Trading Systems Production Engineer - Real-Time Ops

Axq Cap; New York, Northern (NY, KY); Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Life insurance

Disability insurance

HSA/FSA

Paid time off

Meals and team events

Job summary

AXQ Capital is a global quantitative investment firm based in New York seeking a Production Engineer to support live trading and production systems. You will monitor live trading, oversee algorithmic execution, coordinate incident responses, and build automation to improve reliability and efficiency across pre-market, real-time, and post-trade workflows.

Proficiency in Python, Linux, and distributed systems, plus strong problem-solving and communication, are required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or above in computer science, engineering, natural sciences, financial mathematics, or a related field.
• Strong programming fundamentals with Python and the ability to build production-quality tools.
• Proficiency with Linux and familiarity with databases, networking, operating systems, concurrency, or distributed systems.
• Strong interest in financial markets, market structure, trading systems, and risk management.

Responsibilities

• Monitor live trading, portfolio risk, and compliance with trading limits.
• Oversee algorithmic execution, contract rolls, hedging, and other trading activities.
• Guide systems through pre-market checks, real-time trading, and post-market processing.
• Investigate system outages, order issues, and trading anomalies, coordinating with internal teams, brokers, and exchanges as needed.
• Prepare for corporate actions, market events, and regulatory changes.
• Support the deployment of new strategies and models.
• Develop monitoring, alerting, dashboards, automation, and other operational tools.
• Support post-trade reconciliation, clearing, and accurate record-keeping.

Skills

Python

Linux

Distributed systems

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Prometheus

Grafana

OpenTelemetry

ELK

Job description

AXQ Capital is a global quantitative investment firm based in New York seeking a Production Engineer to support live trading and production systems. You will monitor live trading, oversee algorithmic execution, coordinate incident responses, and build automation to improve reliability and efficiency across pre-market, real-time, and post-trade workflows.

Proficiency in Python, Linux, and distributed systems, plus strong problem-solving and communication, are required.