Description
We are currently seeking a high calibre professional to join our team as a Software Engineer.
In this role you will work in a team of 8 developers within the Hong Kong Structured Products Technology Team to help build strategic Equity Derivatives trading infrastructure.
You will excel in AI-enabled development and have a proven track record of writing high-quality code, following modern best practices, and proposing solutions to a technical and business audience.
Additionally, you will work on improving controls over the Equity Derivatives trading and/or operations tools, which involves analysing, understanding existing tools (Excel/VBA) and either re-designing/re-writing them in a target framework in Java/Kotlin or partially re-designing them to start the path towards demise.
You will manage end-to-end projects, such as requirement gathering, development, UAT, deployment, and supporting users post-deployment.
You will have regular interaction with the Structuring and Sales desks and work on local and global tactical and semi-strategic platforms.
To be successful, you will need:
- Excellent AI-enabled development experience with OO or functional programming styles in Java, Kotlin, and C#
- A passion to drive the adoption of modern best practices, including test-driven development, DevOps, and agile methodologies
- Experience working in a team of developers in a complex global environment
- Ability to own the entire project cycle and maintain effective relationships with stakeholders
- Motivation towards understanding further the Equity Derivatives business
- Excellent spoken and written communication skills in English
- Experience of equity derivatives products, either Derivative Pricing or Risk Management
- Knowledge of containerisation/orchestration platforms such as Kubernetes would be advantageous
- Experience of using NoSQL databases such as MongoDB
- Up-to-date strategic skills in event-driven architecture and web services
- Growth mindset, adaptable to agile development