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Trade Surveillance Engineer - Contract

GFR Technologies SE
New York, NY Full Time
POSTED ON 2/5/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 4/27/2025

Trade Surveillance Engineer - Contract

GFT Technologies - Proud GPTW 2024!

New York, New York, United States

Location : Lake Mary, Florida (3 times per week onsite)

Job Type : Contract

If Contract - Duration : 1 Year

Daily Rate : $900

GFT is looking for a Trade Surveillance Engineer who will play an important role in safeguarding market integrity, reducing risk, and ensuring adherence to regulatory standards of a global banking institution. As a GFT team member you will be part of a high performing team of executives within a 10,000 and growing, global organization developing and implementing technology solutions for its clients and partners.

Responsibilities :

  • Develop and Maintain Surveillance Systems;
  • Design and deploy tools for monitoring trading behavior;
  • Ensure systems meet regulatory requirements (e.g., MAR, MiFID II, Dodd-Frank);
  • Customize surveillance tools to fit the specific trading strategies and markets;
  • Alert Monitoring and Analysis;
  • Create rules and models that detect anomalies (e.g., spoofing, layering, insider trading);
  • Optimize alert thresholds to reduce false positives and improve detection quality;
  • Data Management;
  • Work with large datasets (trade data, order data, market data);
  • Ensure data accuracy and availability for surveillance systems;
  • Develop data pipelines to facilitate real-time analysis;
  • System Automation and Optimization;
  • Automate manual processes in trade surveillance to improve efficiency;
  • Optimize existing systems for speed, scalability, and accuracy;
  • Collaboration with Compliance and IT Teams;
  • Work closely with compliance teams to understand regulatory needs and business risks;
  • Collaborate with IT to ensure systems are robust, secure, and up-to-date;
  • Investigation and Reporting;
  • Analyze alerts and escalate potential violations to compliance;
  • Document investigations and provide detailed reports;
  • Stay Current with Regulations;
  • Keep up-to-date with global financial regulations and trading laws;
  • Ensure systems are updated in line with regulatory changes;
  • Performance Monitoring and Testing;
  • Monitor the performance of surveillance systems;
  • Conduct regular testing and validation to ensure systems are effective.

Mandatory Requirements :

  • Minimum 10 years' experience;
  • Proficiency in Python, Java programming languages;
  • Proficiency in SQL, data analysis and handling large datasets;
  • Knowledge of Financial Markets : trading practices, products, and market regulations;
  • Strong data analysis ability - analyze data and identify patterns;
  • Awareness of regulations like MiFID II, MAR, SEC rules, etc;
  • Ability to address issues and improve surveillance systems;
  • Excellent communication skills : Ability to effectively communicate with technical and non-technical teams.
  • About Our Core Values :

    We live up to them because we truly believe they are vital to all of our daily lives :

    Caring

    Committed

    Courageous

    Collaborative

    Creative

    It is values that create a bond between people and allow them to act in unison as a team. In fact values are pivotal to performance.

    Check our Videos and Website to Find Out More :

    Diversity & Inclusion Statement :

    At GFT we are committed to cultivating, fostering, and preserving a culture of diversity, equity and inclusion. We want to attract, recruit, develop and retain the most talented employees, regardless of their background. We are guided by our values in everything we do, and recognize that being a diverse and inclusive employer helps us fulfill our social responsibility to make a difference.

    About Us

    We show commitment to our investors and stand for solid, long-term growth performance. Founded in Germany in 1987 and in American territory since 2008, GFT expanded globally to over 10,000 experts. And to more than 15 markets to ensure proximity to clients. With new opportunities from Asia to Brazil, the international growth story continues. We are committed to grow tech talents worldwide. Because our team's strong consulting and development skills across legacy and pioneering technologies, like GreenCoding, underpin success. We maintain a family atmosphere in an inclusive work environment.

    Why Choose GFT?

  • Competitive Compensation
  • Benefits package including comprehensive medical, dental, vision and others
  • Company Culture based on our Core Values
  • Professional Development Training with Individual Development Plans to map out your career growth
  • Opportunity to work in a global environment with diverse teams built with colleagues from around the world
  • Opportunity to work with technology industry leaders in the financial services industry
  • Opportunity to work for big name clients in capital markets, banking and other industries
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