EQ Electronic Reliability Engineer

Barclays • New York, NY

113d • $120,000 - $175,000

About The Position

Embark on a transformative journey as an EQ Electronic Reliability Engineer. At Barclays, our vision is clear - to redefine the future of banking and help craft innovative solutions. In this role, you will be directly involved in supporting and enhancing electronic trading systems that underpin critical business operations. As part of a small, collaborative team, you will ensure the reliability of fast-moving, low-latency platforms while contributing to projects that are modernizing the trading environment. This position provides an opportunity to gain exposure to both stability management and forward-looking engineering projects that will shape the next generation of our infrastructure.

Requirements

• Experience with electronic trading systems and concepts, including exchange gateways, trading algorithms, dark pools, market data, and industry protocols such as FIX.
• Experience within at least one asset class such as Equities, Rates, Futures, or FX.
• Scripting, monitoring (ITRS), observability, and Linux platform experience to troubleshoot and support complex trading environments.
• Ability to write and maintain scripts to automate processes and improve efficiency.

Nice To Haves

• Programming experience in Java, Python, or C++ to extend automation and strengthen application reliability.
• Using KDB to manage and analyze time-series trading data effectively.
• Leveraging SRE tooling such as Grafana or Elastic to enhance monitoring and operational resilience.

Responsibilities

• Ensure availability, performance, and scalability of systems and services through proactive monitoring, maintenance, and capacity planning.
• Resolve, analyze, and respond to system outages and disruptions, implementing measures to prevent similar incidents from recurring.
• Develop tools and scripts to automate operational processes, reducing manual workload, increasing efficiency, and improving system resilience.
• Monitor and optimize system performance and resource usage, identify and address bottlenecks, and implement best practices for performance tuning.
• Collaborate with development teams to integrate best practices for reliability, scalability, and performance into the software development lifecycle.
• Stay informed of industry technology trends and innovations, and actively contribute to the organization's technology communities.

Benefits

• Minimum Salary: $120,000
• Maximum Salary: $175,000

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Credit Intermediation and Related Activities