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Trading Operations Engineer Jobs in Illinois (NOW HIRING)

Trade Support Engineer

Chicago, IL · On-site

$145K - $177K/yr

... trading operations, working shoulder-to-shoulder with traders, developers, and quantitative researchers to keep the production trading environment healthy, stable, and fast. This is a hands‑on ...

Senior DevOps Engineer

Chicago, IL · On-site

$133K - $172K/yr

Since spinning out of a large brokerage firm in 2016, DV Trading has rapidly scaled as an ... s Engineer to join a small, high-impact team that builds and operates the infrastructure powering ...

Senior DevOps Engineer

Chicago, IL · On-site

$133K - $172K/yr

Since spinning out of a large brokerage firm in 2016, DV Trading has rapidly scaled as an ... s Engineer to join a small, high-impact team that builds and operates the infrastructure powering ...

Senior DevOps Engineer

Chicago, IL

$133K - $172K/yr

Since spinning out of a large brokerage firm in 2016, DV Trading has rapidly scaled as an ... s Engineer to join a small, high-impact team that builds and operates the infrastructure powering ...

Trading Engineer - Execution

Chicago, IL · On-site

$130K - $215K/yr

Trading Engineer - Execution We are looking for a multi-talented and passionate Trading Systems ... Ensure continuity of critical trading operations, prioritizing resolution of system issues with a ...

Senior DevOps Engineer

Chicago, IL · On-site

$133K - $172K/yr

Since spinning out of a large brokerage firm in 2016, DV Trading has rapidly scaled as an ... s Engineer to join a small, high-impact team that builds and operates the infrastructure powering ...

Trading Engineer - Strategy

Chicago, IL · On-site

$105K - $132K/yr

This role sits at the heart of IMC's trading operation, where technology, data, and market strategy ... This is an ideal opportunity for someone with an SRE or operations engineering background who wants ...

Operational support of live trading systems , ensuring stability and rapid resolution of production ... Project-based engineering work , improving the reliability, performance, and automation of those ...

In this role, you will work directly with our Development, Trading, and IT organizations to ensure that trading operations are optimized and healthy. You will work on continuously improving our ...

Trade Support Engineer

Chicago, IL · On-site

$145K - $177K/yr

... trading operations, working shoulder-to-shoulder with traders, developers, and quantitative researchers to keep the production trading environment healthy, stable, and fast. This is a hands-on, high ...

Trade Support Engineer

Chicago, IL · On-site

$145K - $177K/yr

... trading operations, working shoulder-to-shoulder with traders, developers, and quantitative researchers to keep the production trading environment healthy, stable, and fast. This is a hands-on, high ...

In this role, you will work directly with our Development, Trading, and IT organizations to ensure that trading operations are optimized and healthy. You will work on continuously improving our ...

In this role, you will work directly with our Development, Trading, and IT organizations to ensure that trading operations are optimized and healthy. You will work on continuously improving our ...

Junior Data Engineer

Chicago, IL · On-site

$118K - $141K/yr

This smaller, focused team works closely with software developers, traders, operations, and accounting/finance teams to make high-quality data accessible, reliable, and actionable across the firm.

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Technical Operations Engineer, Trading Industry Experience Required

Chicago, IL • On-site

Next Step Systems
IT Services • 11 - 50 employees

Full-time

Medical, Retirement, PTO

Re-posted 9 days ago


Job description

Technical Operations Engineer, Trading Industry Experience Required, Chicago, IL
A proprietary trading firm with locations in Chicago, London, & New York City, is seeking a talented and self-motivated Technical Operations Engineer to join a growing technology team in Chicago. The successful candidate will bring a passion for all things systems-related, from hardware and networking to software build, deployment, automation and tooling. The position is part of a globally distributed team responsible for supporting low-latency electronic trading systems and will include interactions with all functional areas within the firm. Company culture emphasizes teamwork and focuses on continuous integration and test-driven development.
Requirements:
- BA degree or higher in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Science or similar technical field preferred.
- Strong understanding of Linux.
- Experience building process management and monitoring toolkits leveraging scripting languages (python preferred).
- Experience working with development to improve the operational stability and functionality of existing and new trading systems.
- Experience in configuring and managing low-latency, high-availability trading systems, working closely alongside developers, quants and traders.
- Experience coordinating, planning, and executing firm-wide changes within a global change management framework.
- Ability to triage, prioritize and troubleshoot complex network and systems issues, ranging from low-level hardware to in-house software applications.
- Understanding of networking concepts such as DNS, HTTP, TCP, UDP, etc.
- Can demonstrate a high level of initiative and the ability to quickly build trust with trading and technology.
- Exceptional communication and collaboration skills.
Benefits include medical insurance, retirement plan, PTO, etc. Salary: 80K+ DOE. Keywords: Chicago IL Jobs, Technical Operations Engineer, Linux, Python, Low Latency, High Availability Trading Systems, Networking, DNS, HTTP, TCP, UDP, Trading, Financial, Chicago Recruiters, Information Technology Jobs, IT Jobs, Chicago Recruiting
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