Trading Operations Specialist

Trade Operations EngineerOur client is a proprietary quantitative trading firm, looking for a Trade Operations Engineer who has a strong interest in the trading business. The Trade Operations team manages the live production trading system. The role is primarily focused on risk management, improving our day-to-day operations and software development. We are looking for an ambitious individual who is self-motivated to learn, develop new skills and works well in a collaborative environment.Responsibilities:As part of the Trade Operations team, the Trade Operations Engineer will be a key member of a team that is responsible for the live monitoring of trading and associated risk management. This requires an ability to perform under pressure, handle time sensitive triage work with a very low error rate and a strong understanding of the trading system.In addition to the triage responsibilities, you would be expected to contribute to the configuration of our applications, software deployments as well as writing bug fixes and making smaller scale code updates. This involves working with our complex environment of interdependent processes that run on a global scale.Our client strives to build a world class trading system and needs bright, talented and hardworking people to help us achieve our goals.Required Skills & Experience:Bachelor’s degree required, preferably in a computing related areaExperience or a keen interest in finance and trading (professional history not required)Genuine interest in solving technical problems, along with a strong ability to implement solutionsLow ego, able to work both in a collaborative team setting and autonomouslyFlexibility with hours to work within a team to provide trading coverageExperience using Linux operating systemExperience in software analysis for bug fixing and developmentSuperior ability to write in C++, or experience with other statically typed imperative programming languageDesired Skills & Experience:Experience using GitExperience with the Atlassian suite of tools (Jira, Stash, Confluence etc)Application: To apply, please send your CV as a Word document to prachi@aaaglobal.co.uk