Application Support Engineer (US)
TLDR
Ensure availability, stability, and performance of production and demo trading environments for a regulated derivatives exchange.
- Production Support & Monitoring — Provide expert-level remote management, administration, and support for Production and Demo trading exchange environments, ensuring system availability and application stability.
- Daily Operations — Execute and monitor daily operational processing, including contract scheduling, settlement of expired contracts, and end-of-day/start-of-day procedures.
- Incident & Problem Management — Triage, troubleshoot, and drive resolution of production incidents. Follow defined escalation procedures and contribute to root cause analysis and post-incident reviews.
- Performance Tuning — Monitor application and system performance, identify bottlenecks, and implement tuning recommendations to maintain optimal exchange operations.
- Change & Release Support — Assist with version upgrades, deployments, and release validation in coordination with Development and QA teams.
- Shift Handover & Documentation — Maintain and update runbooks, SOPs, and operational documentation. Ensure seamless shift handovers with clear status communication.
- Process Improvement & Automation — Participate in the investigation, implementation, and operation of tools and scripts to automate, streamline, and continuously improve operational workflows.
- Collaboration — Work closely with Development, QA, Infrastructure, and partner teams to resolve cross-functional issues and support business-critical initiatives.
- Partner Support — Monitoring of our multiple partner channels covering FCMs, TSPs, and Market Makers and responding to any queries raised in Slack or Teams effectively and efficiently.
- 5+ years of experience managing or supporting mission-critical production software applications.
- Strong working knowledge of Linux server operating systems.
- Proficiency in scripting and automation — Bash and/or Python.
- Hands-on experience with SQL and relational databases.
- Demonstrated incident management and technical troubleshooting skills.
- Solid understanding of escalation procedures and SLA-driven environments.
- Excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills.
- Strong attention to detail and a proactive, ownership-driven mindset.
- Willingness to occasionally work nights and weekends.
- Background in financial services, fintech, or regulated exchange environments.
- Knowledge or experience of options and futures trading markets.
- Knowledge or experience of prediction markets and sports
- Experience with FIX protocol and trading system applications.
- Familiarity with monitoring and observability tools — Grafana, Zabbix, Splunk, Logic Monitor.
- Experience with messaging and middleware systems — Kafka, AMQ, Tomcat.
- Working knowledge of high availability systems and clusters.
- Hands-on experience with AWS (EC2, CloudWatch, S3, etc.).
- Experience with change and release management processes.
- Exposure to SFTP / file transfer workflows and monitoring.
Preferred Qualifications
Benefits
Equity Compensation
401(k) plan with employer match
Flexible Work Hours
Work Flexibility Adoption. Flexi-work hour and hybrid or remote set-up
Health Insurance
Eligible for company-sponsored group health, dental, vision, and life/disability insurance
Learning Budget
Aspire career alternatives through us. Our internal mobility program can offer employees a diverse scope.
Paid Time Off
Attractive annual leave entitlement including: birthday, work anniversary
Remote-Friendly
Work Flexibility Adoption. Flexi-work hour and hybrid or remote set-up
Crypto.com builds a comprehensive platform for finance and digital assets, offering services like crypto trading, credit cards, and loyalty programs aimed at both individual users and businesses. What makes us distinctive is our commitment to security and compliance while delivering a seamless mobile experience that integrates cutting-edge technology with practical functionality, driving the widespread adoption of cryptocurrency.
- Founded
- Founded 2016
- Employees
- 500+ employees
- Industry
- Internet Software & Services