Principal Software Engineer - AVP - Derivatives Systems - IT

Location:
HKEX - TKO

Shift:
Standard - 40 Hours (Hong Kong SAR)

Scheduled Weekly Hours:
40

Worker Type:
Permanent

Job Summary:
We seek dynamic and passionate individual to fill the position of Principal/Senior Software Engineer. The incumbent will be responsible for IT project implementation, application development on Derivatives Systems. The candidate should be experienced IT professionals with experience gained in developing critical application systems on Linux platform.

Job Duties:

Responsibilities:

• Participate in application architecture design and development of sophisticated, high-performance financial systems to meet upcoming business needs.
• Design and implement system resilience, messaging integration and web application
• Provide support and implementation work to functional application teams including recommending the design pattern, building common tools and conducting performance analysis;
• Support project implementation including the requirement definition, resource estimation, software development, testing and documentation.
• Perform quality review for software design and code changes.
• Work at night shift and in public holidays if required.
• Undertake any other assignments and projects as assigned by supervisor

Requirements:

• Degree in Computer Science, MIS, IT or related disciplines
• 10 years of software development experience on large scale critical systems on Linux platform.
• Solid experience in messaging integration framework, resilience and data replication
• Practical experiences in software frameworks like Spring, application architecture design, data modelling, resilience design.
• Strong skills of programming languages: Java, Perl, Python, SQL, Shell Scripting, HTML5, CSS 3 & Javascript.
• Experience in Micro-service, Cloud application, Containerized Architecture, RESTful web service or Spring Boot will be an advantage;
• Good analytic mind, self-motivated and able to work independently.
• Good command of both written and spoken English.
• Relevant candidates with less years of experience will be considered as Senior Software Engineer

Company Introduction:

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) is one of the world's major exchange groups, and operates a range of equity, commodity, fixed income and currency markets. HKEX is the world's leading IPO market and as Hong Kong's only securities and derivatives exchange and sole operator of its clearing houses, it is uniquely placed to offer regional and international investors access to Asia's most vibrant markets.

As the global markets leader in the Asian time-zone, we offer a world of opportunities for early careers and experienced hires. Here, we know that diverse thinking fosters better solutions, and we are committed to building an open and dynamic environment which allows our business to innovate and our people to thrive.

Discover the latest career opportunities and programmes at HKEX.

HKEX is committed as an Equal Opportunity Employer. Diversity is one of our core values and we look to support, respect diverse perspectives, abilities, culture and experiences within our workplace.