to resolve issues quickly across FX, CFDs, and crypto markets. This role requires attention to detail, the ability to work under pressure, and shift-based work aligned with global market hours.

Qualifications

• 2+ years experience in trading operations, dealing desk, or brokerage environment
• Strong understanding of FX, CFDs, or crypto markets
• Familiarity with trading platforms
• Python scripting skills
• SQL skills
• Excellent communication abilities (preferred)

Responsibilities

• Monitor trading platforms to ensure uptime and execution quality
• Oversee trade flow, execution, and pricing in real time
• Identify and elevate execution issues, slippage anomalies, or pricing gaps
• Manage trading sessions, market openings/closings, and instrument configurations
• Monitor liquidity feeds and ensure competitive spreads and depth
• Liaise with liquidity providers to resolve pricing or execution issues
• Analyze spread widening, latency, and execution quality
• Assist in optimizing routing and aggregation settings
• Monitor client positions, exposure, and overall risk in real time
• Support hedging strategies and execution of risk mitigation actions
• Identify unusual trading activity or potential abuse
• Handle trade adjustments, corrections, and dispute investigations
• Ensure accuracy of trade records and reconciliation
• Act as first responder for trading-related incidents
• Investigate platform issues, outages, or abnormal market behavior
• Coordinate with tech teams and external providers to resolve issues quickly

Skills

Trading operations experience

FX/CFD/crypto markets

Trading platforms

Strong communication skills

Tools

Python

SQL

Job description

The Trading Operations Specialist will be responsible for monitoring trading platforms to ensure uptime and execution quality. This role involves overseeing trade flow, execution, and pricing in real time, as well as managing trading sessions and instrument configurations. Additionally, the specialist will monitor liquidity feeds, analyze execution quality, and support risk mitigation actions. The position requires strong attention to detail and the ability to work under pressure, making quick decisions in a shift-based environment aligned with global market hours.

Responsibilities

• Monitor trading platforms to ensure uptime and execution quality
• Oversee trade flow, execution, and pricing in real time
• Identify and elevate execution issues, slippage anomalies, or pricing gaps
• Manage trading sessions, market openings/closings, and instrument configurations
• Monitor liquidity feeds and ensure competitive spreads and depth
• Liaise with liquidity providers to resolve pricing or execution issues
• Analyze spread widening, latency, and execution quality
• Assist in optimizing routing and aggregation settings
• Monitor client positions, exposure, and overall risk in real time
• Support hedging strategies and execution of risk mitigation actions
• Identify unusual trading activity or potential abuse
• Handle trade adjustments, corrections, and dispute investigations
• Ensure accuracy of trade records and reconciliation
• Act as first responder for trading-related incidents
• Investigate platform issues, outages, or abnormal market behavior
• Coordinate with tech teams and external providers to resolve issues quickly

Requirements

• 2+ years experience in trading operations, dealing desk, or brokerage environment
• Strong understanding of FX, CFDs, or crypto markets
• Familiarity with trading platforms
• Python scripting skills
• SQL skills

Preferred

• Strong attention to detail and ability to work under pressure
• Problem‑solving mindset with quick decision‑making ability
• Excellent communication skills