Experienced/Lateral - Trading Operations Engineer
Company websitefiverings.com (Five Rings LLC, opens in new tab)
Base salary $250K to $300K
Employer-published annual base salary, USD. Advertised base range in New York, NY
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- LocationNew York, NY
- WorkplaceWorkplace not stated
- Status at last checkSource accepting applications when checked
- Last checked (4 min ago) · observed since
About this job
About Five Rings
Five Rings is a proprietary trading firm founded with a vision of combining strategy, innovation and technology to succeed in today’s global markets. With offices in New York, Boca Raton, London and Amsterdam, Five Rings trades in various domestic and international markets, both established and esoteric. Our team constantly seeks new opportunities, analyzes their risks and rewards, and creates strategies and tools to capitalize on them.
We have an open culture and encourage the flow of knowledge and ideas between all areas of the firm.
About the Role
New York based 200-person trading firm seeks a Trading Operations Engineer to provide technical operations support for US and UK based desks. This individual is part of the firm’s Technology division but sits on the trading desk and is embedded in the technical operations processes of the firm. The task set is roughly split evenly between desk facing activities and light coding tasks often in collaboration with full time development staff.
Duties and responsibilities include but are not limited to:
• First point of contact for traders utilizing the firm’s trading systems
• Install, configure and monitor critical trading applications
• Incident management via ticketing system and documentation
• Collaborate with developers for all operational processes supporting trading applications
Required skills:
• Strong problem solving and multitasking abilities
• Experience with Python, bash and MySQL on Linux is required
• Excellent communication skills
Range reflects annual base salary. Total compensation packages are comprised of base salary and a discretionary bonus.
Salary Range:
$250,000—$300,000 USD
Source: Five Rings LLC on Greenhouse · View original posting (opens in new tab)
Pay in context
This role's base floor ($250,000) is above 97% of the 322 Business Operations roles in New York listed on this site; 4 others list the same floor. Their median floor is $135,000; the middle half runs from $120,000 to $164,950.
Only jobs on this site count, and each one publishes a base salary of $100,000 or more, so this compares six-figure jobs with each other, not with the whole market. Computed Nov 7, 2026.
This listingExperienced/Lateral - Trading Operations Engineer$250K to $300K
Campus Full Time 2027 - Trading Operations Engineer$250K to $300K
Recent Graduate - Trading Assistant (NYC)$100K
Experienced/Lateral - Trading Assistant$100K
Chart as a table
| Role | Published base |
|---|---|
| Experienced/Lateral - Trading Operations Engineer (this listing) | $250K - $300K |
| Campus Full Time 2027 - Trading Operations Engineer | $250K - $300K |
| Recent Graduate - Trading Assistant (NYC) | $100K |
| Experienced/Lateral - Trading Assistant | $100K |
Observed changes
- First observed on the employer's board
- Began meeting the published-salary criteria
- Observed since
- Employer-stated posting date
- 2024-04-11
Where this pay comes from
Location as the employer wrote it: New York
$250,000—$300,000 USD
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- The pay is an annual base salary in US dollars with a minimum of at least $100,000.
- The role was publicly listed on the employer's job board when last checked.
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