--- title: 'Senior Front Office Support Engineer at Schonfeld' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/senior-front-office-support-engineer-schonfeld-london-bkq7q0dmqnnb' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-10-17' --- # Senior Front Office Support Engineer at Schonfeld - **Company:** Schonfeld - **Location:** London, United Kingdom - **Posted:** 2026-10-16 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-17 - **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/schonfeld/jobs/8264648 ## Job description ## The Role We are seeking an experienced and proactive Front Office Support Engineer to join our expanding global Front Office Support and Automation team in London. The Front Office Support team is embedded within our Portfolio Management and Trading teams, providing monitoring, maintenance, and support of our most business-critical systems. You will be responsible for solving complex problems for our investment professionals and stakeholders and will serve as the first point of contact for troubleshooting any issues with our trading platform. What makes this role interesting The Front Office Support Engineer will focus on providing critical support for our EMEA-based Fundamental Equity and Tactical Trading Portfolio Managers, Traders and Analysts. You will manage a dynamic workload and gain exposure to many interesting facets of the firm, including but not limited to: - Front-row seat to the markets: You will sit on the trading floor, embedded with our Portfolio Management teams, with real-time exposure to multi-asset strategies and decision-making. - Impact from day one: Resolving a production incident or supporting a Portfolio Manager has an immediate effect on PnL. - Build and run: We don't just troubleshoot, we optimise. You'll have the autonomy to identify repetitive pain points and work with partner teams to automate and evolve our processes. - Global perspective: Follow-the-sun coverage means close collaboration with support teams in the US and APAC, so you'll learn and share best practices globally. ## What you'll do - Incident ownership: Triage, diagnose, and resolve real-time trading issues across our Order Management System (OMS)/Execution Management System (EMS), Bloomberg, and proprietary trading and execution tools/systems. - Stakeholder management: Act as the technology "first responder" - our liaison and primary bridge between our front office users (traders and Portfolio Managers) and core engineering teams, translating trading requests into actionable technical work. - Service reliability: Maintain and evolve our monitoring, alerting, and post-incident review processes, and help drive a culture of accountability and continuous improvement. - Project execution: Lead projects from ideation and requirements gathering through to production. ## What You’ll Bring ## What you need - 4+ years of financial services experience supporting traders and Portfolio Managers (ideally at a hedge fund, investment bank, or electronic market-maker). - Experience working with Order Management Systems (OMS), Execution Management Systems (EMS), and Portfolio Management Systems (PMS) trading stacks. - Experience supporting front office vendor trading systems (e.g. Portware, Enfusion, Neovest) - Knowledge of equities, futures, FX, and/or options trading strategies. - Working knowledge of trading workflows, FIX, market data vendors (Bloomberg, LSEG/Refinitiv), and broker algos - Technical skills including SQL, FIX Protocol and Excel/VBA. - Excellent verbal and written communication - ability to translate and explain complex issues to non-technical users. - Ability to maintain composure under pressure, take initiative in problem-solving, and identify root causes - Strong sense of ownership and a track record of delivering results. ## Nice to have - Proven AI tooling experience - Scripting experience with Python. - Strong business analysis and project management skills. - Exposure to APIs - Derivatives and valuation experience - you understand Greeks, pricing models, and how traders interpret them, or have experience supporting systems that perform these calculations. ## Who we are Schonfeld is a global multi-manager hedge fund that strives to deliver industry-leading risk-adjusted returns for our investors. We leverage both internal and external portfolio manager teams around the world, seeking to capitalize on inefficiencies and opportunities within the markets. We draw from decades of experience and a significant investment in proprietary technology, infrastructure and risk analytics to invest across four main strategies: Quant, Tactical, Fundamental Equity and Discretionary Macro & Fixed Income. Our Culture At Schonfeld, we’ll invest in you. Attracting and retaining top talent is at the heart of what we do, because we believe that exceptional outcomes begin with exceptional people. We foster a culture where talent is empowered to continually learn, innovate and pursue ambitious goals. We are teamwork-oriented, collaborative and encourage ideas—at all levels—to be shared. As an organization committed to investing in our people, we provide learning and educational offerings and opportunities to make an impact. We encourage community through internal networks, external partnerships and service initiatives that promote inclusion and purpose beyond the firm’s walls. ## #LI-TJ1 ## About Schonfeld ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Schonfeld Strategic Advisors is a global multi-strategy, multi-manager hedge fund that invests across quantitative, fundamental equity, tactical trading, and discretionary macro & fixed income strategies. - **Entity Type**: Private (multi-strategy hedge fund, registered investment advisor since 2016) - **Headquarters**: New York, New York, United States - **Founded**: 1988 - **Founders**: Steven Schonfeld ## Core Business - **Primary industry/industries**: Financial Services / Investment Management / Hedge Funds - **Target customers**: Institutional investors (pension funds, endowments, sovereign wealth funds, family offices) - **Mission or purpose statement**: To deliver industry-leading risk-adjusted returns in all market environments and cycles, while fostering a culture where the brightest minds are empowered to learn, innovate, and lead with purpose. ## Products & Services - **Multi-Manager Platform**: A structure housing over 140 portfolio manager teams across four core strategies, providing capital, technology, risk management, and operational support. - **Quantitative Strategies**: Systematic and data-driven trading across global markets. - **Fundamental Equity**: Long/short equity investing based on deep fundamental research. - **Tactical Trading**: Discretionary and event-driven trading strategies. - **Discretionary Macro & Fixed Income**: Global macro and fixed income investing, launched in 2022. - **Delta One & Emerging Markets**: Launched in 2023 to further diversify the firm's investment footprint. ## Market Standing - **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly available (private firm) - **Key Metric**: $22 billion+ in Assets Under Management (AUM) as of July 1, 2026 - **Notable Investors/Partners**: Institutional clients including pension funds and endowments. CEO Ryan Tolkin was appointed to the board of DUMAC, which manages Duke University’s endowment, in 2024. - **Growth Signals**: - Evolved from a US-centric family office to a global firm with offices in New York, London, Hong Kong, Singapore, São Paulo, and Miami. - Over 1,100 employees. - Over 140 portfolio manager teams. - Active job postings increased by +35.7% monthly and +7.5% quarterly (as of recent LinkedIn data). - Strategic expansion into Discretionary Macro, Fixed Income, Delta One, and Emerging Markets since 2022. ## Competitive Advantages - **Deep Quantitative Roots**: Founded in 1988 as a proprietary trading firm with pioneering statistical trading strategies, some of which are still in use today. - **Entrepreneurial Platform**: The multi-manager model attracts top-tier portfolio managers by providing significant capital, advanced technology, and rigorous risk management, allowing them to operate with autonomy. - **Global Infrastructure**: A presence across five continents enables the firm to capitalize on inefficiencies and opportunities in markets worldwide. - **Long-Term Track Record**: Over 35 years of operating history and evolution from a family office to an institutional-scale investment firm. ## Strategic Focus - **Diversification**: Continuing to expand into new investment strategies (Macro, Fixed Income, Delta One, Emerging Markets) to reduce concentration and capture new alpha sources. - **Talent Acquisition**: Aggressively hiring experienced professionals and early-career talent across technology, quantitative research, risk, and investment roles to fuel growth. - **International Expansion**: Deepening its footprint in existing global hubs (São Paulo, Singapore, Hong Kong, London, Miami) and exploring new markets. - **Technology & Data**: Investing heavily in data engineering, AI, risk technology, and systematic platforms to maintain a competitive edge. ## Why Work Here - **Culture**: Described as entrepreneurial, collaborative, and intellectually rigorous. The firm emphasizes that the best ideas rise to the top and that talent is its core strategy. - **Impact**: Employees work alongside some of the brightest minds in the industry and are given the platform and support to turn ambitious ideas into lasting results. - **Career Development**: Offers structured programs for students and early career professionals (internships, mentorship) and significant growth opportunities for experienced hires. - **Work Model**: Hybrid/Office-based. Offices are located in major financial hubs (New York, London, Hong Kong, Singapore, São Paulo, Miami). - **Notable Perks**: The firm’s philosophy is "We’ll Invest in You," indicating a strong commitment to employee growth, learning, and providing the resources needed to succeed. Employee-led community groups foster inclusion and purpose. ## Sources 1. [schonfeld.com](https://www.schonfeld.com/) 2. [schonfeld.com/careers](https://www.schonfeld.com/careers/) 3. [schonfeld.com/leadership](https://www.schonfeld.com/our-firm/leadership/) 4. 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