Assistant Vice President – Markets Systems - IT

The Markets Systems team at HKEX is responsible for delivering first-in-class systems for trading, market data dissemination, and surveillance monitoring in cash and derivatives markets.

You will play a critical role in managing the full software development cycle, including architecture design, development, testing, and implementation of our mission-critical systems.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design and develop low-latency systems for exchange trading and surveillance platforms for cash and derivative markets
• Collaborate with user divisions to define solutions based on business use cases
• Take full ownership and accountability of project delivery
• Lead the investigation and resolution of production incidents
• Manage projects with complex stakeholders that involve internal, external parties, and regulators
• Assess technological risk and drive mitigation actions
• Collaborate with technology teams on activities with common systems impacts
• Drive technical excellence across the teams
• Uphold compliance with organization policies and standards

Requirements:

• Bachelor's or master's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related discipline
• Minimum 8 years of relevant experience in system design and development, ideally within banking or financial services sectors
• Strong interest in technologies and ability to understand new technologies in detail quickly
• Solid experience in delivering projects with complex stakeholders
• Solid experience in system design and development of low-latency and high-throughput systems
• In-depth knowledge of resiliency design that supports high availability
• Excellent analytical, interpersonal, communication, and people management skills
• Experience in hands-on coding, e.g., Java, C++, Python, web or network programming
• Good understanding of cyber security risk and technology control
• Good understanding of cash or derivatives market