The Opportunity
We're partnered with a high-performance, tech-driven trading firm looking to hire a Trading Operations Engineer to support their global trading systems during APAC hours.
This position aligns with early APAC mornings (approximately 7am - 3pm SGT / 8am - 4pm JST / 9am-5pm AEST), covering overnight trading from a Dubai perspective. You'll play a key role in keeping production systems stable, responding to real-time incidents, and working closely with traders and engineers to ensure uninterrupted trading activity.
If you enjoy operating close to live systems, handling time-critical issues, and working in a fast-paced environment, this role offers strong ownership and impact.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide dedicated off-hours coverage to maintain high trading uptime
- Act as the first responder for production and infrastructure incidents during your shift
- Collaborate closely with trading and engineering teams to minimise downtime and improve resolution times
- Monitor system health, performance, and alerts using modern observability tools
- Contribute to reliability best practices within an SRE-style environment
- Drive improvements in automation, tooling, and operational workflows
Required Experience
- Strong Linux fundamentals including shell usage, system debugging, and networking tools
- Good understanding of networking concepts and troubleshooting connectivity issues
- Hands-on experience with Kubernetes fundamentals (pods, scheduling, debugging)
- Experience managing configurations using Helm or similar tooling
- Comfortable working in a 24/7 environment with an incident-response mindset
- Ability to read and debug Python code in production
- Experience with monitoring tools such as Prometheus and Grafana
Nice to Have
- Exposure to structured incident management approaches
- Experience with GitOps and deployment tools (e.g. ArgoCD)
- Familiarity with cloud environments (AWS, VPCs, EC2)
- Infrastructure-as-code experience (Terraform)
- Experience querying ClickHouse for performance analysis
- Understanding of Kafka or similar messaging systems
What's on Offer
- Remote-first working environment
- Flexible and supportive culture
- Opportunity to work within a fast-growing, cutting-edge trading environment
- Regular global offsites and team workations
Shift Alignment (Indicative)
- Singapore / Hong Kong / China: 7am - 3pm
- Japan / Korea: 8am - 4pm
- India: 4:30am - 12:30pm
- Australia (East Coast): 9am - 5pm
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