Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, Hong Kong

Senior Java Developer – Front Office Trading

 Job Description:

About the Role
We are looking for a highly skilled Senior Front Office Java Developer to join our Principal Flow Trading team. You will play a key role in designing, developing, and supporting latency-sensitive front-office trading applications. This is a hands-on position where you'll work closely with traders and business users to translate complex business and regulatory requirements into innovative, high-performance solutions.

Key Responsibilities

  • Design, implement, and maintain front-office trading applications with a focus on latency-sensitive algorithms.
  • Collaborate with business users to understand requirements and deliver robust, scalable solutions.
  • Apply a broad range of software engineering practices to ensure solution quality, security, reliability, and compliance.
  • Build observability into applications, monitor production health, resolve incidents, and remediate root causes.
  • Share knowledge and mentor junior team members, contributing to the teams engineering culture.
  • Work closely with global development teams to innovate and improve Quoting applications.

Your Profile

  • 5+ years of experience in Java development, ideally in a front-office trading environment.
  • Strong knowledge of real-time trading platforms, preferably in warrants, listed options, futures, or market making.
  • Advanced Java expertise and willingness to learn new technologies.

  • Excellent communicator with strong relationship-building skills, able to interface directly with traders and business stakeholders.
  • Strong planning, organizational skills, and ability to work under pressure.

  • Comfortable juggling multiple tasks and adapting quickly to changing business requirements.

Why Join Us

  • Be part of a global, collaborative development team in a leading trading environment.
  • Work on high-impact projects in equity derivatives and automated electronic trading.
  • Opportunities to mentor and lead, grow your technical expertise, and contribute to cutting-edge trading solutions.
  Required Skills:

Trading Java