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Our client, a leading brokerage firm, is seeking a senior-level Algo Support Analyst to oversee the technical stability and performance of our electronic trading ecosystem. This is a critical role within a high-frequency, high-stakes environment, requiring a specialist who can provide L2/L3 support to traders, quants, and external clients. The successful candidate will ensure the seamless execution of algorithmic strategies and drive continuous improvement across our global trading infrastructure.
Key Responsibilities
- Platform Management: Provide expert-level technical support for the algorithmic trading stack, ensuring rapid incident resolution and minimal downtime for global users.
- Proactive Monitoring: Utilize enterprise-level tools to monitor system health, latency, and connectivity, identifying potential bottlenecks before they impact trading activities.
- Incident Lifecycle & Root Cause Analysis: Lead the investigation of complex technical issues, perform thorough post-mortems, and collaborate with developers to implement permanent fixes.
- Change Management: Coordinate and execute system upgrades, patches, and feature deployments in coordination with infrastructure and engineering teams.
- Technical Liaison: Act as the primary bridge between the trading desk, quant researchers, and software engineers to translate business requirements into technical solutions.
- Quality Assurance: Lead User Acceptance Testing (UAT) for new algorithmic functionalities and software releases to ensure alignment with trading strategies.
- Operational Governance: Maintain and optimize technical documentation, including SOPs, runbooks, and disaster recovery procedures.
- Rotational Support: Participate in an on-call rotation to support global market hours, including occasional coverage for early starts or public holidays as required by market activity.
Professional Requirements
- Education: Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related quantitative field.
- Experience: 8–10 years of professional experience in front office trading application support, ideally in Equity trading within the APAC/Asian markets.
- Database & SQL: Advanced proficiency in relational databases (e.g., Oracle), including the ability to perform complex query optimization and performance tuning.
- Operating Systems: Solid command of Linux/Unix environments and system administration basics.
- Scripting: Proficiency in at least one scripting language (e.g., Python, Bash, or Perl) for automation and tool development.
- Industry Tools: Experience with monitoring frameworks (e.g., ITRS Geneos, Grafana) and enterprise ticketing systems (e.g., Jira, ServiceNow).
- Niche Protocols: Familiarity with the FIX Protocol and Bloomberg terminals is highly desirable.
- Soft Skills: Exceptional analytical problem-solving skills and the ability to communicate technical concepts clearly to non-technical stakeholders in English.
- Languages: Proficiency in a regional language (e.g., Mandarin or Cantonese) is a significant advantage for stakeholder management.
If this outstanding opportunity sounds like your next career move, please send your resume in Word format to Lu Zhang at resume[at]pinpointasia.com and put Algo Application Support - Leading Brokerage Firm - J12477 in the subject header. Data provided is for recruitment purposes only.
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