Barclays · 1 day ago
Equities Electronic Trading Support / SRE
New York, NY
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$120K/yr - $175K/yrBarclays is redefining the future of banking and is seeking an Equities Electronic Trading Support/SRE. This role focuses on supporting a high-frequency equities trading environment, ensuring system reliability, and collaborating with global teams to maintain critical electronic trading platforms.
BankingConsumerFinancial ServicesWholesale
Responsibilities
Development and delivery of high-quality software solutions by using industry aligned programming languages, frameworks, and tools. Ensuring that code is scalable, maintainable, and optimized for performance
Cross-functional collaboration with product managers, designers, and other engineers to define software requirements, devise solution strategies, and ensure seamless integration and alignment with business objectives
Collaboration with peers, participate in code reviews, and promote a culture of code quality and knowledge sharing
Stay informed of industry technology trends and innovations and actively contribute to the organization’s technology communities to foster a culture of technical excellence and growth
Adherence to secure coding practices to mitigate vulnerabilities, protect sensitive data, and ensure secure software solutions
Implementation of effective unit testing practices to ensure proper code design, readability, and reliability
To advise and influence decision making, contribute to policy development and take responsibility for operational effectiveness. Collaborate closely with other functions/ business divisions
Lead a team performing complex tasks, using well developed professional knowledge and skills to deliver on work that impacts the whole business function. Set objectives and coach employees in pursuit of those objectives, appraisal of performance relative to objectives and determination of reward outcomes
If the position has leadership responsibilities, People Leaders are expected to demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard. The four LEAD behaviours are: L – Listen and be authentic, E – Energise and inspire, A – Align across the enterprise, D – Develop others
OR for an individual contributor, they will lead collaborative assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments. They will identify new directions for assignments and/ or projects, identifying a combination of cross functional methodologies or practices to meet required outcomes
Consult on complex issues; providing advice to People Leaders to support the resolution of escalated issues
Identify ways to mitigate risk and developing new policies/procedures in support of the control and governance agenda
Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work done
Perform work that is closely related to that of other areas, which requires understanding of how areas coordinate and contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the organisation sub-function
Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategy
Engage in complex analysis of data from multiple sources of information, internal and external sources such as procedures and practises (in other areas, teams, companies, etc).to solve problems creatively and effectively
Communicate complex information. 'Complex' information could include sensitive information or information that is difficult to communicate because of its content or its audience
Influence or convince stakeholders to achieve outcomes
Qualification
Required
Working in Unix/Linux environments for production support, troubleshooting, and performance analysis
Writing scripts in Bash and Python to automate operational tasks and improve system reliability
Supporting containerized applications using Kubernetes and Docker in production environments
Supporting electronic trading systems that use FIX messaging in low-latency environments
Preferred
Experience with FIX protocol monitoring, analysis, and issue resolution
Using monitoring and alerting tools such as ITRS
Writing and using SQL queries to investigate production issues and analyze system data
Company
Barclays
Barclays is a transatlantic consumer and wholesale bank with global reach, offering products, and services.
Founded in 1690
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
unknown1986-09-09IPO
Leadership Team
Geoffrey Belsher
Chief Executive Officer for Canada
David Morris
Head of Engineering, Colleague Platforms
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