Vice President - System Development Lead - Risk Management Systems - IT

Company Introduction:

We’re home to Asia's most dynamic and vibrant capital markets.
Connecting capital, ideas, inspiration and innovation for deeper, more diverse and liquid global capital markets; providing greater choice and opportunity for our customers, each and every day.

HKEX is a purpose-driven company. Our commitment to the long-term development of our business and our markets is articulated in our purpose: "To Connect, Promote and Progress our Markets and the Communities they support for the prosperity of all."

Job Summary:

This is a greenfield development opportunity to design, build and implement the next generation derivatives platform. We are committed to modernize our infrastructure and aligning our operating model to a client-led framework. This is our key strategic project to bring innovation to market participants in trading, clearing and risk management of the derivatives markets.

Job Duties:

We are looking for a dynamic and passionate individual to join us as the System Development Lead in the Risk Management System. The incumbent will have the opportunity to develop and work with new technology. He/she will be part of the mission critical platform development team and will have the opportunity to work closely with seasoned, enthusiastic technologist across the IT Division as well as the exposure to work with various business stakeholders across HKEX.

Responsibilities:

• Manage system development life cycle and leading for project implementation including the requirement definition, resource estimation, system design and development, functional and technical testing, production migration and documentation.
• Lead an internal and offshore development team for systems development and testing.
• Design and implement systems with modern technologies, high availability and scalability; investigate and resolve design defects and technical issues.
• Perform quality review for software design and code changes.
• Collaborate with teams across IT and business departments.
• Ensure system development and operation in accordance with the IT development standards and guidelines, and corporate policies and frameworks.
• Work at night shift and in public holiday if required.

Requirements:

• Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Mathematics, Statistics, Financial Engineering or related disciplines.
• 10+ years' system development experience in large scale systems, preferably in financial services industry.
• Strong skillsets in Java, C++, Python, Perl, RESTFul, SQL, React JS, JSX.
• Solid experience in application design and development in Spring Boot, Linux, data modelling, micro-services and containerized architecture platform.
• Experience in DevOps framework and tools (eg. Jira, Git, Jenkins, etc) and automated testing frameworks like Selenium, Jasmine or JUnit.
• Familiarity with object storage, databases, noSQL and data manipulation tools for handling and analyzing large datasets.
• Good analytical mindset, self-motivated and able to work independently.
• Knowledge and experience in cloud technology is preferred.
• Understanding of quantitative finance concepts, including derivatives pricing, risk management, and portfolio optimization is a definite advantage.
• Good in mathematics; knowledge in-memory db and messaging technologies is a plus.
• Good communication skill to work and interact with internal IT teams and business stakeholders.

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.

Location:

HKEX - TKO

Shift:

Standard - 40 Hours (Hong Kong SAR)

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

Worker Type:

Permanent