Trading Operations Engineer

Trading Systems Engineer

Da Vinci

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 We are piloting an AI tool that screens applications based on how candidates’ skills and experience align with job requirements. Human recruiters review all applications and will always make all final hiring decisions. If you have any questions, please contact us at recruitment@davincitrading.com.

Trading Operations Engineer

Flow Traders

Flow Traders is looking for an Experienced Trading Operations Engineer to join our fast-paced and dynamic Trading Operations team in Hong Kong. This is an exciting opportunity to play a pivotal role within a leading proprietary trading firm that thrives on innovation, ownership, and performance. We foster a culture where smart, driven individuals are empowered to make meaningful contributions from day one. In this multifaceted role, you will act as an Operations Engineer, taking ownership of the stability, performance, and scalability of our proprietary trading systems and supporting infrastructure. You will collaborate closely with traders, developers, and infrastructure teams to ensure our systems operate at peak efficiency across global markets.   What You Will Do * Respond quickly to any technical issues affecting in-house trading applications * Optimize our infrastructure for business needs * Utilise project- and change-management tools to maintain and configure trading infrastructure * Analyse and enhance exchange connectivity * Investigate latency issues and bottlenecks. Collaborate with stakeholders to resolve latency issues and improve overall system efficiency * Monitor and document trading applications and IT infrastructure * Collaborate with developers to design new and improved in-house applications   What You Will Need to Succeed * 3–5 years of hands-on experience in a Trading Operations, DevOps, or Infrastructure Engineering role within a proprietary trading or high-frequency trading (HFT) environment. * Deep expertise in Unix/Linux systems, with proven ability to manage complex, latency-sensitive production environments. * Strong programming and scripting skills in Python, with additional experience in languages such as Go, Bash, or C++ considered a plus. * Practical understanding of networking concepts such as TCP/IP, multicast, routing, and DNS, with experience performing network packet analysis and investigations to diagnose and resolve low-latency system issues. * Experience managing and supporting distributed systems and real-time infrastructure using Kubernetes, Helm, and Docker in production environments. * Hands-on experience with Kafka and event-driven architectures, including tuning, monitoring, and scaling. * Working knowledge of database systems with a solid understanding of core database concepts. * Solid experience with cloud platforms, particularly Google Cloud Platform (GCP), including automation, infrastructure orchestration, and observability tools. * Familiarity with infrastructure-as-code and configuration management tools such as Terraform and Ansible. * Excellent troubleshooting skills with the ability to quickly diagnose and resolve issues in distributed, high-performance systems. * Strong communication and collaboration skills, with a track record of working effectively with cross-functional teams including developers, traders, and infrastructure engineers. * Self-driven and proactive mindset, with the ability to mentor junior team members and contribute to a culture of operational excellence.   What We Offer We like to think that talent grows at Flow and stays at Flow. To ensure this, we provide our employees with an extensive onboarding program, access to Flow Academy, the best working environment, the latest technology and continuous support. We go out of our way to retain the small business feeling with which we started and stimulate innovation and collaboration through teamwork and our non-hierarchical approach. We offer competitive salary, annual discretionary bonus and other fantastic perks and benefits, such as: * Flow Academy for continuous learning and opportunities to attend domain-related conferences * Comprehensive health insurance coverage * In-house lounge with a bar, pool table and console games * Daily catered breakfast and lunch with healthy snacks and drinks available throughout the day * In-house hairdresser and massage therapist * Personal trainers, weekly boot camps and a subsidized gym membership * Annual company trip and a variety of events throughout the year * Global rotations between our offices worldwide * and more!   Flow Traders does not accept unsolicited resumes from any professional staffing or search firms. All resumes, and any other information identifying potential candidates, submitted to any employee at Flow Traders via-email, the Internet or directly without a valid and signed search agreement will be deemed free to contact by Flow Traders without any restrictions and no placement fee of any kind will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by Flow Traders.

Data Center Operations Engineer

Qube Research & Technologies

Qube Research & Technologies (QRT) is a global quantitative and systematic investment manager, operating in all liquid asset classes across the world. We are a technology and data driven group implementing a scientific approach to investing. Combining data, research, technology and trading expertise has shaped QRT’s collaborative mindset which enables us to solve the most complex challenges. QRT’s culture of innovation continuously drives our ambition to deliver high quality returns for our investors.   The successful candidate will join the established DCO team at QRT, working closely with Network Engineering and infrastructure teams you will be responsible for the implementation and physical  deployment of electronic trading infrastructure in support of the firm’s trading activities. Your Future Role within QRT * Contribute to the design and planning of new equipment deployments in line with data centre best practices * Deploy, maintain, and decommission trading infrastructure hardware, including FPGA platforms, ultra-low-latency servers, and high-performance network switches, across a global colocation footprint * Ensure consistent build quality across structured cabling, rack layouts, power distribution, cooling infrastructure, and environmental monitoring * Coordinate installations, upgrades, capacity expansions, and decommissions with exchanges, colocation providers, hardware vendors, and onsite engineers * Support procurement, logistics, inventory management, and the movement of hardware and components between sites * Maintain accurate and up-to-date infrastructure documentation (rack elevations, patching matrices, connectivity layouts) using CMDB tools such as NetBox * Work closely with network engineering and trading teams to ensure physical infrastructure meets performance and operational requirements * Use basic scripting (Python, Bash, Ansible) to support automation, monitoring, and operational tooling where required * Ensure data centre operations meet high standards of security, cleanliness, documentation, and supply management * Install, troubleshoot, and support servers, switches, timing devices, and cabling in live environments * Provide break-fix support in a 24/7 global trading environment Your Present Skillset: * Experience working in low-latency or high-performance trading infrastructure environments (e.g. HFT, exchange colocation, market making) * Strong understanding of hardware and systems used in low-latency trading, including FPGAs, optical taps, high-performance servers, networking, and timing equipment * Solid understanding of hardware and network devices, including basic configuration * Proven experience managing vendors and delivering on-site changes and large-scale deployments to exacting standards * High standards of physical build quality, attention to detail, and operational discipline in infrastructure layout and cabling * Strong documentation skills with a focus on process consistency and operational readiness * Comfortable working in a fast-paced, globally distributed team environment * Willingness to travel internationally and provide occasional evening or weekend support as part of a flexible operations schedule * Ability to participate in an out-of-hours on-call rotation supporting global trading operations   Base salary range for this position is $150,000 to $180,000 per year.  QRT Total Compensation includes discretionary performance-based bonuses and a competitive benefits package.