As a TradeOps Engineer, you will maintain and monitor the production trading environment, resolve technical issues, automate workflows, and support trade operations and compliance reporting.
What You’ll Do:
As a TradeOps Engineer, you will join our interdisciplinary team to ensure the health and stability of the production trading environment. In this role, you will be on the front line of our trading activities, focused on the smooth operation of our systems.
Your responsibilities will be hands-on: maintaining and monitoring the production trading environment, responding to alerts, and resolving or escalating technical issues. You will deploy and configure proprietary and 3rd party applications and collaborate closely with traders, clearing firms, exchanges, and vendor partners to meet business objectives. You will also help produce operations solutions by automating workflows, supporting back-office operations like trade capture and reconciliation, and assisting with risk and compliance reporting.
What You’ll Need:
- 2+ years of full-time, professional experience in a Trade Support, Operations, or similar role.
- Demonstrable experience interfacing with exchanges and clearing firms.
- Strong familiarity with exchange-traded derivatives and the trade lifecycle.
- Strong proficiency with both Windows and Linux operating systems, comfortable in desktop and command-line environments.
- Solid scripting skills (e.g., Python, PowerShell, Bash) to automate tasks and analyze data.
- Knowledge of order entry and market data protocols (e.g., FIX, FIXP, MDP3, BOE, ITCH).
- Familiarity with data formats like JSON, XML, and Parquet.
- Ability to manage shifting priorities and perform under pressure.
- Strong communication skills with a focus on resolving uncertainty and collaborating with multiple teams.
- Detail-oriented with a strong focus on documentation.
- Ability to work on-site in our Chicago office.
- Ability to lift 50lbs.
What You’ll Get:
- Competitive salaries and performance bonuses
- Top-tier medical, vision, and dental coverage
- Relocation assistance packages
- Generous vacation policy
- Training opportunities and continuing education
- Catered lunch, snacks, and beverages
- Group outings and company parties
- Casual dress environment
Salary Range
- $132,000 – $177,000 a year
- This position is also eligible for an annual discretionary bonus.
Valkyrie’s vision is to be an organization where curious, driven, and innovative people are able to compete and win in the world’s most competitive landscape – the financial markets. Daily competition in the financial markets provides the ideal arena to push ourselves further as we are ever striving to grow, improve, and win. We recognize that there are extraordinary opportunities to be had every day, and by exploring, collaborating, and building, we can accomplish remarkable results together.
Top Skills
Bash
Fix
JSON
Linux
Parquet
Powershell
Python
Windows
XML
Valkyrie Trading Chicago, Illinois, USA Office
425 S Financial Pl, Suite 1800, Chicago, IL, United States, 60605
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