Trading Production Engineer: Reliability & Automation

Jump Trading; New York (NY); On-site; USD 200,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary bonus eligibility

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

HSA, FSA, and Dependent Care options

Employer Paid Group Term Life and AD&D

Voluntary Life & AD&D insurance

Paid vacation plus holidays

Retirement plan with employer match

Paid parental leave

Wellness Programs

Job summary

Jump Trading Group is seeking a Trading Production Engineer to provide primary production coverage during U.S. trading hours and improve reliability of day-to-day operations. You will monitor workflows, respond to alerts, and work closely with QRs and software engineers across global markets.

This operations-first role requires practical systems and coding skills to automate routine work and implement safe, well-scoped fixes, with deeper changes developed in partnership with the team.

Qualifications

• Experience in production engineering, trade support, or systems operations.
• Proficiency with Python, Linux, and shell scripting and tested, well-scoped changes.
• Familiarity with monitoring, alerting, automation, data pipelines, or scheduled workflows.
• Strong problem-solving, communication, and collaborative work style.

Responsibilities

• Serve as primary operational contact during U.S. trading hours for global production environment.
• Monitor end-to-end trading workflows, data quality, and model/optimization processes.
• Respond to alerts and issues; resolve routine problems and coordinate with engineers on deeper problems.
• Develop understanding of systems, dependencies, and workflows; improve monitoring and automation.
• Coordinate handoffs and communicate with researchers, engineers, and middle-office teams.

Skills

Python

Linux

Shell scripting

Monitoring

Automation

Data pipelines

Production ownership

Troubleshooting

Communication

Job description

Jump Trading Group is seeking a Trading Production Engineer to provide primary production coverage during U.S. trading hours and improve reliability of day-to-day operations. You will monitor workflows, respond to alerts, and work closely with QRs and software engineers across global markets.

This operations-first role requires practical systems and coding skills to automate routine work and implement safe, well-scoped fixes, with deeper changes developed in partnership with the team.