Contract Equity Trading Support Engineer

MUST be local to New York City. Hybrid Schedule.

Responsibilities:

• Provide support for various trading applications, research platforms and Securities Lending applications, including Flextrade, Ullink, Global One and BlueMatrix.
• Troubleshoot and maintain Electronic trading networks connectivity
• Install, test, deploy and upgrade software the Equities trading systems. Develop test plans for enhancements & new modules of vendor provided software. Work with users to certify enhancements
• Monitor electronic trading systems and server-side software to ensure that systems are working correctly
• Work with traders to Identify, troubleshoot and respond to emergency situations impacting live trading

Qualifications:

• 3+ years of experience developing solutions and supporting an Equity line of business (i.e. US Market Making, ETF, Electronic Trading, Global Program Trading, Options
• Script development experience with excellent usage of SQL
• Understand trading activities and market data feeds
• Fundamental understanding of database modeling and ETL type applications.
• Knowledge of FIX messaging protocol
• Proficient in handling regulatory or compliance related requests (i.e. Reg NMS, ACT, CAT)
• Experience working on a trading floor supporting mission critical applications
• Experience in at least 1 of the following platforms – Flextrade, Fidessa.
• Experience with scripting and automation is a plus.

Targeted Systems:

• Ullink
• FlexTrade
• Bloomberg DASH
• Global One
• Loanet / Smartloan
• Blue Matrix