Assistant Vice President – Markets 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:

The Markets Systems team is responsible for delivering first-in-class systems for trading, market data dissemination and surveillance monitoring in cash and derivatives markets. We play a critical role in managing the full software development cycle, including architecture design, development, testing and implementation of our mission critical systems. We also partner with infrastructure and cyber security team to operate our systems in such fast growing financial markets in Hong Kong.

Job Duties:

• Responsible for low latency system design and development of exchange trading and surveillance platforms for cash and derivative markets 

• Collaborate with user divisions to define solution based on business use cases 

• Take full ownership and accountability of project delivery 

• Lead the investigation and resolution of production incidents 

• Manage projects with complex stakeholders that involve internal, external parties and regulators  

• Assess technological risk and drive mitigation actions 

• Collaborate with technology teams on activities with common systems impacts 

• Drive technical excellence across the teams 

• Uphold compliance with organization policies and standards 

Job Requirements: 

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related discipline. 

• Minimum 8 years of relevant experience in system design and development, ideally within banking, financial services sectors. 

• Strong interest in technologies and able to understand new technologies in detail very quickly 

• Solid experience of delivering projects with complex stakeholders 

• Solid experience on system design and development of low latency and high throughput system 

• In-depth knowledge of resiliency design that supports high availability  

• Excellent analytical, interpersonal, communication and people management skills 

• Experienced in hands-on coding, e.g. Java, C++, Python, web or network programming 

• Good understanding of cyber security risk and technology control 

• Good understanding of cash or derivatives market 

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