Embark on a transformative journey as an EQ Electronic Reliability Engineer. At Barclays, our vision is clear – to redefine the future of banking and help craft innovative solutions. In this role, you will be directly involved in supporting and enhancing electronic trading systems that underpin critical business operations. As part of a small, collaborative team, you will ensure the reliability of fast-moving, low-latency platforms while contributing to projects that are modernizing the trading environment. This position provides an opportunity to gain exposure to both stability management and forward-looking engineering projects that will shape the next generation of our infrastructure.

To be successful as an EQ Electronic Reliability Engineer, you should have experience with:

• Electronic trading systems and concepts, including exchange gateways, trading algorithms, dark pools, market data, and industry protocols such as FIX, within at least one asset class such as Equities, Rates, Futures, or FX
• Applying scripting, monitoring (ITRS), observability, and Linux platform experience troubleshoot, and support complex trading environments
• Writing and maintaining scripts to automate processes and improve efficiency

Some other highly valued skills may include:

• Programming experience in Java, Python, or C++ to extend automation and strengthen application reliability
• Using KDB to manage and analyze time-series trading data effectively
• Leveraging SRE tooling such as Grafana or Elastic to enhance monitoring and operational resilience

You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in this role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen, strategic thinking, digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills.
This role is located in New York, NY.
Minimum Salary: $120,000
Maximum Salary: $175,000
The minimum and maximum salary/rate information above includes only base salary or base hourly rate. It does not include any other type of compensation or benefits that may be available.

ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Availability, performance, and scalability of systems and services through proactive monitoring, maintenance, and capacity planning.
• Resolution, analysis and response to system outages and disruptions, and implement measures to prevent similar incidents from recurring.
• Development of tools and scripts to automate operational processes, reducing manual workload, increasing efficiency, and improving system resilience.
• Monitoring and optimisation of system performance and resource usage, identify and address bottlenecks, and implement best practices for performance tuning.
• Collaboration with development teams to integrate best practices for reliability, scalability, and performance into the software development lifecycle, and work closely with other teams to ensure smooth and efficient operations.
• Stay informed of industry technology trends and innovations, and actively contribute to the organization’s technology communities to foster a culture of technical excellence and growth.

To apply software engineering techniques, automation, and best practices in incident response, to ensure the reliability, availability, and scalability of the systems, platforms, and technology through them.