Senior System Development Manager - Listing Systems

Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing Ltd; Hong Kong; On-site; HKD 900,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing Ltd is seeking a Senior System Development Manager to lead the Listing Systems IT team in Hong Kong. You will oversee end-to-end software development lifecycle for enterprise-scale listing applications and collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver robust, scalable solutions.

The role requires a strong background in system development, security, and API governance, with leadership experience and excellent stakeholder management.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Software Engineering, or a related discipline.
• Minimum 8 years of experience in the development, implementation, and support of mission-critical, enterprise-scale web applications.
• Proven experience as a Senior System Analyst or equivalent role, managing vendors throughout the full project lifecycle.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and troubleshooting skills, with keen attention to detail.
• Demonstrated ability to translate business requirements into robust, scalable, and maintainable technical solutions.
• Solid understanding of application security, microservices architecture, event-driven architecture, distributed systems, and scalability best practices.
• Experience with SPA, API design and governance, RESTful services, and API documentation standards such as OpenAPI/Swagger.
• Knowledge of database design, data modeling, and technologies such as PostgreSQL, GaussDB, and Redis would be an advantage.
• Proven experience in leading quality assurance activities for critical application systems, ensuring compliance with functional, technical, performance, and security requirements.
• Self-motivated and proactive team player with strong leadership capabilities, able to mentor team members and drive technical excellence.
• Excellent stakeholder management, communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across business and technical teams.

Responsibilities

• Participate in project planning, scheduling, change management, issue resolution, and release management.
• Monitor project progress, ensure adherence to project milestones, and provide timely and effective communication of project status to stakeholders.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including business users, infrastructure, security, and development teams, to analyse business requirements and propose practical, scalable, and sustainable technical solutions.
• Define, plan, and execute testing activities to ensure applications meet both functional and non-functional requirements, including reliability, performance, resilience, contingency, and security standards.
• Support application delivery throughout the project lifecycle, including requirements analysis, solution design, testing, deployment, and production support.
• Coordinate with development teams and vendors to ensure quality deliverables, timely execution, and compliance with established standards and best practices.
• Mentor and develop team members, fostering a culture of technical excellence, knowledge sharing, and continuous learning.
• 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.

Skills

System development leadership

Stakeholder management

API design

SPA experience

Security awareness

Education

Bachelors in CS/IT/SE

Tools

OpenAPI/Swagger

PostgreSQL

Redis

GaussDB

Microservices

Job description

Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing Ltd is seeking a Senior System Development Manager to lead the Listing Systems IT team in Hong Kong. You will oversee end-to-end software development lifecycle for enterprise-scale listing applications and collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver robust, scalable solutions.

The role requires a strong background in system development, security, and API governance, with leadership experience and excellent stakeholder management.