Trading Systems Engineer

Bonhill Partners; New York (NY); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Bonhill Partners in New York is seeking a Front Office Support Analyst to ensure rapid issue resolution for Traders, PMs and Trading Assistants, minimizing trading disruption.

You will partner with business and engineering teams to deliver enhancements, support deployments, and train users on new platform capabilities, while maintaining global coverage and system health.

Qualifications

• Experience supporting front-office trading systems in financial markets.
• Strong Unix/Linux and SQL knowledge.
• Python and/or Shell scripting experience.
• Understanding of trading workflows and production issue troubleshooting.

Responsibilities

• Provide first and second-line support to Front Office users (Traders, PMs, Trading Assistants).
• Collaborate with business stakeholders and engineering to gather requirements and deliver enhancements across trading platforms.
• Deliver end-to-end support for front-office applications and systematic trading tools, managing incidents and user queries across the investment lifecycle.

Skills

Front Office trading systems

Unix/Linux

SQL

Python/Shell scripting

Job description

This is an opportunity to work for one of the worlds leading Hedge Funds based in New York, supporting end-users in the front office, in a very technically challenging environment.

Client:

Global Hedge Fund

Location:

New York (sponsorship possible)

$Compensation:

Market Leading

Role headline:

• Provide first and second-line support to Front Office users, including Traders, Portfolio Managers, and Trading Assistants, ensuring rapid issue resolution and minimal disruption to trading activities.
• Partner closely with business stakeholders and engineering teams to gather requirements, drive enhancements, and coordinate the delivery of new functionality across trading platforms.
• Deliver end-to-end support for front-office applications and systematic trading tools, managing incidents, investigations, and user queries across the investment lifecycle.
• Support application deployments, release validation, and user acceptance testing, while also providing user training and promoting adoption of new platform capabilities.
• Participate in global support coverage, performing start-of-day checks, intraday monitoring, and proactive system health assessments to maintain platform stability.
• Collaborate with Operations and Back Office teams to resolve issues relating to trade booking, security master data, corporate actions, pricing discrepancies, settlements, and accounting/bookkeeping records.

Role requirements:

• Experience supporting front-office trading systems within financial markets.
• Strong Unix/Linux and SQL knowledge.
• Python and/or Shell scripting experience.
• Good understanding of trading workflows, trade lifecycles, and troubleshooting production issues.