Technical Operations Engineer (High Frequency Trading)
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Technical Operations Engineer – Systematic Trading Firm – Abu Dhabi – Highly Competitive Package A leading systematic trading firm is looking for a Technical Operations Engineer to join their Abu Dhabi office.
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Technical Operations Engineer – Systematic Trading Firm – Abu Dhabi – Highly Competitive Package
A leading systematic trading firm is looking for a Technical Operations Engineer to join their Abu Dhabi office.
This is a high-visibility role sitting at the intersection of trading and engineering - where your work directly underpins the stability and performance of live trading systems.
Flat structure, elite peers, and zero bureaucratic noise.
You'll be the first line of defence for mission-critical infrastructure, working hand-in-hand with trading and engineering teams to keep systems running at their best - and building the tooling to make sure issues don't happen twice.
What You'Ll Do
- Monitor, investigate, and resolve production issues across live trading infrastructure with a proactive, ownership mindset
- Own end-to-end incident management - from rapid response through to post-incident reviews and preventative action
- Automate daily operational tasks and extend monitoring and observability tooling to sharpen system visibility
- Coordinate with exchanges, brokers, and vendors to manage connectivity, integrations, and system changes
- Collaborate with engineering teams to optimise performance and manage change control processes
What They'Re Looking For
- 3+ years supporting trading systems, with solid Unix/Linux knowledge and hands-on Bash and Python scripting
- Strong grasp of core trading concepts - orders, executions, FIX protocol, market data, and exchange connectivity
- Proficient in SQL and comfortable making live database changes under pressure
- Familiar with networking fundamentals - TCP/IP, multicast, DNS, and network troubleshooting
- A calm, sharp problem-solver who communicates clearly and thrives in a fast-moving, high-stakes environment
What They Offer
- Highly competitive,
- tax-free compensation
- package in Abu Dhabi
- A high-visibility role with direct impact on trading performance and firm-wide reliability
- Lean, meritocratic culture - work alongside elite engineers and traders without the corporate overhead
- Relocation support to one of the world's most exciting and rapidly growing financial hubs
- If you are interested, please apply!
- Alternatively, feel free to reach out to david@durlstonpartners.com for a confidential discussion.
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