TradeOps Lead
We are currently seeking a highly skilled TradeOps Lead to join our team in our Amsterdam office. This role will lead a new direction in the company and will involve leading and managing people.

Software
Development


Amsterdam,
FULLTIME
Responsibilities
— Operational Management of Trading Activities (trading deployments, limit and balance reviews, configuration management; account transfers, report reconciliations; restarting or stopping trading systems; communication with brokers and exchanges; basic trading analytics upon request);

— Proactive Trading Monitoring (identifying inefficiencies in strategy behavior; detecting bugs, performance degradations, and “bad behavior” (e.g., market abuse); monitoring missed profit opportunities and uncontrolled risks);

— Incident Management. Rapid and Effective Escalation: Immediate escalation (within minutes) to the right people for production incidents; Independent Handling of Routine Incidents: Following established instructions; Parallel Debugging of Non-standard Incidents: Ensuring maximum observability of issues;

— Debugging and Issue Classification ( independent investigation of issues; gathering necessary logs and details; classifying and prioritizing issues; escalating major problems to Trading Systems teams);

— Documentation and Tooling Improvements: Contribute to improving documentation and tools, within skill capacity;

— Staying Informed (reading financial and technical news; monitoring exchange newsletters);

— Developing Trading Analytics (writing live and post-trading checks; building analytical scripts using production and market data; investigating unrealistic trading scenarios);

— Manual Hedging: Manually hedging positions in case of critical incidents.
Responsibilities
— Operational Management of Trading Activities (trading deployments, limit and balance reviews, configuration management; account transfers, report reconciliations; restarting or stopping trading systems; communication with brokers and exchanges; basic trading analytics upon request);
— Proactive Trading Monitoring (identifying inefficiencies in strategy behavior; detecting bugs, performance degradations, and “bad behavior” (e.g., market abuse); monitoring missed profit opportunities and uncontrolled risks);
— Incident Management. Rapid and Effective Escalation: Immediate escalation (within minutes) to the right people for production incidents; Independent Handling of Routine Incidents: Following established instructions; Parallel Debugging of Non-standard Incidents: Ensuring maximum observability of issues;
— Debugging and Issue Classification ( independent investigation of issues; gathering necessary logs and details; classifying and prioritizing issues; escalating major problems to Trading Systems teams);
— Documentation and Tooling Improvements: Contribute to improving documentation and tools, within skill capacity;
— Staying Informed (reading financial and technical news; monitoring exchange newsletters);
— Developing Trading Analytics (writing live and post-trading checks; building analytical scripts using production and market data; investigating unrealistic trading scenarios);

— Manual Hedging: Manually hedging positions in case of critical incidents.

Requirements
— 5+ years of relevant experience in a finance industry;

— Knowledge how-to and hands-on experience with managing operations personnel and handling remote employees;

— Strong negotiation and communication skills;

— Attention to detail;

— Hands-on approach: Willing to perform TradeOps tasks themselves;

— Basic scripting skills: e.g., reading CSV files in Python and computing aggregates;

— Basic knowledge of information security.

Requirements
— 5+ years of relevant experience in a finance industry;
— Knowledge how-to and hands-on experience with managing operations personnel and handling remote employees;
— Strong negotiation and communication skills;
— Attention to detail;
— Hands-on approach: Willing to perform TradeOps tasks themselves;
— Basic scripting skills: e.g., reading CSV files in Python and computing aggregates;

— Basic knowledge of information security.

What we offer
— High base salary and social benefits;

— Tuition reimbursement, conference and training sponsorship;

— Comprehensive health insurance;

— Reimbursement for sports activities;

— Engaging in corporate events twice a year;

— High level of influence and ownership of the process;

— Work closely with experienced team in a flat organizational structure;

— Flexible workflow (lack of formalism and bureaucracy, no pressure and over-management) and working schedule.


What we offer
— High base salary and social benefits;
— Tuition reimbursement, conference and training sponsorship;
— Comprehensive health insurance;
— Reimbursement for sports activities;
— Engaging in corporate events twice a year;
— High level of influence and ownership of the process;
— Work closely with experienced team in a flat organizational structure;

— Flexible workflow (lack of formalism and bureaucracy, no pressure and over-management) and working schedule.

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