Trading Reliability Engineer - Digital Assets

Job Overview

Flow Traders is seeking a Trading Reliability Engineer to join our expanding Digital Assets team in Amsterdam. This role offers a unique opportunity to be part of a leading proprietary trading firm known for its entrepreneurial and innovative culture. We are looking for quick-witted, creative minds who are eager to make full use of their capacities.

Key Responsibilities

Gain Expertise: Develop a deep understanding of our latency-sensitive trading application stacks. Contribute to troubleshooting in a fast-paced environment and implement effective solutions.
Monitoring Solutions: Write, test, and integrate monitoring solutions using APIs provided by our proprietary trading applications to gain insights into the health and performance of our trading environment.
System Optimization: Collaborate with system administrators to fine-tune Linux-based trading environments using the latest tools and distributions.
Automation: Work on automating our infrastructure and application management processes.
CI/CD Pipelines: Build, use, and maintain continuous integration and continuous deployment pipelines.
User Acceptance Testing: Conduct testing across internal application stacks and understand how traders and supporting teams utilize our software.
Technical Requirements: Provide technical requirements to the development process to enhance the operational effectiveness of our applications.
Scripting Skills: Advance your Python or other scripting skills by working with trading desks to automate complex workflows.

Qualifications

Education: University degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, or other quantitative fields.
Experience: 0-4 years of commercial experience.
Technical Skills: Proficiency in Unix/Linux and Windows operating systems, and programming languages such as Python or C++.
Networking: Basic knowledge and interest in networking.
Cryptocurrency: Experience with cryptocurrencies and blockchain technologies is advantageous.
Technologies: Familiarity with Ansible, Docker, Kubernetes, Kafka, and HDFS is a plus.
Soft Skills: Strong teamwork, communication, decision-making, and problem-solving skills.

About Flow Traders

Flow Traders is a leading trading firm operating globally, specializing in Exchange Traded Products (ETPs) and trading a broad range of asset classes, including digital assets and fixed income. Our headquarters are in Amsterdam, with offices in 10 locations worldwide and over 600 employees. We foster a non-hierarchical, team-oriented culture that rewards contributions to the company as a whole.

Application Process

Flow Traders does not accept unsolicited resumes from professional staffing or search firms. All resumes submitted without a valid and signed search agreement will be considered free to contact by Flow Traders without any restrictions.

Join us to be part of a dynamic team where your contributions will directly impact the performance of the company.