Description
We are seeking a Liquid Financing – VP Full Stack Developer to join our team in Hong Kong. As a hands-on engineering role, you will help engineer the next generation of our global Stock Borrow & Lending (SBL) and Secured Finance technology platform.
Responsibilities:
- Design, build, test, and deploy high-quality ePrime application components spanning UI (Angular), services (Java Spring), and database (SQL).
- Modernize legacy components into scalable, containerized microservices deployed on OpenShift.
- Deliver front-to-back solutions across business, regulatory, and control requirements, ensuring security, stability, capacity, and maintainability.
- Implement strong engineering discipline: code reviews, test automation (TDD), CI/CD, and observability best practices.
- Work directly with SBL traders, Middle office, convert trading desk needs into technical designs and production-ready solutions with minimal turnaround and support intraday trading operations through incident triage, rapid tactical fixes, and robust strategic enhancements.
- Contribute to the architectural direction of Magics, influencing modernization strategy and ecosystem integration.
- Manage relationships with upstream/downstream systems, vendor gateways, and internal control functions.
- Ensure strong production readiness across monitoring, alerting, data integrity, and operational resilience.
Requirements:
- Experience in full-Stack Engineering - Backend: Java, Spring Boot, REST microservices, Frontend: Angular, HTML/CSS/TypeScript,
- Experience in Database: SQL (Oracle/MS SQL) and advanced query optimization, Cloud-native delivery: OpenShift, containers, Linux and Git
- Strong understanding of OO design principles and ability to refactor complex systems with experience working in Agile/Scrum with test-driven development.
- Deep SBL / Equity Finance experience, including borrowing/lending workflows, recalls, returns, marks, collateral, booking flows, lifecycle events, and vendor gateway interactions.
- Working knowledge of broader Capital Markets and Front Office trading processes.
- Ability to operate in high-pressure environments with traders and senior stakeholders.
- Strong analytical & problem-solving skills; ability to quickly diagnose production issues and deliver tactical + strategic fixes.
- Excellent communication,comfortable explaining technology to business and vice-versa.