Fasanara Capital
High-Frequency Trading Operations Engineer
Requirements
The role requires strong problem-solving, a calm and methodical approach under pressure, clear communication, and the ability to work with technical and non-technical colleagues. Prior trading or financial-services experience is not required; familiarity with Linux, Python, SQL, relational databases, and basic networking is helpful but not essential.
Job Description
The firm
Fasanara Capital is a global alternative asset manager, offering access to a range of inventive multi-asset capacity-constrained niche products. Over the past 10 years we are pursuing unorthodox portfolio construction and unconventional investment strategy is a response to today's transformational markets.
Fasanara Digital was established 7 years ago and is the crypto arm of Fasanara Capital, a 14 year-old boutique alternative asset manager. We are a Quantitative Investment fund applying a scientific approach to investing in crypto assets. Our goal is to achieve exceptional risk-adjusted returns. We pursue a range of diversified and highly sophisticated investment strategies that seek to profit from inefficiencies in the market structure and range from market making to cross-exchanges arbitrage.
About the Role
Fasanara Digital is looking for a High-Frequency Trading Operations Engineer to help keep our trading platform running reliably. You will be the first line of response for issues across our trading infrastructure, working closely with development, quantitative research and trading teams, as well as external exchanges and brokers. This role suits someone who likes solving problems in a fast-paced, high-stakes environment and wants to build a career at the intersection of technology and financial markets.
Key Responsibilities
- Monitor the trading infrastructure and investigate issues in real time, identifying root causes and driving them to resolution
- Triage incidents and coordinate with development, quantitative research and trading teams so issues are prioritised and resolved efficiently
- Act as the main point of contact with exchanges and brokers on operational matters, including connectivity problems, latency degradation and order rejections
- Track exchange API changes and upgrades, and coordinate their adoption across internal teams
- Support development teams in planning, testing and safely deploying system changes to production
- Use the latest AI tools to improve operational efficiency, automate routine tasks and strengthen platform monitoring
- A strong problem-solving mindset and a calm, methodical approach under pressure
- Clear, concise communication skills and the ability to work well with both technical and non-technical colleagues
- Curiosity, initiative and an eagerness to learn. No prior experience in trading or financial services is required
Desirable Skills (helpful but not essential)
- Familiarity with Linux environments
- Python scripting
- SQL and relational databases
- Basic networking concepts (e.g. TCP/IP, DNS, network troubleshooting)
Our benefits include:
- Performance-related Bonus Scheme
- Private Medical & Dental Insurance through Bupa (including children's cover)
- Life Insurance, Income Protection & Critical Illness Cover
- Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
- Salary sacrifice pension with Hargreaves Lansdown (currently matched up to 10%)
- Enhanced Maternity & Paternity Leave
- Emergency Parental Leave, Emergency Childcare & Nursery Benefit
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Charity Giving through CAF
- Annual Wellbeing Budget
- Team socials, annual Summer & Christmas parties, and other events throughout the year
Skills
About Fasanara Capital
Founded in 2011, Fasanara Capital is a global asset manager and technology-driven investment platform. We manage over USD 6 billion in Fintech-focused strategies on behalf of pension funds, insurance companies across Europe and North America. With a team of around 130 professionals, we are a pioneer in Fintech-originated Asset-Based Lending – investing through semi-liquid Alternative Credit funds that deliver meaningful, real-economy impact. Our proprietary technology platform integrates with 139 fintech lenders across more than 60 countries, powering the largest and longest-standing Fintech Lending fund in Europe. In 2018, we launched Fasanara Digital, one of the industry’s first market-neutral digital asset funds. Today, it is a $500 million platform with a 25-person team running a diverse suite of strategies, from high-frequency trading to venture investments. In 2020, Fasanara introduced Fasanara Quant, a quantitative, multi-manager, multi-strategy approach across a wide range of liquid markets. The platform manages close to $200 million and allocates capital to dozens of niche strategies managed by independent, emerging managers around the world. We also back early-stage fintech innovators through our venture capital vehicles, leveraging our central position in the ecosystem to identify and support the next generation of transformative companies.