Murex Support Engineer – EQD / Commodities desk

Company Description

With over 7,000 experts in 20 countries, Talan is a global consulting and technology group dedicated to accelerating our clients’ transformation through technology, data, and innovation. We’re proud to be a Certified Great Place to Work and are on track to reach €1 billion in revenue by 2025. At Talan, our philosophy is simple yet powerful: Positive Innovation—leveraging technology to benefit people and society. Join us and be part of meaningful change!

Job Description

We are seeking a talented Support Engineer to join our team and work on trading floors. The ideal candidate will have expertise in Front-office environments, SQL, Linux, and Python.

Role and responsibilities

• Day-to-Day trade support for the Equities Derivatives/Commodities trading desk, closely interacting with traders executing and risk managing complex derivative products.
• Troubleshooting support issues and provide highly active support in the resolution of problems for the trading desk, manage communications to the desk regarding platform issues and resolutions.
• Ensuring accurate trade capture, event processing, representation of positions, PL & risk exposures in risk management systems.
• Liaising with global Tech and Ops counterparts on a variety of strategic initiatives – representing the business interests by providing expertise across products & systems, testing new technology rollouts, and driving enhancements to existing systems and processes
• Performing reconciliation processes across systems to help system upgrades and maintain various systems connectivity to ensure smooth trading desk activities.
• Learn and adapt quickly to the fast-changing desk operations. E.g., New products implementation
• Technical documentation of system requirements/solutions and maintaining support run book for Production issues.

As a member of our team, you will have the opportunity to work on cutting-edge technology and collaborate with a dynamic group of professionals who are dedicated to excellence. You will have the chance to contribute to the development of our Finance engineering team and grow your career in a stimulating environment.

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Qualifications

• 5-15 years of experience working on a trading floor supporting mission-critical applications with the ability to prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment effectively.
• Knowledge of Equity Derivatives/Commodities lines of business (i.e., Futures, Total return swaps, Vanilla options, Exotic options, Equity swaps, etc.).
• Strong analytical skills to understand a broad set of sophisticated cross-asset products and complex end-to-end workflows.
• Experience with utilizing risk management systems to identify and resolve booking errors and technology issues pertaining to trade bookings and subsequent front-to-back flows.
• Fundamental understanding of database modeling and ETL type applications
• Unix/Linux and SQL knowledge.
• Murex expertise is a plus.

At Talan, we invest in our employees’ well-being and empower them with benefits, including:

• 💵 The salary range for this role is US$90,000 – US$150,000
• 💸401(k) retirement plan with company matching
• 🌴15 days of paid vacation per year at hire and up to 27 according to seniority (annual untaken vacation days are cashed out)
• 📴8 paid holidays + 5 sick days + 2 personal days per year
• ❤️‍🩹Company health, dental, and vision insurance plans + FSA
• 🦺Voluntary STD and LTD
• 🚍 Commuter/transit benefits

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.