Global Banking & Markets - Systems Engineer - Vice President - London

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field is a plus.
• 2+ years of professional experience in an SRE, Production Engineering, or a DevOps role.
• Hands-on experience with at least one object-oriented programming language (e.g., Java, C++) and a scripting language (e.g., Python, Bash).
• Excellent analytical and communication skills.
• Ability to multi-task and prioritize tasks effectively.
• Proven experience supporting and maintaining high-availability production platforms.
• Solid understanding of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and version control systems (e.g., Git).
• Strong understanding of networking concepts, protocols such as TCP/IP and FIX, and network topologies.

Nice to Haves

• Experience with large-scale automated testing, CI/CD pipelines, and release management
• Knowledge of financial markets: including electronic trading, exchange connectivity, and trade lifecycle concepts.

What You'll Be Doing

• Production Management: Manage technical and operational risk for a fast-paced, multi-asset electronic trading business.
• System Ownership: Measure and monitor the availability, latency, performance, and overall health of our production trading services.
• DevOps & Configuration Management: Manage application configuration across production environments, maintain configuration-as-code practices, and drive the safe deployment of trading applications using Git-based workflows and SDLC tooling to ensure consistency, traceability, and operational excellence.
• Toil Reduction: Design, develop, and maintain software tools and frameworks to automate manual tasks and improve operational efficiency.
• Pre-Release Engineering: Support services before they go live through system design consulting, capacity planning, and rigorous release reviews.
• Change Management: Safely deploy certified code and new functionalities into the live trading environment.
• Collaboration: Act as a key liaison between trading desks, quantitative strategists, technology teams, and external vendors to resolve day-to-day technical issues.
• Continuous Improvement: Drive initiatives to enhance the stability, performance, and disaster-recovery readiness of supported platforms.

Perks and Benefits

• A strong passion for automation and system efficiency.
• Excellent communication skills to collaborate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• A proactive mindset focused on continuous improvement and challenging manual processes.