Exchange Operations Specialist
JobStash · New York, United States · Today
ManagementFull-time
About The Role
You will support fast and reliable trading operations for institutional clients. You will troubleshoot electronic trading systems, support low-latency execution paths, analyze logs, automate workflows, collaborate with technology specialists on integrations, build operational dashboards, and support risk and regulatory controls.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in finance, business technology, or a related field.
- 5+ years of relevant experience including 2+ years in trading operations or trade support management within digital assets, fintech, or electronic trading.
- Strong understanding of trading market structure and the full order lifecycle.
- Hands-on experience managing and troubleshooting complex cloud-based electronic trading systems.
- Proficiency in Linux or Unix command-line environments and Bash scripting.
- Experience with log search and analysis and operational workflow automation.
- Understanding of FIX protocol APIs and market data infrastructure is strongly preferred.
- Experience in FX, equities, or derivatives is desirable.
- Familiarity with risk management, digital asset custody, KYC, AML, and cybersecurity best practices.
- Strong critical thinking and a data-driven approach.
Responsibilities
- Optimize platform performance and reliability for institutional clients.
- Support low-latency algorithmic trading paths.
- Scale infrastructure for high transaction volumes.
- Improve algorithm recovery and detect unusual trade bursts.
- Connect sales, institutional clients, and technology functions.
- Lead workflow and operational process optimization projects.
- Build dashboards and reports linking technical metrics with business KPIs.
- Partner with finance, risk, legal, and compliance functions.
- Maintain governance across exchange activities.
Benefits
- Discretionary annual target bonus
- Performance incentives