Production Engineer – Trading & Electronic Trading Systems
Production Engineer – Trading & Electronic Trading Systems
Join MARGO in the UK (London)
MARGO is a tech-native consultancy delivering high value-added IT expertise to the financial services industry.
We operate in complex Front Office environments where trading activity relies on highly available, performant and resilient production systems. Our consultants work at the intersection of trading, development and infrastructure teams to ensure that critical platforms run reliably under real-time market constraints.
Joining MARGO means working in demanding production environments, while benefiting from a human-sized structure, close follow-up and tailored training paths.
Business Context
You will work within Front Office Production and Trading Technology environments, supporting live trading and electronic trading platforms.
These environments are production-critical, operate in real time and require strong ownership of system stability, performance and incident management. The role involves close interaction with traders, developers, IT support and infrastructure teams.
Role Overview
We are looking for a Front Office Production Engineer to operate, stabilise and continuously improve trading and electronic trading systems.
The role is strongly technical and production-oriented. It combines hands-on system operation, deep investigation of incidents, performance optimisation and automation, with close proximity to Front Office users.
This position suits profiles who enjoy owning systems in production, understanding how applications behave under load and working across teams to improve reliability and performance.
Key Responsibilities
Production Ownership & Reliability
· Operate and support Front Office trading systems in production
· Ensure high availability, stability and performance during market hours
· Own incident management from detection to resolution and root cause analysis
· Participate in on-call or production support rota...