Experienced/Lateral - Trading Operations Engineer at Five Rings LLC - Careers (New York, NY)
Five Rings LLC - Careers· New York, NY· $250k–$300k·
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About Five Rings
Five Rings is a proprietary trading firm founded with a vision of combining strategy, innovation and technology to succeed in today’s global markets. With offices in New York, Boca Raton, London and Amsterdam, Five Rings trades in various domestic and international markets, both established and esoteric. Our team constantly seeks new opportunities, analyzes their risks and rewards, and creates strategies and tools to capitalize on them.
We have an open culture and encourage the flow of knowledge and ideas between all areas of the firm.
About the Role
New York based 200-person trading firm seeks a Trading Operations Engineer to provide technical operations support for US and UK based desks. This individual is part of the firm’s Technology division but sits on the trading desk and is embedded in the technical operations processes of the firm. The task set is roughly split evenly between desk facing activities and light coding tasks often in collaboration with full time development staff.
Duties and responsibilities include but are not limited to:
- First point of contact for traders utilizing the firm’s trading systems
- Install, configure and monitor critical trading applications
- Incident management via ticketing system and documentation
- Collaborate with developers for all operational processes supporting trading applications
Required skills:
- Strong problem solving and multitasking abilities
- Experience with Python, bash and MySQL on Linux is required
- Excellent communication skills Range reflects annual base salary. Total compensation packages are comprised of base salary and a discretionary bonus.
Salary Range: $250,000—$300,000 USD
Why work at Five Rings LLC - Careers
- Culture: Casual atmosphere, flat hierarchy, and a focus on collaboration and mentoring. Described as an “open and fun culture” where ideas flow freely fiverings.com/team.
- Work environment: Full-time, in-office presence expected (trading floor setting). Offices in New York, London, Amsterdam.
- Perks: Great benefits, educational priorities (classroom training on top of hands-on work), summer internship program with social events, and a recent “National Intern Day” celebration with an ice cream cart. Employee reviews give culture 3.9/5.0 and career opportunities 3.2/5.0 LinkedIn.
- Engineering focus: Software developers work on cutting-edge trading systems using C++23, Python, distributed systems, and low-latency networking. The firm runs a dedicated “Trading Systems Development Intensive” program for sophomores Greenhouse job board.