Software Engineer, Top Investment Bank, Hong Kong | Hong Kong, HK

You will join a global technology team based onshore and offshore, delivering strategic functional enhancements for the Prime Services business critical pre-trade platform. The successful candidate will be responsible for working with colleagues locally and globally to build and deliver new business functionality to support the objectives of the Prime Services' Business. The role will be predominantly focused on building and developing our pre-trade & locates management platform working closely with the inventory and electronic execution teams and requires a strong technical skillset along with good communication skills and a can-do attitude.

Responsibilities

- Responsible for working as part of a global team to deliver software supporting the Prime Services Trading business, which incorporates Pre trade systems, Inventory Management, Risk and Synthetic Equities

- Work closely with IT peers to integrate Prime Trading with the wider Equity Trading platform along with contributing relevant deliverables for the GM resilience programme

- Provide 3rd level support where required and work to ensure front line support are trained to support the systems.

- Regular interaction with business lines and business analysts to understand requirements and drive solutions

- Provide timely updates on development progress and escalate issues/blockers

- Propose and deliver architectural / system technical design improvements where appropriate as part of functional delivery

- Perform peer review of code of other developers within the team, regionally and globally

- Contribute to the overall improvement and strategic of the platform through suggesting & implementing technical improvements, along with improvements to development lifecycle & IT process

- Willing to go the extra mile whenever required to meet tight delivery deadlines

Technical Competencies

Experience developing Securities Lending / Synthetic Trading systems or experience in Equity Trading is a advantage

Knowledge of other Equity trading system (Delta One, Market making, Cash Execution) is an advantage

Prior Java experience is a must, with other languages an advantage

Knowledge of a scripting language (Python, Perl…) is an advantage

Good knowledge of SQL and relational databases.

Prior experience with streaming technologies and microservice based architectures is a strong advantage

Experience working with Container based environments (Docker, Kubernetes) is an advantage

Familiarity with DevOps tools and pipelines (Jenkins, Git, Docker, Ansible…)

Familiarity with Jira and working in an agile methodology.

Clear and accurate communicator with ability to build strong working relationships with non technical stakeholders

Behavioral and Transversal Skills
• Ability to collaborate/Teamwork
• Attention to detail/rigor
• Ability to deliver/Results driven
• Analytical Ability
• Ability to understand, explain and support change
• Ability to develop and adapt a process

Specific Qualifications
• Undergraduate University Degree in Computer Science or an Engineering discipline