Job Specifications
Senior DevOps Engineer - Trading & Supply (London, On-site)
Role Overview
As a DevOps Engineer, you will be a hands-on member of a small, high-performing team responsible for global derivatives trading production environments. Both product teams and engineering backlogs will guide your work focused on improvements and technical debt.
Key responsibilities include:
Proactively manage critical end-to-end workflows, improving stability and resilience through close collaboration with delivery and infrastructure teams.
Assist with troubleshooting and issue resolution across development, support, and technical business users.
Serve as a subject matter expert for trading systems initiatives.
Support scalable algorithmic trading technology in a compliant and flexible manner.
Experience with algorithmic trading regulation, audit, and compliance (MiFID II & RTS6) is highly desirable.
Participate in the global on-call rotation alongside other development engineers.
Required Industry Knowledge
Understanding of all major global futures exchanges.
Knowledge of the full exchange-traded derivatives lifecycle.
Minimum 8 years' experience in Commodity Trading & Capital Markets / Investment Banking.
Familiarity with market data providers (Bloomberg, Refinitiv) and liquidity aggregation platforms.
Understanding of financial regulations such as MiFID II, EMIR, and FCA guidelines.
8+ years' experience with real-time market data distribution platforms, feed handlers, and enterprise-level consolidated feeds.
8+ years' experience with time-series analytic frameworks (kdb, shakti, or similar technologies).
Sector: Trading & Supply
Location: Hybrid, 2 days a week in London
Day rate: PS650 - PS750 (potentially higher for the right candidate)
IR35: Inside
Key experience:
10+ years' experience in front office application support and vendor management
8+ years' experience with FIX engineering, including vendor and exchange certification
8 years+ operational experience in supporting market data distribution platforms such as Real Time Distribution Systems (RTDS), knowledge of DACS, ADH & ADS components
Python, PowerShell, C#, SQL, or other scripting/programming languages.
5+ years' operational experience supporting time-series frameworks (kdb, shakti)
Experience with messaging systems and debugging network protocols (TCP, multicast)
Knowledge of third-party networks and EMS/OMS software vendors (TT, NYFIX, Bloomberg, TradingScreen)
Strong understanding of the trading lifecycle
Minimum 8 years' experience in Commodity Trading & Capital Markets / Investment Banking
Soft Skills
Excellent communication skills, interacting with traders, developers, and stakeholders.
Thrives in high-pressure trading environments alongside traders, developers, and engineering teams.
Proactive, self-motivated, flexible, with a positive attitude.
Ability to work under demanding deadlines with changing priorities in a trading room environment.
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