Equities Electronic Trading Support / SRE

Barclays•New York, NY

3d•Onsite

About The Position

Purpose of the role To design, develop and improve software, utilising various engineering methodologies, that provides business, platform, and technology capabilities for our customers and colleagues. Embark on a transformative journey as an Equities Electronic Trading Support/SRE. At Barclays, our vision is clear – to redefine the future of banking and help craft innovative solutions. As part of the Quantitative Prime Services Run the Bank team, you’ll support a low-latency, high-frequency equities trading environment that operates at scale and speed. This role sits close to the trading floor, where stability, performance, and rapid response directly impact business outcomes. In this role, you’ll help keep critical electronic trading platforms running smoothly, improve system reliability, and support the continued growth of the equities business. You’ll work across production support, automation, and platform resilience, collaborating with global teams in a fast-paced, real-time environment.

Requirements

Working in Unix/Linux environments for production support, troubleshooting, and performance analysis
Writing scripts in Bash and Python to automate operational tasks and improve system reliability
Supporting containerized applications using Kubernetes and Docker in production environments
Supporting electronic trading systems that use FIX messaging in low-latency environments

Nice To Haves

Experience with FIX protocol monitoring, analysis, and issue resolution
Using monitoring and alerting tools such as ITRS
Writing and using SQL queries to investigate production issues and analyze system data

Responsibilities

Development and delivery of high-quality software solutions by using industry aligned programming languages, frameworks, and tools.
Ensuring that code is scalable, maintainable, and optimized for performance.
Cross-functional collaboration with product managers, designers, and other engineers to define software requirements, devise solution strategies, and ensure seamless integration and alignment with business objectives.
Collaboration with peers, participate in code reviews, and promote a culture of code quality and knowledge sharing.
Stay informed of industry technology trends and innovations and actively contribute to the organization’s technology communities to foster a culture of technical excellence and growth.
Adherence to secure coding practices to mitigate vulnerabilities, protect sensitive data, and ensure secure software solutions.
Implementation of effective unit testing practices to ensure proper code design, readability, and reliability.
To advise and influence decision making, contribute to policy development and take responsibility for operational effectiveness.
Collaborate closely with other functions/ business divisions.
Lead a team performing complex tasks, using well developed professional knowledge and skills to deliver on work that impacts the whole business function.
Set objectives and coach employees in pursuit of those objectives, appraisal of performance relative to objectives and determination of reward outcomes
Identify new directions for assignments and/ or projects, identifying a combination of cross functional methodologies or practices to meet required outcomes.
Consult on complex issues; providing advice to People Leaders to support the resolution of escalated issues.
Identify ways to mitigate risk and developing new policies/procedures in support of the control and governance agenda.
Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work done.
Perform work that is closely related to that of other areas, which requires understanding of how areas coordinate and contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the organisation sub-function.
Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategy.
Engage in complex analysis of data from multiple sources of information, internal and external sources such as procedures and practises (in other areas, teams, companies, etc).to solve problems creatively and effectively.
Communicate complex information.
Influence or convince stakeholders to achieve outcomes.
demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship – our moral compass, helping us do what we believe is right.
demonstrate the Barclays Mindset – to Empower, Challenge and Drive – the operating manual for how we behave.