About this job
Job type:
Full-time
Experience level:
Mid-Level
Industry:
Cryptocurrency, Financial Technology, High Frequency Trading
Company size:
51–200 people
Company type:
Private
Remote details
Preferred Timezone:
(GMT-05:00) Eastern Time +/- 2 hours
Office Location:
New York, NY.
Employees can also work full time from this office.
Technologies
Job description
GSR is looking for an Operations Support Engineer, Associate level, to join our global operations team on a full-time basis. GSR is a leading market making and programmatic trading company in the exciting and fast-evolving world of cryptocurrency trading. You will help to deliver a secure, reliable, and best-in-class production environment for our global trading franchise. You will report to the Global Operations Manager and work during US business hours with a willingness to travel if necessary.
As part of the team, your responsibilities will be to:
- Provide first-line support and troubleshooting for our trading environment, ensuring smooth operations across market-making and programmatic execution bots.
- Track, escalate, and prioritise production incidents, ensuring timely resolution.
- Help maintain a clear communication channel between business development and trading to ensure orderly deployment of new clients and exchanges.
- Assist in analysing bot performance across marketing making and other trading strategies.
- Help to design and improve processes around monitoring, alerting, accounting, portfolio management, risk, and reporting.
- Perform ad-hoc operational tasks as needed to support the global trading function.
- Develop expertise in our proprietary trading system, infrastructure, and procedures, contributing to documentation of best practices.
Your profile:
- At least 3 year experience in a similar role at a bank or proprietary trading firm
- Bachelor’s degree in a relevant subject (e.g. Computer Science)
- Strong scripting skills (Python or shell scripting)
- Experience in Linux
- Exposure to container technology (e.g., Docker, Rancher)
- Experience in SQL (required) and MySQL (preferred)
- Software development experience a plus but not required (Java preferred)
- Keen interest in the cryptocurrency markets
- Disciplined self-starter with high attention to detail and ability to work autonomously and/or remotely
About us:
GSR is a fast-growing programmatic trading company in the exciting world of cryptocurrencies. Founded in 2013, we are one of the first established players in a nascent space, and have developed a leading market position serving key exchanges and clients globally. GSR is an international company with offices in the UK, Switzerland, Spain, and Singapore.
Apply to the role at recruiting@gsr.io