FTC - Senior Technical Consultant

Leadingnation; Hong Kong; On-site; HKD 480,000 - 640,000; Full time

Job summary

Fidelity International in Hong Kong seeks a Senior Technical Consultant on a 12-month fixed-term contract. You will provide senior technical leadership for FCC core development, guide backend engineering, and ensure secure APIs, data processing and modernized services.

You will coordinate across architecture, product, operations and security teams to prioritize work and deliver reliably. You will mentor engineers, support L3 production efforts, and promote CI/CD, automation and responsible

Qualifications

• Extensive software engineering and technical leadership in complex environments.
• Deep knowledge of Java REST services, SQL, and database design.
• Experience with secure APIs, microservices and enterprise data processing.

Responsibilities

• Provide senior technical leadership for FCC core applications and modernization.
• Coordinate delivery with architecture, product, business and security teams.
• Guide back-end engineering across Java services and databases.
• Oversee releases, deployments, incident response and root-cause analysis.
• Support complex scheduling and data-processing workflows with Control-M.
• Drive technical debt reduction and reliability improvements.
• Promote CI/CD, testing and secure coding practices.
• Establish estimation and delivery plans for leadership.
• Mentor engineers and foster knowledge transfer.

Skills

Java REST services

SQL & database design

Secure APIs

Microservices

Data processing

UNIX automation

CI/CD

Agile

Mentoring

AI-assisted tooling

Tools

Control-M

RESTful APIs

Job description

About The Opportunity

Job Type: Fixed Term Contractor

Contract duration : 11 months.

Application Deadline: 18 September 2026

Job Description

Title Senior Technical Consultant (12 -month fix contract)

Department Enterprise Platforms – Canada Services

Location Hong Kong

Reports To Head of Canada Services

Level Grade 6

We’re proud to have been helping our clients build better financial futures for over 50 years. How have we achieved this? By working together - and supporting each other - all over the world. So, join our team and feel like you’re part of something bigger.

About Your Team

Enterprise Platforms – Canada Services provides technology delivery, engineering and operational support to Fidelity Clearing Canada (FCC). The team partners closely with FCC Technology, Product, Business and Operations to deliver, maintain and modernize business-critical platforms and services for external clients and internal business lines.

About Your Role

As Senior Technical Consultant, you will continue to provide senior technical leadership for the FCC core development capability while working as part of Enterprise Platforms – Canada Services. You will use your deep knowledge of FCC applications, business processes and technology landscape to guide the design, development, maintenance, production support and modernization of business-critical services. You will work closely with Technical Architecture, Product, Business, Operations, Information Security, engineering and vendor teams across FCC and FIL, providing technical direction and helping coordinate delivery priorities, dependencies and operational readiness. The role covers back-end development, secure APIs and integrations, complex data processing, enterprise job scheduling, release and Level 3 production support, application currency and technical debt reduction. You will also support engineering standards, delivery planning, knowledge transfer and mentoring, while promoting responsible use of AI-enabled development tools to improve engineering quality and productivity.

What You Will Do

• Provide senior technical leadership for FCC core application development, enhancement, maintenance and modernization, aligned with business objectives, operational priorities and client commitments.
• Coordinate delivery across architecture, product, business, operations, information security, engineering and vendor teams, identifying dependencies, technical risks and implementation considerations.
• Guide back-end engineering across Java REST services, complex SQL and database design, RESTful API integrations, microservices/service-oriented architecture, event-driven messaging and secure integration patterns.
• Provide technical oversight for releases, deployments, application upgrades, Level 3 production support, incident response, root-cause analysis and defect remediation.
• Support complex Control-M scheduling and data-processing workflows, including batch orchestration, dependencies, monitoring, recovery, start-of-day loading, extraction, reporting, reconciliation and file-based integrations.
• Drive application currency, technical debt reduction, reliability improvement and modernization, including legacy and end-of-life technology remediation.
• Promote strong engineering practices covering testing, automation, CI/CD, secure coding, operational readiness and post-implementation review.
• Provide technical estimation, delivery planning and clear communication of status, risks, dependencies and production priorities to Canada Services and FCC leadership.
• Mentor engineers and Team Leads, share critical FCC domain and application knowledge, and strengthen knowledge continuity between FCC and FIL teams.
• Identify opportunities to use AI-enabled engineering tools responsibly for code understanding, development, testing, code review and engineering productivity.

About You

You bring extensive software engineering and technical leadership experience in complex financial-services environments, with strong depth across Java REST services, SQL and database design, secure APIs and integrations, microservices/service-oriented architecture, enterprise data processing and UNIX-based automation. You have hands‑on knowledge of supporting business-critical applications, Level 3 production support, releases, incident and root‑cause management, and modernization. You are experienced with Agile delivery, CI/CD, secure SDLC practices and enterprise scheduling platforms such as Control‑M, including batch dependencies, monitoring and recovery. You can guide technical decisions, coordinate delivery across distributed teams, mentor engineers, manage competing priorities and work effectively with business, technology and vendor stakeholders.

Feel rewarded

For starters, we’ll offer you a comprehensive benefits package. We’ll value your wellbeing and support your development. And we’ll be as flexible as we can about where and when you work – finding a balance that works for all of us. It’s all part of our commitment to making you feel motivated by the work you do and happy to be part of our team. For more about our work, our approach to dynamic working and how you could build your future here, visit careers.fidelityinternational.com.