Trading Systems Incident Engineer

CTC Campus - Website

Chicago (IL)

Hybrid

USD 175,000 - 225,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Generous time off
Insurance coverage
Paid parental leave
Free breakfast and lunch
Wellness reimbursement

Job summary

Chicago Trading Company (CTC) seeks a highly motivated Trade Support Engineer to troubleshoot live trading issues, manage incidents, and ensure the stability of production trading systems. You will collaborate with traders and developers to diagnose problems under pressure and deliver rapid, clear updates.

This individual contributor role rewards autonomy and a proactive mindset, with opportunities to automate workflows using Linux, Python, and Bash, contribute to runbooks, and drive continual

Qualifications

  • Experience troubleshooting in a Linux environment via CLI.
  • Python and Bash scripting for automation.
  • Prior end-user support in a fast-paced setting.
  • Excellent problem-solving and communication across teams.
  • Detail-oriented with ownership of incident management.

Responsibilities

  • Troubleshoot and resolve live trading system issues, minimizing downtime and communicating status updates.
  • Monitor real-time production environments and respond to anomalies.
  • Automate workflows using Linux, Python, and Bash to improve efficiency.
  • Collaborate with traders and developers to relay issues and assist with patching.
  • Contribute to runbooks, FAQs, and retrospectives for knowledge sharing.
  • Own incident response and drive continuous improvement of support operations.

Skills

Linux CLI
Python
Bash scripting
End-user support
Communication

Tools

SQL
Snowflake

Job description

Chicago Trading Company (CTC) seeks a highly motivated Trade Support Engineer to troubleshoot live trading issues, manage incidents, and ensure the stability of production trading systems. You will collaborate with traders and developers to diagnose problems under pressure and deliver rapid, clear updates.

This individual contributor role rewards autonomy and a proactive mindset, with opportunities to automate workflows using Linux, Python, and Bash, contribute to runbooks, and drive continual

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