Trading Systems Analyst

Quick Facts

• Role: Trading Systems Analyst (backend)

Description

Build and maintain backend infrastructure underlying trading operations. You will troubleshoot system malfunctions, test and monitor programs and systems, and design/extend event-driven trading systems and APIs. You’ll also write code for desired actions and improve workflows through system design and integration.

Responsibilities

• Troubleshoot program and system malfunctions to restore normal functioning

• Test, maintain, and monitor computer programs and systems (including coordinating installations)

• Coordinate and link computer systems to increase compatibility so that information can be shared

• Analyze information processing/computation needs and plan and design computer systems (structured analysis, data modeling, information engineering)

• Specify system inputs and plan the distribution and use of results

• Expand or modify systems to serve new purposes and improve workflow

• Develop, document, and revise system design procedures, test procedures, and quality standards

• Review and analyze computer printouts and performance indicators to locate code problems and correct errors

• Write code to perform desired actions

Requirements

• At least 1 year of professional experience in a related technical field (computer science, systems analysis, or closely related discipline)

• Experience directly building trading systems including order management

• Experience building robust high performance event-driven systems and APIs

• Experience writing concurrent code

• Very comfortable with relational databases (e.g., Postgres)

• Familiarity with AWS stack (especially RDS and ECS)

• Proficiency in one of: Golang, Rust, C++

Benefits

• Base salary range: $180,000–$300,000