Trading Systems Engineer

Davinciderivatives; Miami (FL); On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive base salary

Performance-based pay

Share options

Relocation package

Training in Amsterdam

Comprehensive benefits package

Meals during work hours

Social events

Job summary

Davinciderivatives is looking for a Trading Systems Engineer to manage and optimize trading systems in our new Miami office. This role involves ensuring system stability and performance while automating processes and addressing potential issues.

The ideal candidate will have experience managing critical infrastructure and communicating technical concepts effectively. We offer a competitive salary, performance-based pay, comprehensive benefits, and a chance to train with our team in Amsterdam.

Qualifications

• Experience with mission-critical infrastructure and software support, particularly in a trading environment.
• Intimate knowledge of networking, hardware, and operating systems (Windows and Linux).
• Familiarity with change management and monitoring of production systems.
• Proficient scripting skills in bash and python.

Responsibilities

• Oversee system performance, stability, and uptime.
• Automate the environment and test new technologies.
• Architect and maintain the production environment.
• Monitor applications in production and their behavior.
• Proactively address potential failures and bottlenecks.

Skills

Infrastructure management

Networking

Windows OS

Linux OS

Scripting (bash, python)

Root cause analysis

System optimization

Communication skills

Job description

About the Role

As a Trading Systems Engineer at Da Vinci, you’ll work closely with a team of skilled traders, researchers and software engineers. You’ll be responsible for managing our trading systems, making sure they run smoothly in day-to-day operations, with future growth in mind.

As our trading systems are highly customized, balancing stability with ongoing change is one of the key challenges in this job. Our engineers often need to learn on the go, so we are looking for people who enjoy exploring unfamiliar territory.

Da Vinci offers an exciting and dynamic work environment, where employees are given the freedom to come up with great ideas and the space to push these to completion. This is a unique opportunity to be part of a growing and successful company, and to play a key role in achieving our ambitious goals for our new Miami office.

Responsibilities

• Oversee system performance, stability and uptime
• Automate the environment and test new technology fads
• Architect, implement, maintain and monitor our rapidly growing US production environment
• Manage applications in production, and monitor their behavior
• Address potential failures and bottlenecks to proactively prevent obstacles

Requirements

• Experience managing mission-critical infrastructure and software support (in a trading environment is a plus)
• Intimate knowledge of networking, hardware and OSs (Windows, Linux)
• Familiar with tooling and best practices regarding change, life cycle and incident management, as well as health and performance monitoring of production systems
• Proficient with scripting (e.g., bash, python)
• Quick at analyzing issues and uncovering their root causes
• Eager to learn and understand all aspects of the trading environment
• Ability to spot inefficiencies and proactive in optimizing systems
• Strong communications skills, including the ability to effectively communicate technical information to a non-technical audience

Benefits

• An opportunity to work beside the best in the field
• Competitive base salary based on experience
• Excellent variable pay based on performance
• Outstanding performance is also rewarded with shareholding in the company
• Relocation package when moving across states
• Training period in Amsterdam to get to know the team
• Comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Meals during work hours
• Social events and after-work drinks