Market Systems Engineer

2 weeks ago


Chicago, Illinois, United States ThinkMarkets Full time

The Market Systems Engineer will become a vital member of a worldwide team dedicated to the development and upkeep of sophisticated trading infrastructures utilized for both retail and institutional trading. Our focus is on enhancing proprietary systems and establishing resilient market connectivity solutions, employing a blend of software and hardware engineering, data analytics, and research to provide the essential tools and frameworks that support our trading operations.

This position plays a crucial role in overseeing and managing the real-time production trading environment. The team operates on a global scale, ensuring continuous monitoring and troubleshooting, deploying updates to our production systems with minimal operational risk, and constructing the orchestration, configuration management, and automation for the trading platform. This role demands extensive technical and operational expertise across all facets of the trading environment. Responsibilities include proactive monitoring and troubleshooting of trading systems, executing changes in the production environment, and implementing tools and methodologies aimed at fostering ongoing improvement. Collaboration with traders, operations, market makers, ECNs, and developers is essential to optimize the trading ecosystem and resolve system-related challenges.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Proactively oversee and diagnose multiple trading systems and FIX connectivity with market participants.
  • Execute modifications and updates to the production trading environment.
  • Develop and sustain a DevOps toolkit for the trading system, encompassing configuration management, process oversight, deployment, monitoring, data collection, and analysis.
  • Work collaboratively across the technology division to analyze and resolve intricate system issues.
  • Conduct thorough assessments of system performance.
  • Coordinate closely with Trading and Risk teams to manage changes and incidents effectively.
  • Engage directly with traders to relay technology updates, manage incidents, and troubleshoot issues.
  • Evaluate and manage operational risks associated with change control in the production environment.
  • Establish and document processes and procedures.

Essential Skills:

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related discipline, or equivalent professional experience.
  • Over 5 years of pertinent experience in an IT operations role, such as DevOps or Network Engineering.
  • Familiarity with Financial Information Exchange (FIX) protocols.
  • Knowledge across various asset classes, including FX, Indices, Crypto, Commodities, Equities, and Options.
  • Proficiency in Python and shell scripting.
  • Basic understanding of C++.
  • A meticulous, detail-oriented approach to operational tasks.
  • A strong sense of ownership and urgency in responsibilities.
  • Capability to manage shared operational duties and periodic on-call responsibilities.
  • Consistent and reliable availability.

This position requires on-site work; remote work options are not available.



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