Desired Skills and Experience
- Work closely with Development, Trading and Infrastructure teams to troubleshoot issues, make continuous improvements, and configure the trading system
- Work on automating daily and repetitive tasks
- Create, update and improve continuous monitoring processes of the production trading environment
- Learn and adjust to ongoing changes within our proprietary trading system
- Support the release process to ensure that Akuna and its systems are upgraded properly
- Learn and support in-house and third-party software applications
- Provide in-office technical support to traders using our proprietary trading system
- Bachelor’s or Associate’s degree in Information Systems, Systems, Computer Science, or similar field preferred, but not required
- Familiar with Linux, automation tools and not afraid of the command line
- Experience with Python, Bash, Databases structures and scripting techniques
- Ability to learn and apply new concepts quickly
- Understanding of the importance of risk & compliance procedures and controls
- Team player with the ability to build relationships with multiple teams
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Ability to make sound decisions in a fast-paced, high-pressure environment
- Available to join an on-call rotation and work outside of core business hours or on weekends
- Trading industry experience a plus