About Five Rings
Five Rings is a proprietary trading firm founded with a vision of combining strategy, innovation and technology to succeed in today’s global markets. With offices in New York, Boca Raton, London and Amsterdam, Five Rings trades in various domestic and international markets, both established and esoteric. Our team constantly seeks new opportunities, analyzes their risks and rewards, and creates strategies and tools to capitalize on them.
We have an open culture and encourage the flow of knowledge and ideas between all areas of the firm.
About the Role
New York based 200-person trading firm seeks a Trading Operations Engineer to provide technical operations support for US and UK based desks. This individual is part of the firm’s Technology division but sits on the trading desk and is embedded in the technical operations processes of the firm. The task set is roughly split evenly between desk facing activities and light coding tasks often in collaboration with full time development staff.
Duties and responsibilities include but are not limited to:
• First point of contact for traders utilizing the firm’s trading systems
• Install, configure and monitor critical trading applications
• Incident management via ticketing system and documentation
• Collaborate with developers for all operational processes supporting trading applications
Required skills:
• Strong problem solving and multitasking abilities
• Experience with Python, bash and MySQL on Linux is required
• Excellent communication skills
Range reflects annual base salary. Total compensation packages are comprised of base salary and a discretionary bonus.
Salary Range:
$225,000—$250,000 USD
Applicants are able to apply to multiple positions, but we strongly encourage you to only apply to your top choice.
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What We Do
Five Rings is a proprietary trading firm founded with a vision of combining strategy, innovation and technology to succeed in today’s global markets. Based in New York, we trade in various domestic and international markets, both established and esoteric. Five Rings does not depend on clients or outside investors. Our team constantly seeks new opportunities, analyzes their risks and rewards, and creates strategies and tools to capitalize on them. The strength of our firm comes from the talent of our people, and our compensation packages reflect this belief.
Five Rings offers a casual atmosphere, flat structure and great benefits. Education is a priority. Our experienced traders and software developers teach new employees extensively, both hands-on and in classroom settings. Our young firm is fast-paced and entrepreneurial, and progress can be rapid for those ready to meet the challenges that await them
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