ETF Trading Operations Engineer @ Old Mission

Quantitative Finance (1)

Old Mission is a global proprietary trading firm that leverages state-of-the-art technology and research to identify and execute profitable trading strategies across multiple asset classes around the world. Our offices in Chicago, New York, and London are all composed of naturally-curious individuals who thrive in a team environment and constantly strive for improvement.

Old Mission does not seek capital from outside investors, allowing us the flexibility to aggressively invest in our team members and keep them engaged in the firm’s growth.

About The Position

Old Mission Capital is seeking a well-rounded operations specialist with core strengths in SQL, ETL pipelines as well as experience working with financial securities data. Each morning our team of Trading Operations Engineers is responsible for bringing up the firm's ETF trading software and ensuring all pricing data from external market data providers is accurate and ready for production trading. Throughout the day they work closely with traders to analyze ETF pricing discrepancies, provide Tier 1 and Tier 2 support for trading technology, and contribute refinements to our codebase to continuously improve and automate our operations. They also work directly with Software Engineers to develop new tools and workflows to achieve 100% uptime and best-in-class technology.

Responsibilities

Use in-house software and SQL to verify our ETL pipelines have produced correct ETF pricing from multiple market data providers each morning before the market opens.
Bring up our ETF pricing software and provide Tier 1 and Tier 2 support for operational trading issues involving securities pricing and market data feeds.
Monitor and validate pricing data to ensure accuracy of ETF valuations and underlying basket compositions.
Continuously improve existing operational procedures, scripts, and workflows
Contribute new tools by effectively collaborating with traders, developers, and other teams to meet the Firm's technology needs.
Must be able to provide onsite support between the hours of 6:00am - 3:00pm, Monday - Friday.

Required Skills

An undergraduate or an advanced degree in a quantitative field such as Computer Science, Engineering, Finance, or one of the hard sciences.
2+ years SQL experience, with emphasis on querying and validating large financial datasets. Ideally PostgreSQL, but any variant of the standard SQL query language will suffice.
Python experience, including basic familiarity with Pandas for data analysis
Strong understanding of financial securities, and experience working with market data providers (Bloomberg, Refinitiv, etc.) is a plus.
Basic working knowledge of Bash and familiarity working in a Linux environment.
Punctuality and attention to detail - critical when validating financial data before market open.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, particularly related to financial data discrepancies.
Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
Ability to prioritize and multi-task in a fast-paced trading environment

Benefits and Perks

Competitive salary with discretionary annual bonus
Fully paid private medical, dental, vision with extended coverage, and life insurance
Robust Pension Scheme, income protection, and salary exchange
Free on-site lunch daily
Season Ticket Loan Scheme
Tuition Reimbursement Program

Old Mission is not accepting unsolicited resumes from any staffing/search firms. All resumes submitted by staffing/search firms to any employee at Old Mission via-email, the Internet or directly without a valid signed search agreement will be deemed the sole property of Old Mission, and no fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by Old Mission.

ETF Trading Operations Engineer

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