Senior Application Support Engineer (Trading & Market Data)
Core
Provide L1/L2 support for business-critical trading and market-data applications, ensuring stability and accuracy across distributed Linux environments.
Role type
Senior Application Support Engineer (Trading & Market Data)
Builds
Proprietary index and market-data platforms
Domain
Financial markets / FinTech
Required skills
Linux administration, SQL, incident management, root-cause analysis, change/release management, stakeholder communication, monitoring tools (ELK, Kibana, Grafana), distributed systems, APIs, job schedulers
Preferred skills
Bash scripting, Python, market-making experience, derivatives trading, DevOps/SRE experience, automation initiatives
Technologies
Linux, SQL, ELK, Kibana, Grafana
Responsibilities
Monitor Linux-based production environments and resolve real-time operational issues; Lead incident management activities including triage, escalation, and root-cause analysis; Execute database changes and optimise SQL queries; Partner with development and infrastructure teams to maintain platform stability; Improve monitoring, automation, and support workflows; Mentor junior team members
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC