Python Developer - Low Latency (Equities Trading System)

Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, Hong Kong

Python Developer - Low Latency (Equities Trading System)

Job Description:

Responsibilities

• Translate business and technology requirements for new functionality, venues, and upgrades into technical delivery plans and changes across the low-latency trading stack.

• Coordinate and manage technical changes across internal and external stakeholders, including vendors, stock exchanges, carriers, and client teams.

• Partner with Network and Infrastructure teams to shape network architecture decisions that align to application and latency requirements.

• Work with Production Services to provide third-level (Platinum) support, including investigation, incident resolution, and technical remediation for client-impacting issues.

• Build strong relationships and communicate effectively with colleagues across all APAC regions.

• Collaborate with global teams to develop, align, and socialize engineering best practices, standards, and repeatable delivery processes.

• Engage with regional and global technology and business stakeholders to ensure solution alignment from design through delivery and support.

• Your Expertise

• Strong Python and Unix/Linux skills, including shell scripting.

• Demonstrated FIX messaging experience in an electronic trading environment.

• Familiarity with trading technology domains such as FPGA, low-latency networks, low-latency application development, and exchange protocol frameworks (e.g., OUCH, Arrowhead, HKEX CCCG & OCG).

• Experience with equities trading platforms and the trading life cycle, including low-latency trading and co-location setup.

• Experience across front-, middle-, and back-office systems.

• Experience working with stock exchanges and/or managing trading and market data infrastructure.

• Excellent communication skills to interface with business sponsors, clients, and third parties.

• Ideally 5+ years of experience in a similar role focused on electronic trading within the finance sector.

Required Skills

• Protocol

• Data

• Messaging

• APAC

• Support

• Development

• Shell Scripting

• Investigation

• Trading

• Unix

• Architecture

• Infrastructure

• Communication Skills

• Vendors

• Linux

• Finance

• Design

• Engineering

• Business

• Python

• Communication

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