2027 Fresh Grad Hire - Backend Engineer (Financial Securities System R&D Focus)

Futu Holdings Limited; Hong Kong; On-site; HKD 600,000 - 1,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Futu Holdings Limited is building core securities platform capabilities to support global expansion. The backend engineer will drive module-level feature delivery for trading, risk control, and settlement, translating business rules into robust services and ensuring correct orders, funds, and positions.

The role requires solid programming skills (Go/Java/C++/Python), a relevant CS-related degree, and fluency in English and Chinese for daily and technical communication.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or above in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Financial Engineering, Applied Mathematics, or related field.
• Proficiency in at least one programming language (Go, Java, C++, Python).
• Familiarity with securities market structure, order lifecycle, or clearing/settlement fundamentals.

Responsibilities

• Participate in requirements analysis, solution design, coding, testing, and deployment of backend systems for securities trading, risk control, and settlement.
• Translate business rules into system implementations, ensuring correctness of orders, funds, positions, and risk control results.

Skills

Go

Java

C++

Python

Data structures

System design

Database operations

English

Chinese

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related

Job description

We build the core capabilities of Futu's securities platform, providing secure, stable, highly professional, and scalable financial securities systems to support the company's global expansion.

Responsibilities

• Participate in requirements analysis, solution design, coding, testing, and deployment of backend systems for securities trading, risk control, and clearing/settlement, progressively taking ownership of module-level feature delivery.
• Translate business rules into system implementations, ensuring the correctness of orders, funds, positions, and risk control results, and supporting integration testing, acceptance, and release.
• Follow engineering standards for coding, self-testing, and code review; learn log analysis, monitoring, and alerting basics; participate in issue triage; and understand upstream/downstream service boundaries.
• Use AI tools appropriately during development and troubleshooting to boost efficiency, while manually verifying critical business logic.
• cRead English technical documents, API specifications, and overseas market materials, and conduct day-to-day and technical communication with business and product teams

About Us

We build the core capabilities of Futu's securities platform, providing secure, stable, highly professional, and scalable financial securities systems to support the company's global expansion.

Requirements

• Education: Bachelor's degree or above in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Financial Engineering, Applied Mathematics, or a related field.
• Finance Knowledge: Familiarity with securities market structure, order and trade lifecycle, or clearing and settlement fundamentals; prior internship experience at a brokerage, exchange, fintech, or related field is preferred.
• Technical Skills: Proficiency in at least one programming language (e.g., Go, Java, C++, or Python); understanding of data structures, basic system design, and database operations.
• Professional Attributes: Respect for financial business logic, data integrity, and rules; strong risk awareness and sensitivity to anomalies; clear logical thinking, detail-oriented, patient, and effective communication and collaboration.
• Language Skills: Fluent English & Chinese listening, speaking, reading, and writing for both daily and technical communication.
• Bonus Points: Hands-on experience applying AI tools to coding or troubleshooting; familiarity with securities brokerage business is preferred.

* Open to candidates graduating between January 2026 and August 2027.