Production Engineer, Global Banking & Markets, FICC Systematic Market Making; SMM

Production Engineer, Global Banking & Markets, FICC Systematic Market Making (SMM)  New York, New York, United States

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The FICC Systematic Market Making (SMM) business consolidates and expands the firm’s electronic market making and algorithmic trade execution. As part of the SMM Engineering team, SMM Production Engineering partners with SMM Trading to develop and support the pricing and execution services for the firm and its clients. The team is primarily focused on site reliability engineering, including driving automation, improving real-time monitoring, developing metrics to track performance, and managing the release and deployment lifecycle.

Team members help support the day-to-day operations of the trading desk and the electronic trading systems; the team is expected to interact closely with Trading & Sales business users.

Fixed Income, Currency, and Commodities (FICC) Engineering plays a key role in the firm’s ability to provide liquidity and execution services for institutional clients around the world, two important revenue drivers for the firm. In FICC Engineering we use both open-source industry standard and internal proprietary technologies to build cutting edge platforms for pricing, execution, and control over each of these millions of transactions.

• Technical and operational risk management of a fast-paced, multi-asset electronic trading business
• Software development focused on creating sustainable systems and services that meet uptime and performance requirements through automation
• Finding opportunities for efficiency and cost savings in support process and physical environment
• Partnering with software and infrastructure owners to solve hardware/network issues
• Incident and crisis management
• Participation in system design consulting, platform management, and capacity planning
• Significant business interaction across FICC front office

• 1 year or more of relevant work experience
• Proficiency in one of the following:
  Python, C, C++, Java, or shell scripting
• Aptitude for algorithms, data structures, and software design
• Experience with Linux operating system internals and/or networking concepts
• Strong analytical skills, with an ability to quickly identify scope and impact of issues during high-pressure situations
• Solid communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to multi-task and prioritize tasks effectively

• Experience with distributed systems design, maintenance, and troubleshooting.
• Hands-on experience with debugging and optimizing code, as well as automation.
• Knowledge of financial markets
• FIX protocol knowledge

The expected base salary for this New York, New York, United States-based position is $115000-$180000. In addition, you may be eligible for a discretionary bonus if you are an active employee as of fiscal year-end.

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