Trading Operations Developer

External

Teza-technologies · Austin

Full-timeOn-site2mo ago

AirflowBashCapacity PlanningDNSDocumentationGit

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About the role

We're looking for a Trading Operations Engineer to join our TradeOps team, supporting US, EU, Asian, and crypto markets across a global trading infrastructure. You'll monitor and resolve production issues in real time, manage trading strategies and infrastructure, and build tools, dashboards, and automation to improve speed and reliability. The role involves close collaboration with trading, research, engineering, clearing, and infrastructure teams. This is not just a monitoring role - you'll design and build systems that directly enhance operations. If you're curious, enjoy digging into complex systems, and want to make immediate impact, this role is for you. We will provide additional training on trading systems and platform-specific tooling. Location Austin, Texas OR London, UK (On-Site)

Responsibilities

Monitor and support production trading strategies across multiple asset classes (equities, futures, FX, crypto) and exchanges (CME, Eurex, ICE, NYSE, NASDAQ, HKEX, LME)

Investigate and resolve production incidents: strategy failures, application crashes, connectivity issues, clearing reconciliation breaks

Manage trading application lifecycle from launches, restarts, configuration changes to risk limit updates

Support clearing and post-trade operations; trade reconciliation, drop copy feed management, broker coordination

Manage server infrastructure; disk space, log rotation, OS upgrades, certificate management, capacity planning

Coordinate with external counterparties - clearing brokers, exchanges, market data vendors

Build and maintain monitoring dashboards, automation scripts, and operational tooling

Maintain operational runbooks and knowledge base documentation

Communicate incident status and trading impact to portfolio managers and senior management

Identify process improvement opportunities and deliver automation to reduce manual intervention

Basic Requirements

Computer Science, Engineering, or related degree

Practical knowledge of Python and Bash scripting

Practical experience with Linux systems administration (SSH, processes, disk management,

cron jobs, log analysis)

SQL proficiency for querying production databases

Strong problem-solving skills under time pressure

Curiosity and a builder mindset - you enjoy understanding how systems work end-to-end

and are excited to design and build tools that solve real problems

Detail-oriented approach with ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment

Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Nice To Have Requirements

Trading systems or financial operations experience

Knowledge of FIX protocol and exchange connectivity

Experience with Java (reading logs, configs, stack traces)

Familiarity with monitoring tools (Icinga/Nagios, Grafana)

Experience with orchestration tools (Airflow, cron-based scheduling)

Understanding of networking fundamentals (DNS, TCP/IP, multicast, TLS/stunnel)

Experience with version control (Git, SVN)

Frontend development skills (React, JavaScript) for tooling and dashboards

Understanding of trading concepts - order lifecycle, clearing, settlement, risk management

What You'll Get

Direct impact on production trading - when you fix something, strategies trade

Exposure to the full technology stack from hardware to trading strategies

Work across multiple asset classes and global exchanges

Learn directly from quantitative researchers, traders, and senior engineers

Small team with high autonomy and direct access to senior management

Build real systems from scratch - dashboards, automation tools, monitoring platforms,

and AI-powered investigation engines that you own end-to-end

Opportunity to design and ship complex projects that have immediate, measurable impact on trading operations

Rare insight into how a quantitative trading firm operates end-to-end

What makes you a match !

You love to code and believe technology is YOUR thing

You like working with people and resolving tech issues

Working with prod doesn't scare you

You are not afraid of the unknown and love to learn

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