Our client is a leading quantitative trading firm founded in 1998. They have built their business on a high-performance platform and independent trading teams. With a 25+ year track record of innovation and a reputation for discovering unique market opportunities.

Our client is home to some of the world’s best systematic trading and engineering talent. They empower portfolio managers to build their teams and strategies independently, while providing the economies of scale that come from a large, global organization. Their Engineers thrive while developing electronic trading infrastructure at a world-class level. They solve challenging problems in the realms of low-latency programming, FPGA technology, hardware acceleration, and machine learning. Their ongoing investment in top engineering talent and technology ensures our platform remains unmatched in terms of functionality, scalability, and performance.

Every one of their employee plays a role in their success. Their Business Support teams are essential to building and maintaining the platform that powers everything they do - combining market access, data, compute, and research infrastructure with risk management, compliance, and a full suite of business services. Their Business Support teams enable their trading and engineering teams to perform at their best.

You Will:

• Solving problems by providing level one and level two support while managing a rich suite of trading applications
• Proposing and executing automation efforts to keep the operational burden low and to enhance reliability
• Monitoring daily reports and the run of scheduled jobs
• Monitoring and reporting on the status and health of our systems
• Serving as the primary technical contact for the whole trading team, engaging in direct communication with traders and developers
• Participating in on-call rotation and occasional weekend shifts

You Have:

• A Bachelor’s, Master's, or PhD degree in computer science or a related field
• At least three years of professional experience, providing application support and reliability engineering of financial trade systems/applications.
• Strong scripting skills in Python and Bash
• A proven understanding of Linux fundamentals and basic knowledge of OS concepts
• Experience with configuration management, source control, and automated deployment
• Knowledge of SQL and use of databases
• Background in C++ will be a plus
• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving abilities
• Ability to manage multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment
• Excellent written and oral communication skills

Benefits:

Our Client’s cubicle-free workplace, jeans-clad workforce, and well-stocked kitchens reflect the premium the firm places on quality of life. Benefits include:

• 401(k) with company matching
• 5 weeks of paid vacation per year plus 11 paid holidays
• Free breakfast, lunch, and snacks on a daily basis
• Reimbursement for health and wellness expenses
• Free events and workshops
• Donation matching program

Catch Talent is an Inc. 5000 recruiting agency that delivers end-to-end talent acquisition solutions to growing technology, digital media, and professional services companies. Headquartered in Charleston, SC, Catch brings over a century of technical recruiting expertise to local and national clients and offers a full range of flexible solutions, including direct placement hiring, recruitment process outsourcing, contract, and contract-to-hire models. Catch specializes in the full talent attraction lifecycle by sourcing and recruiting qualified candidates who are interview-ready, culturally aligned, and ready to make an immediate impact.  

Catch Talent provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.