Site Reliability Engineer (Trade Support) – Front Office Trading Technology

Site Reliability Engineer (Trade Support) – Front Office Trading Technology

London (5 days onsite)

International candidates welcome – Visa sponsorship & relocation support available

£150,000–£400,000 Total Compensation + Significant Upside

We're partnering with a leading global hedge fund to hire a Senior Site Reliability Engineer (Trade Support) to support and enhance its Front Office trading platform across global OTC markets.

This is a Python-first SRE role combining software engineering, production support, and platform reliability. Working directly with Traders, Portfolio Managers, Quant Developers, and Engineers, you'll build Python automation and tooling, improve platform resilience, and support mission-critical trading systems in high-performance Linux environments.

This is not a traditional support role. The focus is on engineering solutions—automating manual processes, improving reliability, and continuously enhancing production systems rather than providing reactive support.

The Role

You'll join a Front Office Production Engineering team responsible for the reliability, scalability, and continuous improvement of business-critical trading platforms used by global trading desks.

The role combines:

Python Software Engineering

Site Reliability Engineering

Front Office Trade Support

Production Engineering

Automation & Tooling Development

Platform Reliability & Observability

What You'll Be Doing

Designing and developing Python applications, automation, and operational tooling to improve platform reliability and efficiency

Building scalable tooling that automates production support processes and eliminates manual operational tasks

Supporting and troubleshooting business-critical Front Office trading platforms operating in Linux production environments

Investigating complex production issues across distributed trading systems using Python, SQL, and system diagnostics

Developing monitoring, alerting, observability, and self-healing capabilities

Performing root cause analysis and implementing permanent engineering improvements

Working directly with Traders, Portfolio Managers, and Quant Developers to resolve real-time trading issues

Supporting production releases, deployments, and platform improvements

Driving engineering initiatives that improve reliability, scalability, and operational excellence across the trading platform

What We're Looking For

Exceptional Python development skills with experience building production-grade automation, tooling, APIs, or distributed systems

Strong software engineering fundamentals with a passion for writing clean, scalable, and maintainable Python code

Experience as an SRE, Production Engineer, or Front Office Trade Support Engineer within a hedge fund, proprietary trading firm, HFT, or tier-one investment bank

Strong troubleshooting skills across complex distributed production systems

Solid Linux experience, including command-line troubleshooting, shell scripting, process management, and log analysis

Excellent SQL and data analysis skills

Experience with observability and monitoring platforms such as Grafana, Prometheus, Splunk, Datadog, or Elastic

Strong understanding of electronic trading workflows, order management, and the trade lifecycle

Excellent communication skills with Traders, Quant Developers, and Engineering teams

Nice to Have

Experience supporting OTC, derivatives, or electronic trading platforms

Experience with messaging technologies such as Kafka, Solace, RabbitMQ, or MQ

Kubernetes, Docker, and CI/CD experience

Experience with FIX protocol, OMS/EMS, market data, or risk platforms

Experience building internal developer tooling, automation frameworks, or platform services

Exposure to cloud technologies (AWS, Azure, or GCP)

Why Join?

Join one of the world's leading hedge funds working on business-critical Front Office trading platforms

Work directly alongside Traders, Portfolio Managers, Quant Developers, and world-class Engineers

Own the reliability and performance of platforms that directly support the investment process

Build Python solutions that automate operations and improve trading performance rather than providing traditional application support

Solve complex engineering challenges across distributed, high-performance trading systems

Enjoy exceptional compensation with significant long-term upside

Full visa sponsorship and relocation support available for exceptional international candidates

International Hiring

The firm welcomes exceptional international candidates and provides:

Full UK visa sponsorship

Comprehensive relocation assistance

Dedicated onboarding support

Long-term career opportunities within a globally recognised investment firm