Job Description

Location: Midtown Manhattan, NYC (Hybrid – at least 3 days onsite/week)
Visa Sponsorship: We offer sponsorship under specific treaty-based U.S. work visas, including TN and E-2 (for eligible Canadian, Mexican, and French citizens). We do not support or transfer other visa types (e.g., H-1B).

We are seeking a talented Front Office Support Engineer to join our Financial Trade team to serve our Hedge fund client. The Ideal candidate will be a proactive, analytical engineer with strong SQL and Unix/Linux skills, able to ensure trading system stability and collaborate effectively across global teams.

Role and responsibilities

As a Front Office Support Engineer based in New York, you’ll be the first line of defense for our client's trading systems during US market hours. You’ll work closely with global teams to ensure the stability, performance, and continuous improvement of our production environment.
This is a unique opportunity to gain deep exposure to the full trading lifecycle, collaborate with top-tier engineers and quants, and grow into project-based responsibilities over time.

• Incident Management: Analyze, document, and resolve production incidents; coordinate with impacted teams across time zones.
• Procedure Development: Draft and implement operational procedures in collaboration with the Paris support team.
• Continuous Improvement: Enhance monitoring, alerting, and system reliability.
• Cross-Team Collaboration: Work closely with Trading, Portfolio Management, Market Data, and Data Operations.
• Production Deployment: Support application rollouts and maintain test environments.
• Tooling & Automation: Contribute to the evolution of internal tools and propose technical improvements.

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Qualifications

• Engineering degree (Master’s level or equivalent)\
• 2–3 years of experience in production support, in a hedge fund or investment bank
• Fluent English (spoken and written), French is a plus
• Strong knowledge of SQL and Unix/Linux
• Ability to work under pressure in a front-office environment
• Strong analytical mindset, autonomy, and adaptability
• Excellent communication skills to bridge teams across Paris, New York, and Asia

Nice to Have

• Experience with Python
• Familiarity with ITIL methodology
• Exposure to cross-asset trading systems

The salary range for this role is US$80,000 - US$120,000

Company’s Benefits

At Talan, we invest in our employees' well-being and empower them with benefits, including:

• Competitive salary
• 401(k) retirement plan with company matching
• 15 days of paid vacation per year at hire and up to 27 according to seniority (annual untaken vacation days are cashed out)
• 8 paid holidays + 5 sick days + 2 personal days per year
• ❤️‍Company health, dental, and vision insurance plans + FSA
• Voluntary STD and LTD
• Commuter/transit benefits

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.