IT & Software

Trade Floor Desktop Systems Engineer

Quant Capital

London · Greater London · United Kingdom

Overview

In this role you support a fast-paced front-office trading environment, ensuring speed and reliability of critical systems. You will work closely with traders and cross-functional teams to own issues end-to-end and drive improvements across the user environment. The role combines hands-on troubleshooting with automation to reduce manual intervention, while evaluating new technologies to add value. Expect autonomy, rapid action, and a direct, no-nonsense working style in a serious trading setting.

Responsibilities
  • Support a front-office trading environment with emphasis on speed and reliability
  • Manage and troubleshoot trading applications and user systems
  • Own user onboarding, hardware rollout and device lifecycle
  • Collaborate with trading, engineering and infrastructure teams globally
  • Drive improvements across the user environment and tooling
  • Automate workflows and reduce manual intervention across systems
  • Evaluate and introduce new technologies that add value
Key requirements
  • Experience supporting users and applications across Windows, Linux and macOS
  • Background in trading or similarly high-pressure environments
  • Comfort working directly with front-office users and time-critical systems
  • Strong troubleshooting skills across OS, hardware and applications
  • Scripting or automation experience (PowerShell, Python or similar)
  • Ability to take ownership, prioritize, and deliver under pressure
  • Clear communicator with direct, no-nonsense approach
  • PowerShell or Python scripting
  • Experience with Active Directory / Windows Server
  • Exposure to endpoint management tooling
  • clear communicator
  • ownership
  • prioritization under pressure
  • Windows
  • Linux
  • macOS

Reference: WJ-747_30151462

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