VP, Software Engineer - APAC Derivatives Market Making

We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Software Engineer to join our APAC Derivatives Market Making team. This role offers an exciting opportunity to contribute to the development of cutting-edge, low-latency trading applications that drive our derivatives trading strategies across the Asia-Pacific region. The successful candidate will play a critical role in designing, developing, and maintaining high-performance systems essential for market making activities.

Key Responsibilities

Design, develop, and implement low-latency trading applications using Java as the primary development language.

Work with various database technologies, including Sybase and MongoDB.

Collaborate with traders, quantitative analysts, risk management functions, and other engineering teams to gather requirements, analyze technical specifications, and deliver robust solutions.

Optimize application performance, ensuring ultra-low latency and high throughput for critical trading functions.

Participate in the full software development lifecycle, including requirements analysis, design, coding, testing, deployment, and support.

Ensure the reliability, scalability, and security of trading systems.

Contribute to the improvement of the development ecosystem, including dev tools, QA automation frameworks, and Continuous Integration pipelines of the platforms.

Required Skills & Experience

Minimum of 5 years of industry experience in software development.

Strong proficiency in Java, with a proven track record of developing high-performance / low-latency applications and automated trading platforms.

Experience with C++ and HTML5 is highly desirable.

Solid understanding and practical experience with relational databases (, Sybase) and NoSQL databases (, MongoDB).Demonstrated knowledge of derivatives products (options, futures, warrants, CBBCs, etc.) and market making concepts.

Experience working in a fast-paced, mission-critical environment, preferably within financial services or trading.

Excellent problem-solving skills, with an ability to debug and troubleshoot complex systems.

Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively in a team-oriented setting.

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science / Engineering or a relevant field.

Job Family Group : Technology

Job Family :

Applications Development

Time Type : Full time

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