Senior Trading Systems Engineer — Automation & Reliability

Green Lake Executive Search Co. Limited

Hong Kong Island

On-site

HKD 600,000 - 980,000

Full time

45 hours ago

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Job summary

Green Lake Executive Search Co. Limited is assisting a Chinese-funded securities firm in Hong Kong to hire a Senior Trading System Support Engineer.

This role supports HK and global trading systems, covering daily operations, advanced technical support and system availability. You will coordinate with exchanges (HKEX) and vendors, run DR drills, and drive automation for health checks and monitoring using Python/Shell.

Qualifications

5–10 years in trading system operations or advanced technical support at HK financial institutions.
Strong understanding of HK/global securities, futures and options workflows.
Hands-on with Fidessa OMS/EMS; iAsia and/or eSunny futures platforms.
Knowledge of HKEX trading/market data architecture: OCG, OMD, VCM/CAS.
Fluent Mandarin or Cantonese; functional English for technical communication.

Responsibilities

Coordinate with vendors on upgrades, hotfixes, performance testing and production changes.
Prepare and execute HKEX/overseas exchange market rehearsals, mandatory drills and BCP/DR tests.
Drive automation for health checks, monitoring and alerting using Python/Shell.
Act as L2/L3 escalation for complex trading incidents, network dropouts and market data anomalies.
Run morning pre-market checks, market-hours monitoring and EOD settlement support across securities, options and futures.
Maintain trading gateways, HKEX OMD/market data feeds, FIX connectivity and third-party APIs.
Support Trading Desk, Middle/Back Office and Risk; handle technical issues and requirements.
Manage vendors, market data providers and telecom operators; support audits and compliance.
Participate in architecture tuning and fault-tolerance improvement.