Market & Credit Risk IT

Synechron; Hong Kong; On-site; HKD 600,000 - 1,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Synechron's Risk Technology group in Hong Kong is building a global risk platform to support real-time risk assessment, regulatory compliance, and data-driven decision-making across market and counterparty credit risk.

The role partners with traders, risk managers, and quants to drive design and delivery, embrace modern engineering practices, and ensure secure, scalable systems.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of project or product management experience within financial technology domain.
• Deep understanding of SDLC, agile methodologies, and DevOps practices.
• Software development experience in large-scale applications focused on financial risk technologies.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.

Responsibilities

• Partner with risk managers, quants, traders, and technology teams to implement risk management solutions.
• Support the development and adoption of risk technologies within the Asia region.
• Promote modern engineering practices including CI/CD, test automation, and cloud-native development (AWS, Kubernetes, AirFlow, Snowflake).
• Ensure systems meet security, scalability, and performance standards for sensitive financial data.
• Contribute to regulatory-aligned project delivery and manage technical debt/backlogs.

Skills

FinTech domain

SDLC knowledge

Agile methodologies

DevOps practices

Communication skills

Education

CS/Engineering degree

Tools

AWS

Kubernetes

AirFlow

Snowflake

Job description

The Risk Technology group builds and supports a global risk platform enabling the Risk Management group to oversee all areas of risk across the Firm. The risk platform provides capabilities for measuring, quantifying, analyzing, reporting, and controlling exposures across market risk and credit risk.

We are seeking a highly skilled and strategic Risk Technology Consultant for our Hong Kong office to work closely with traders, risk managers, and quants to drive the build out of a global risk technology platform. The platform will support financial risk technology focused on market risk and counterparty credit risk. The role is key to the Risk Technology’s strategic expansion into Asia and will also contribute significantly to the global team. This role is pivotal in ensuring the development of scalable, secure, and high-performance systems that enable real-time risk assessment, regulatory compliance, and data-driven decision-making across the organization.

Key Responsibilities:

Partner with risk managers, quants, traders, and technology teams to implement technology solutions for risk management

Support the development and adoption of risk technologies within Asia region

Support the adoption of modern engineering practices including CI/CD, test automation, and cloud-native development (AWS, Kubernetes, AirFlow, Snowflake).

Ensure systems meet high standards of security, scalability, and performance, particularly in handling sensitive financial data.

Contribute to the delivery of projects aligned with regulatory requirements

Manage technical debt, prioritize backlogs, and ensure timely delivery of features and enhancements.

Required Qualifications:

5+ years of project or product management experience within financial technology domain

Deep understanding of software development lifecycle (SDLC), agile methodologies, and DevOps practices.

Software development experience in large scale application, ideally focused on financial risk technologies

Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.

Preferred Qualifications:

Strong background in financial services, particularly in market risk, counterparty credit risk, or risk analytics.

Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP) is highly preferred.

Experience working in global financial services firm