Trading Platform Engineer

Trading Platform Engineer - Trading & Supply

Sector: Trading & Supply

Location: Hybrid, 2 days a week in London

Day rate: £650 - £750 (potentially higher for the right candidate)

IR35: Inside

Role Overview

As a DevOps Engineer, you will be a hands-on member of a small, high-performing team responsible for global derivatives trading production environments. Both product teams and engineering backlogs will guide your work focused on improvements and technical debt.

Key responsibilities include:

Proactively manage critical end-to-end workflows, improving stability and resilience through close collaboration with delivery and infrastructure teams.

Assist with troubleshooting and issue resolution across development, support, and technical business users.

Serve as a subject matter expert for trading systems initiatives.

Support scalable algorithmic trading technology in a compliant and flexible manner.

Experience with algorithmic trading regulation, audit, and compliance (MiFID II & RTS6) is highly desirable.

Participate in the global on-call rotation alongside other development engineers.

Required Industry Knowledge

Understanding of all major global futures exchanges.

Knowledge of the full exchange-traded derivatives life cycle.

Minimum 8 years' experience in Commodity Trading & Capital Markets/Investment Banking.

Familiarity with market data providers (Bloomberg, Refinitiv) and liquidity aggregation platforms.

Understanding of financial regulations such as MiFID II, EMIR, and FCA guidelines.

8+ years' experience with Real Time market data distribution platforms, feed handlers, and enterprise-level consolidated feeds.

8+ years' experience with time-series analytic frameworks (kdb, shakti, or similar technologies).

Key experience:

10+ years' experience in Front Office application support and vendor management

8+ years' experience with FIX engineering, including vendor and exchange certification

8 years+ operational experience in supporting market data distribution platforms such as, Real Time Distribution Systems (RTDS) knowledge for DACS, ADH & ADS components

Python, PowerShell, C#, SQL , or other Scripting/programming languages.

5+ years' operational experience supporting time-series frameworks (kdb, shakti)

Experience with messaging systems and debugging network protocols (TCP, multicast)

Knowledge of third-party networks and EMS/OMS software vendors (TT, NYFIX, Bloomberg, TradingScreen)

Strong understanding of the trading life cycle

Minimum 8 years' experience in Commodity Trading & Capital Markets/Investment Banking

Soft Skills

Excellent communication skills, interacting with traders, developers, and stakeholders.

Thrives in high-pressure trading environments alongside traders, developers, and engineering teams.

Proactive, self-motivated, flexible, with a positive attitude.

Ability to work under demanding deadlines with changing priorities in a trading room environment.