Java Senior Developer (Automated Market Making) Flow Derivatives - Investment Bank

• C++ version 23 / 17 
• C++ low latency coding - strong hands-on developer 
• FIX connectivity experience & FIX Protocol 
• Strong communication skills - talk to the stakeholders
• Understanding on how exchanges or connectivity
• Working with a Global team

Qualifications:

• Experience Level: Ideally 15 years or more in software development; candidates with around 10 years of relevant experience are considered.
• Grade: VP level preferred.

Senior Java Developer - Algo (Prime Delta 1)

Location: Hong Kong
Industry: Investment Banking
Grade: Vice President (VP)
 

Main Responsibilities:

• Design and develop high-performance algorithmic trading solutions using Java.
• Collaborate with traders and other stakeholders to deliver low-latency trading systems.
• Ensure system reliability and performance in a high-pressure investment banking environment.

Key Requirements:

• Programming Language: Proficiency in Java is required.
• Investment Banking Experience: A solid background in investment banking is essential, specifically in the Prime Services division.
• Algorithm Development: Proven experience in algorithm development is a must.
• Low Latency: Strong understanding and experience in low-latency systems.
• OMS: Experience with Order Management Systems (OMS) is a plus but not mandatory.
• Equities: Familiarity with equities trading is advantageous.

Qualifications:

• Experience: Ideally 15 years or more in software development, with a significant portion in financial services. Candidates with around 10 years of robust experience may also be considered.
• Grade: VP level preferred.

• Lead end-to-end technology change delivery, from requirements definition through implementation and release.
• Work closely with business users and operations teams to understand functional needs and translate them into deliverable outcomes.
• Coordinate with development, testing, and support teams to ensure smooth execution and integration.
• Maintain a strong understanding of downstream processing flows and operational dependencies.
• Develop and manage delivery plans, estimates, dependencies, and risks across multiple initiatives.
• Identify delivery bottlenecks, conflicting priorities, and gaps, and proactively drive resolution.
• Oversee functional testing and support user validation activities.
• Engage stakeholders across business, operations, risk, finance, and technology to ensure alignment and transparency.

• Strong background in technology delivery within financial services.
• Experience supporting or delivering change for markets or trading-related systems.
• Solid understanding of end-to-end processing flows and operational impacts of change.
• Hands-on experience in delivery roles such as technology change lead, senior business analyst, or project manager.
• Comfortable working in regional, matrixed environments.
• Experience with both Agile and traditional delivery models.
• Proactive, delivery-oriented mindset with the ability to operate hands-on when required.

Account Manager (Indonesia Market)

Our client is a leading global digital platform seeking an Account Manager with a strong background in B2B SAAS or Business Messaging products to manage a portfolio of clients across Indonesia

This is a 6-Month Contract Position covering the Indonesia Market mainly. Candidate must be fluent in Bahasa Malay or Indonesian.

Responsibilities

• Own and manage a portfolio of SMB and mid-market clients across Indonesia , with a primary focus on business messaging and paid messaging solutions.
• Act as a strategic partner to clients, advising on how messaging platforms (e.g. Messaging API and non-marketing paid messaging) can drive revenue, customer engagement, and operational efficiency.
• Identify growth opportunities within existing accounts through upsell, cross-sell, and activation of messaging use cases, particularly among current advertisers.
• Leverage data, insights, and platform capabilities to recommend practical, revenue-driving messaging strategies aligned to client business objectives.
• Collaborate closely with internal cross-functional teams (sales, product, operations, and support) to ensure smooth execution and strong client outcomes.
• Manage the end-to-end account lifecycle, including pipeline tracking, issue resolution, and ongoing optimization of client adoption.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Communications, Business, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience in account management, B2B sales, product specialist, or enterprise-facing roles within a tech, SaaS, or platform-driven environment.
• Proven experience working with business messaging, enterprise solutions, or complex B2B products (advertising experience is a plus but not the core focus).
• Fluency in Bahasa Indonesia and English is required.
• Strong ability to interpret data and translate insights into commercial recommendations and client impact.
• Comfortable engaging with senior stakeholders, navigating longer sales cycles, and operating across multiple markets and cultures.

Director - eFX Engineering Lead
London (Hybrid - 3 days onsite)
Front Office Technology
£170k-£200k base + bonus + benefits

A leading financial institution is seeking a highly experienced Director-level eFX Engineering Lead to drive the development of next-generation, low-latency electronic FX trading technology. This is a hands-on leadership position working closely with global technology teams as well as Traders and Sales in the London Front Office.

Role Overview
You will take ownership of the engineering and delivery of high-performance eFX systems, ensuring reliability, scalability and low-latency execution across a range of trading workflows. You will also influence technical strategy, contribute to architectural decisions and act as a key partner to the Front Office FX desk.
Key Responsibilities

Lead the design and build of low-latency, high-performance eFX trading components, including;

• Real Time pricing

• Risk

• Price distribution

• Algo execution

• Electronic trading workflows

• Work directly with Traders and Sales to gather and interpret requirements.

• Take a hands-on engineering role while guiding and mentoring other developers.

• Contribute to the evaluation and adoption of new technologies.

• Deliver using agile methodologies while adhering to documentation, testing and change control standards.

• Provide production support, including incident and problem management when required.

Required Experience

• Significant Front Office development experience in FX/eFX.

• Strong programming expertise in C++, Java or Rust.

• Experience in C# or Python may be considered but is less aligned with the core stack.

Deep understanding of:

• Distributed, Real Time trading systems

• Multi-threaded, high-performance development

• Market data, liquidity aggregation and order entry gateway development

• API development and connectivity to trading platforms

• Strong command of SQL/NoSQL databases, Scripting, CI/CD, and automated testing.

• Demonstrated ability to collaborate with traders, sales teams and senior stakeholders.

• Excellent communication, problem-solving and organisational skills.

Working Model and Compensation

• Hybrid model: typically three days onsite, occasionally four based on business needs.

• Base salary in the region of £170k-£200k, with bonus and benefits.

Position: Senior / C++ Developer (HFT LL) 

Location: ShenZhen, China 

Qualities of Ideal Candidates:

1. Experience: At least 3 to 5 years or more of experience in C++ programming.
2. Skills:
3. Proficient in C++ and Python.
4. Good understanding of Linux, networking, and computer systems.
5. Education: Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field from a well-known university.
6. Low Latency Knowledge: Understanding of low-latency technologies; experience with Linux kernel, cache optimization, low-latency NIC, or FPGA programming is a plus.
7. Attention to Detail: Focus on writing clean and efficient code.
8. Curiosity and Innovation: Eager to learn new things and find creative solutions.

What You Will Do:

• Build and maintain high-frequency trading systems for stocks, futures, and options on various exchanges in China and around the world.
• Develop low-latency market data and order gateways.
• Analyze and improve the performance of trading systems to minimize delays in data and order execution.
• Explore and use new technologies to enhance our systems.
• Work with a dynamic team in the Greater Bay Area to drive innovation in trading.

• Manage high-level requirement analysis phases through to various project delivery phases, including testing and deployment.
• Participate in solution design and development review with Delivery, Platform, and SME teams or any necessary stakeholders.
• Summarize solution and technical design, user stories, as well as timelines with various stakeholders and business lines. 
• Identify issues through problem-solving, debugging/ troubleshooting, technical analysis; provide resolution/fixes through data patches/scripts, configurations, and workaround solutions.
• Provide test support through sprint testing, SIT, UAT, load testing, performance
• testing, etc., supporting release management and deployment activities.
• Support BAU issues handling when escalated to the Project / SME levels.

• University degree in Information Technology/Systems, Computer Science / Engineering or related disciplines.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in Technical Business Analyst role. 
• Technical firsthand experience in configuration, script, data patch, data import and cleansing, technical analysis, debugging, troubleshooting and DevOps.
• Experience and programming competency to conduct data queries and analysis using SQL / scripts etc.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and workflows, (Azure DevOps, Jira, Git), code review, familiar with release management processes, automation testing (test driven development approach)
• Knowledge of securities systems, or financial market operations, or Agile scrum methodology
• Working knowledge of the Microsoft platform Windows OS, SQL Server, IIS or similar web servers, and Visual Studio will be a plus.
• Shell programming/object-oriented and multi-threading programming skills, experience with C#, PowerShell will be a plus
• Japanese speaking/listening/reading/writing capability, if non-Japanese, JLPT 1 is necessary qualification.

My client, a leading global WealthTech firm, comprised of high-calibre Software Engineers, Quant Strategists and Technical Programme Managers, is expanding their Tokyo setup, considerably. This additional hire will suit a candidate who can Lead platform delivery and provide strategic solutions to multiple business lines and simultaneously engage with global C-suite stakeholders and cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities
 

• Own and be responsible for Functional and Non-Functional features, from elicitation and documentation to solutioning, testing and delivery.
• Act as the communication bridge for project requirement; managing stakeholder communications, status reporting, risks and scope.
• Liaise with Business, IT/Engineering, Audit and Compliance, conduct requirement workshop or training, if required.
• Align the needs of business with existing platform features; facilitate discussions with UI/UX Design teams, Engineering teams to identify pain points and provide recommendations.
• Align technology with business strategy and goals by being at the core of all project interactions.

Requirements
 

• University degree in Information Technology/Systems, Computer Science / Engineering or related disciplines.
• 8 - 10 years of experience in Business/ Solution Analysis, Project Management and/or Product Management.
• Strong relationship management skills to effectively influence and lead multiple levels of an organisation, with a particular ability to manage C-level expectations.
• Solid documentation skills with experience in writing user stories, business requirement documents and functional specifications documents.
  Fluency both in English and Japanese, written and spoken is mandatory.
• Hands on technical experience in SQL, Scripting and/or Application Development, experience with Behavioural Driven Development and Automation Testing will be advantageous.
• Understanding of financial markets including Wealth Management products and trade flows (such as Funds, ETFs, Stocks), Asian Regulatory understanding will be a bonus.