TradeOps Engineer

Hudson River Trading (HRT) is seeking Trading Operations Engineers to join their Trade Operations (TradeOps) team. This team is responsible for managing HRT's live trading environment, one of the most robust and efficient electronic trading platforms globally. The role involves configuring, monitoring, and optimizing the firm's trading, as well as handling risk, regulatory, and development tasks.

As a TradeOps Engineer, you'll be responsible for:

• Managing new initiatives and ensuring smooth trading operations
• Understanding market and broker relationships, technology requirements, and regulatory commitments
• Being the subject matter expert on recent changes to the production trading platform
• Handling order flow from HRT's trading desks
• Responding to external market alerts and outages
• Interfacing with exchanges and other external parties to support trading
• Working on systems infrastructure, compliance, risk management, overnight clearing, and performance improvement

The ideal candidate should:

• Be able to handle complex projects involving multiple internal and external parties
• Be skeptical by nature with high attention to detail
• Respond well to high-pressure scenarios
• Have excellent communication and prioritization skills

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in a quantitative discipline (CS, engineering, physics, math, etc.)
• 2+ years of experience
• Experience with scripting languages (Python, Perl, Bash)
• Strong working knowledge of Linux systems
• Strong understanding of on-exchange and off-exchange/OTC products
• Working knowledge of FIX, OUCH, & other market-specific protocols
• Extensive experience supporting electronic trading systems
• Ability to identify areas for platform improvement in a complex technical environment

HRT offers a diverse and inclusive work environment, with offices around the globe. They value openness, transparency, and celebrate great ideas from both veterans and new hires. The company culture emphasizes togetherness, extending beyond the office walls.