Lead DevOps Engineer

In this role you will lead DevOps for mission-critical derivatives trading systems in a hybrid London setting. You’ll partner with global traders, desks and engineering teams to implement robust deployment practices, improve performance and reliability across complex trading environments. You will drive low-latency, compliant operations and oversee CI/CD, incident management and on-call support. This is a hands-on leadership position shaping deployment, monitoring and observability to sustain high-availability market infrastructure.

• ESPP
• life assurance, income protection and critical illness cover
• private medical insurance and dental care
• Employee Assistance Program
• pension plan
• cyclescheme, techscheme and season ticket loans

• Manage workflows and reliability for global trading environments
• Design and implement deployment, monitoring and observability best practices
• Troubleshoot production issues in real-time and resolve incidents
• Establish and maintain CI/CD pipelines for front-office environments
• Collaborate with traders, developers and infrastructure teams on scalability and performance
• Lead integration and performance testing for low-latency trading platforms
• Optimize compliance and audit readiness including RTS6
• Provide SME guidance on FIX connectivity, market data distribution and vendor integrations
• Drive continuous improvement to reduce operational risks and technical debt
• Participate in on-call rotation for global trading infrastructure support

• 6+ years in supporting trading front-office systems
• Expertise in FIX protocol engineering and vendor/exchange certification
• Strong Python, PowerShell and scripting for automation
• Familiarity with C# and SQL relational databases
• Experience troubleshooting market data distribution systems (RTDS – ADS/DACS/ADH)
• Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines for mission-critical systems
• Operational experience with OMS/EMS platforms (TT, Bloomberg, NYFIX)
• Strong incident management capabilities
• Analytical and proactive problem-solving skills

• Proactive mindset
• Analytical and problem-solving abilities
• Ability to work under pressure and manage incidents
• FIX protocol engineering
• Python
• PowerShell