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Our consultants work at the intersection of trading, development and infrastructure teams to ensure that critical platforms run reliably under real-time market constraints.\nJoining MARGO means working in demanding production environments, while benefiting from a human-sized structure, close follow-up and tailored training paths.\nBusiness Context\nYou will work within Front Office Production and Trading Technology environments, supporting live trading and electronic trading platforms.\nThese environments are production-critical, operate in real time and require strong ownership of system stability, performance and incident management. The role involves close interaction with traders, developers, IT support and infrastructure teams.\nRole Overview\nWe are looking for a Front Office Production Engineer to operate, stabilise and continuously improve trading and electronic trading systems.\nThe role is strongly technical and production-oriented. 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