Senior DevOps Engineer – Trading & Supply (London, On-site)
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 lifecycle.
* 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).
Sector:
Trading & Supply
Location: Hybrid, 2 days a week in London
Day rate: £650 - £750 (potentially higher for the right candidate)
IR35:
Inside
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 of 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 lifecycle
* 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.