Low-Latency Trading Architect (Java, Kafka, Kubernetes)

HSBC Holdings plc; Hong Kong; On-site; HKD 1,200,000 - 2,000,000; Full time

Job summary

HSBC Holdings plc is seeking an experienced Electronic Trading Architect in Hong Kong to design, implement, and deploy enhancements to the bank’s electronic trading platform. You will support and optimize existing systems, collaborating with engineers across time zones to drive performance improvements.

Ideal candidates have 5+ years in low-latency or real-time software, strong Java knowledge, Linux CLI fluency, and hands-on experience with containers and Kafka/Aeron for data-driven

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on software engineering of low-latency or real-time systems.
• Excellent Java proficiency required, including concurrency, tuning, and memory management.
• Good command of Linux/UNIX command line interface.
• Excellent problem-solving and debugging skills.
• Using agentic AI for software maintenance.
• Experience with container runtimes (Podman, Docker) and orchestration (Kubernetes).
• Familiarity with message passing systems such as Kafka and Aeron.
• Practicing data-driven optimizations (profiling, metrics collection).

Responsibilities

• Design, implement and deploy enhancements to HSBC’s electronic trading platform.
• Support and optimize what you and your colleagues have built.
• Collaborate with software engineers in other time zones.
• Reduce toil and repetitive tasks by automation.

Skills

Low-latency

Java proficiency

Linux CLI

Problem-solving

Agentic AI usage

Containerization

Tools

Podman

Docker

Kubernetes

Kafka

Aeron

Job description

HSBC Holdings plc is seeking an experienced Electronic Trading Architect in Hong Kong to design, implement, and deploy enhancements to the bank’s electronic trading platform. You will support and optimize existing systems, collaborating with engineers across time zones to drive performance improvements.

Ideal candidates have 5+ years in low-latency or real-time software, strong Java knowledge, Linux CLI fluency, and hands-on experience with containers and Kafka/Aeron for data-driven