Job Description

Overview

As a Trading Operations Developer, you will work as part of the GTS Market Access Technology team supporting our broad range of trading operations: US and global equities and derivatives, ETFs, fixed-income, OTC, FX, and more. This position will require a technically-adept and detail-oriented individual to work on supporting, automating, testing, debugging, documenting, and developing applications required for the business.

GTS is a leading global electronic market maker, powered by combining market expertise with innovative, proprietary technology.  As a quantitative trading firm continually building for the future, GTS leverages the latest in artificial intelligence systems and sophisticated pricing models to bring consistency, efficiency, and transparency to today's financial markets. GTS accounts for 3-5% of daily cash equities volume in the U.S. and trades over 30,000 different instruments globally, including listed and OTC equities, ETFs, futures, commodities, Fixed Income, foreign exchange, and interest rate products.  GTS is a Designated Market Maker (DMM) at the New York Stock Exchange, responsible for nearly $12 trillion of market capitalization. Our workplace of 200 plus employees welcomes people of all backgrounds and experiences, and we take pride in our diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, or protected veteran status, and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

Responsibilities

Build out services required to expand trading activities to new strategies, venues, and products
Become familiar with proprietary technologies and improve their reliability and performance
Develop tools and procedures to improve all operations throughout the trade lifecycle (order entry, booking, reconciliation, clearing, reporting)
Support applications and trading workflows used by GTS’ global trading teams
Monitor backoffice systems and trading operations, resolving or escalating issues as necessary
Identify defects, discrepancies, and trends by debugging code or examining logs and database audits
Communicate and collaborate with development team on deployments, issue tracking, and debugging
Review code and manage technical documentation

Qualifications

3 + years of relevant experience in financial services services supporting trading environment 
Demonstrated experience operating in a Linux environment
Experience using SQL for sophisticated database queries
Strong Python coding skills
Ability to problem solve in a development or production environment, including experience observing patterns, analyzing root cause and suggesting ideas to resolve issues
Excellent analytical skills and attention to detail
Knowledge of securities markets, market verticals, and exposure to industry regulations (e.g., CAT) is a PLUS