IT Developer/ BA (Cash Equities/ Java/ C#)- 65-80k

Responsibilities:

• Liaise, provide support and deliverables on a timely basis for any change request initiated by equity trading and middle office user groups.
• Manage projects, business analysis and application enhancements, including gathering user requirements, producing specs, designing, coding, testing, deployment, and configuration
• Manage vendors on system enhancements and support whenever necessary.
• Liaise with users from all areas and with other ITD teams including IT Governance, IT Support and IT Infrastructure.
• Be client focused and maintain good working relationships with internal business users, mainly with FO EQ users as well as middle, back office and risk management department.
• Adhering to company development standards and procedures, including change control.
• Working closely with offices in different regions to enhance and maintain trading interfaces and links.
• Dealing with day-to-day production problems and maintenance when required.

Requirements:

• University BS degree or above. Engineering a plus.
• 5+ years development experience in Equities Front Office systems
• Hands on with .Net/C#/Java/Scripting
• Strong knowledge and skills in SQL and Relational database, including MSSQL Server, Oracle, Sybase etc.
• Solid knowledge in design patterns, data structures, threading and messaging
• Experience of Maven and Atlassian ALM/SDLC tools (Jira, Bamboo, Bitbucket, Confluence)
• Experience of automated testing, DevOps tooling and best practices
• Solid experience in supporting equity business from front to middle office applications
• Solid experience in back-to-back trading with different region (e.g. Europe, Japan and US) is preferable
• Ability to develop and maintain effective working relationship with both internal and external users.
• Good business knowledge on Cash Equities, Futures & Options products
• Familiar with Equities market rules and regulations in Hong Kong and other Asian markets.
• Good understanding in FIX messaging, broker connectivity and exchange connectivity
• Experience in widely used trading platforms such as Fidessa.
• Driven and self-motivated for long-term career growth

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