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# Front Office Trading Support Engineer

- **Company:** Harrington Starr
- **Location:** Greater London, UK
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Build Automation, Bash Shell, Command-Line Interface, Linux, Python (Programming Language), SQL Databases, Scripting
- **Published:** August 30, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.collegerecruiter.com/job/2815621380-front-office-trading-support-engineer

## About the Role

* Strong Linux fundamentals and command-line proficiency
 * Practical scripting experience (Python and/or Bash)
 * Experience with exchange connectivity / trading platforms (ION, TT, FIS advantageous)
 * Proactive, problem-solving mindset with clear communication

This is not a functional support role- you'll be expected to own issues end-to-end at a technical level.

## Description

* Diagnose and resolve real-time production issues in a Linux environment
 * Build automation scripts using Bash/Python
 * Analyse data issues using SQL


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