Trading Ops Engineer - NYC, Follow-the-Sun

Tempest Vane Partners; New York (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Tempest Vane Partners has partnered with a growing systematic hedge fund and opened a Trading Operations Engineer role in their New York City office. The successful candidate will support mission critical trading systems, including execution, FIX and order management platforms, as well as Post Trade systems, across a global support team.

The role requires strong scripting, FIX knowledge and prior financial markets experience, with the team operating a follow-the-sun model across the US, London

Qualifications

• 3-10 years of experience supporting trading systems for hedge funds, quant firms, investment banks or financial markets companies.
• Strong scripting skills with Python, Bash or similar scripting language.
• In depth knowledge of FIX protocol and exchange connectivity.
• Extensive experience working in Unix/Linux environments.
• Hands on experience building and using monitoring tools, log scanners and metric collection instruments.
• Excellent incident management, change control and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Support mission critical trading systems including execution, FIX and order management platforms as well as Post Trade systems across the fund.
• Work with Traders, Quants and Senior Stakeholders; participate in the team’s follow-the-sun model covering US, London and Middle East regions.

Skills

Python

Bash

FIX protocol

Unix/Linux

Monitoring tools

Incident management

Stakeholder management

Job description

Tempest Vane Partners has partnered with a growing systematic hedge fund and opened a Trading Operations Engineer role in their New York City office. The successful candidate will support mission critical trading systems, including execution, FIX and order management platforms, as well as Post Trade systems, across a global support team.

The role requires strong scripting, FIX knowledge and prior financial markets experience, with the team operating a follow-the-sun model across the US, London