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About the Role

We are looking for an experienced Reliability & Production Engineer (RPE) to join a dynamic technology team for one of our clients, experienced in supporting mission-critical equities trading platforms and alternative trading systems. This role offers direct exposure to electronic trading, market structure, production support, and platform reliability in a fast-paced trading environment.

Responsibilities

• Monitor real-time order flow, execution activity, client connectivity, and overall platform health.
• Support highly available trading and execution platforms in a production environment.
• Investigate and resolve production issues including order rejects, missing executions, connectivity issues, market data discrepancies, and trade reporting issues.
• Serve as a primary escalation point during production incidents impacting business operations and users.
• Proactively monitor applications, market data feeds, infrastructure, and system performance.
• Lead incident management efforts from detection through resolution and post-incident review.
• Perform root cause analysis and implement preventative measures to improve platform resiliency.
• Create and maintain operational runbooks, procedures, dashboards, and support documentation.
• Participate in disaster recovery, failover, capacity planning, and system testing exercises.
• Build automation and tooling to improve observability, diagnostics, and operational efficiency.
• Develop solutions using Python, SQL, Linux/Unix tools, and monitoring technologies.
• Leverage analytics to identify trends in platform behavior and system performance.
• Work with development teams to enhance platform stability, application design, and supportability.
• Collaborate with trading, development, quantitative, compliance, and infrastructure teams to resolve issues and improve platform performance.
• Communicate effectively during production incidents and stakeholder escalations.
• Participate in reviews and operational discussions to ensure best practices are adopted across teams.
• Assist with trading inquiries, investigations, regulatory reviews, and audit requests.
• Support reporting requirements and controls related to electronic trading operations.

Requirements

• 2+ years of experience supporting production applications, distributed systems, trading platforms, or technology operations environments.
• Strong Linux/Unix administration and troubleshooting skills.
• Experience supporting distributed real-time applications in a production environment.
• SQL and database query experience.
• Familiarity with market data systems and the FIX Protocol.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving abilities.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to perform effectively in a fast-paced, high-pressure production support environment.
• Experience supporting electronic trading systems, exchange connectivity, or brokerage platforms.
• Understanding of U.S. Equities market structure and the order lifecycle.
• Familiarity with alternative trading systems (ATS), dark pools, crossing engines, smart order routing, or algorithmic trading platforms.
• Experience with monitoring tools such as Splunk, Grafana, Prometheus, or similar technologies.
• Knowledge of Agile software development practices.
• Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis. The Company will not sponsor applicants for work visas.

Skills

• Python
• SQL
• Linux/Unix tools
• Monitoring technologies
• FIX Protocol
• Agile software development practices

Location

• Local candidates

Work Type

• Full-time

Experience Level

• 2+ years of experience

Education Level

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Finance, Mathematics, or a related discipline.

Salary/Compensations

• $85,000 - $110,000 annually

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package

About the Company

• Since 2010, mthree has been helping clients solve their business and technological challenges.
• We are a technology and business consultancy with a global workforce delivering significant business and IT projects in some of the largest financial services organizations worldwide.
• Core Services: Consulting and Advisory, Managed Services, Alumni Graduate Program, Alumni Pro Program
• We have a global presence and are experts in delivering exceptional quality to our client base, providing consulting services across Risk, Regulation & Compliance, Vendor Products, Application Support, Application Development, Cyber & Information Security, Data Science, and DevOps.
• Our Expert program offers experienced professionals access to top roles in technology, finance, aviation, and insurance.
• Join us to work on innovative technology projects and critical platforms while gaining valuable experience within prestigious global organizations.
• At mthree, our values support courageous teammates, needle movers, and learning champions while striving to support the health and well-being of all employees.
• We take great pride in celebrating the diversity of each individual who contributes to making mthree the company it is today and will be in the future.
• We value diversity both within mthree and with our partner companies and are proud to provide an environment where all our colleagues can flourish through equality, inclusion, and opportunity.

Equal Opportunity

• We value diversity both within mthree and with our partner companies and are proud to provide an environment where all our colleagues can flourish through equality, inclusion, and opportunity.