Production Engineer – Trading & Electronic Trading Systems

• Operate and support Front Office trading systems in production
• Ensure high availability, stability and performance during market hours
• Own incident management from detection to resolution and root cause analysis
• Participate in on-call or production support rotations when required
• Contribute to post-incident reviews and long-term remediation actions

• Investigate complex production issues across applications, operating systems and databases
• Perform log analysis, system diagnostics and performance troubleshooting
• Analyse latency, throughput and resource utilisation
• Work closely with development teams to identify and resolve production bottlenecks

• Develop scripts and tools to automate operational tasks and investigations
• Improve monitoring, alerting and observability of production systems
• Contribute to deployment, release and change automation
• Reduce manual interventions through standardisation and automation

• Participate in releases, deployments and production changes
• Support testing and validation in pre-production environments
• Continuously improve system resilience, scalability and operability
• Collaborate with infrastructure and network teams on production topics

Technical Environment

• Front Office trading and electronic trading platforms
• Linux / UNIX environments (advanced usage, troubleshooting, scripting)
• Relational databases and SQL (production investigations, data validation)
• Windows environments
• Scripting and automation (Shell, Python, Bash, Perl or similar)
• Monitoring, logging and alerting tools – Grafana, Dynatrace, Etc

• Performance and capacity monitoring
• Release and deployment processes
• Interaction with development, infrastructure and network teams
• Understanding of market data and execution systems

• Experience in production engineering, IT operations or trading support environments
• Strong Linux / UNIX knowledge in production contexts
• Solid SQL skills for production analysis and investigations
• Strong troubleshooting and analytical skills
• Ability to work in real-time, production-critical environments
• Clear communication and strong ownership mindset
• Ability to work both independently and collaboratively

• Front Office or trading system exposure
• Experience with scripting, automation or tooling development
• Understanding of financial markets and trading concepts
• Desire to evolve towards more technical or platform-oriented roles

• Senior production or platform engineering roles
• DevOps or reliability engineering positions
• Closer interaction with development or architecture teams

• Access to demanding Front Office trading environments
• Strong focus on production ownership and system reliability
• Highly technical roles close to live trading activity
• Human-sized consultancy with close support and tailored training
• Long-term career opportunities across production, engineering and development

Please note – We do not offer visa sponsorship for this position.

Interested? Motivated? Apply on our website or at staff.uk@margo.com