Senior IT Engineer - New York
About Flowdesk
At Flowdesk, we are building the infrastructure powering the next era of global finance. As a full-service digital asset trading and technology firm, we provide liquidity solutions, OTC trading, and market infrastructure that connect digital assets to global markets with institutional-grade precision, transparency, and scale. Flowdesk combines expertise from traditional finance, algorithmic trading, and blockchain technology to deliver always-on trading capabilities across the digital asset ecosystem.
Founded in 2020, we have grown into a global team supporting institutions, exchanges, and token issuers worldwide as the financial system evolves toward tokenized markets.
Why join Flowdesk? You'll be joining a company operating at the intersection of finance, technology, and crypto - solving complex market problems, building critical infrastructure, and helping shape how digital assets move globally. We move fast, think long term, and work with a strong ownership mindset across engineering, trading, product, operations, and business teams.
Role Description
We are a cloud-native crypto market-making firm operating across regulated jurisdictions. Our Secure Engineering team designs, builds, and owns the platforms and configuration that the wider IT estate runs on, security-first. It is a small team: what you build, the rest of IT operates.
You will work as part of the secure engineering team, configuring and maintaining IT systems across the organisation - identity, endpoint, networking, backup, workflow automations, and SaaS enterprise platforms. It suits someone who can run projects end to end with minimal input from senior management, while keeping IT Operations and the rest of the team in the loop.
- Configure and maintain IT systems across the organisation, working within the team's core enterprise cloud-native IT platforms as part of the secure engineering team
- Source and evaluate new tooling: run vendor assessments, propose solution designs and bring in what the business needs
- Own the lifecycle of existing vendor products operations: day to day operations, maintenance and upgrades, deployments and migrations
- Run your own projects with a good degree of autonomy, keeping senior management informed and looping them in where their input adds value
- Take part in an IT on-call rota and ticket queue management
- Provide IT support to other departments as needed
Requirements
Must Have
- 5+ years' experience in IT engineering or a similar technical role, ideally in SaaS-heavy, regulated environments
- Working knowledge of modern IT stacks in regulated environments, particularly SaaS, identity, office networking and endpoint platforms
- Experience owning vendor products internally: evaluation, architecture design, IT product/application ownership, BAU operation and maintenance, product support.
- Able to work autonomously and see projects through with minimal senior management input, while remaining collaborative with the wider team
- Comfortable in a small, high-ownership team
Preferred
- Experience in financial services or crypto / digital assets
- Familiarity with office collaboration suites, VDI, Zero Trust, perimeter, data and identity security best practices.
- Experience with ITSM / change tooling (JSM or similar), ideally with workflow automation
Person Profile
- Curious and autonomous
- Highly motivated and results-driven
- Strong logical and analytical skills
- Ability to successfully manage multiple tasks in a fast-paced collaborative environment
- Professional proficiency in English
- Customer-service oriented
Company Culture & Values
- Take Action & Own the Mission
- Be of Service & Contribute
- Innovate, Create Value, & Be Courageous
- Act with Integrity & Respect
Benefits
- Comprehensive health insurance including dental, vision, and life, alongside a 401(k) program.
- 10 business days of remote work from anywhere per year, granted upon successful completion of the probation period.
Recruitment Process
Our process is designed to assess genuine technical depth and ownership. Candidates should expect the following stages:
- Stage 1: First round interview with a member of our Talent Acquisition team (45 mins)
- Stage 2: Interview with Chief Information Security Officer
- Stage 3: Interview with IT Director or CTO
- Stage 4: In-person meeting in the office - team fit, background and goals alignment
- Stage 5: Round-Up meeting with Head of Talent Strategy
FLOWDESK | www.flowdesk.co
About Flowdesk
Flowdesk is a leading quantitative trading firm at the forefront of the blockchain and decentralized finance (DeFi) revolution, empowering institutional clients with sophisticated trading solutions. Based in London, UK, our expertise lies in high-frequency trading, market making, and asset management across a myriad of digital assets. We are building the critical infrastructure that underpins the future of finance, providing liquidity and efficiency to the evolving Web3 ecosystem. Our culture thrives on innovation, precision, and collaboration. We are a team of highly-driven researchers, engineers, and traders, united by a passion for cryptography and distributed ledger technologies. We believe in fostering an environment where bold ideas are encouraged, intellectual curiosity is rewarded, and every team member contributes directly to groundbreaking work in the crypto space. Continuous learning, professional growth, and challenging the status quo are core tenets of our philosophy. Joining Flowdesk means more than just a job; it's an opportunity to shape the future of blockchain technology with a company that values expertise, agility, and impact. If you're a talented professional eager to apply your skills to complex problems in a dynamic, high-stakes environment, and want to be part of a team pushing the boundaries of what's possible in Web3, Flowdesk offers an unparalleled platform for growth and influence. We’re seeking individuals ready to make a significant mark in the exciting world of digital assets and decentralized finance.
Ready to Apply?
To submit your application for this position, please visit Flowdesk's official website and follow their application process.