Senior Trading Systems Engineer – Low-Latency Markets

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing; Tseung Kwan O; On-site; HKD 600,000 - 800,000; Full time

Job summary

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEX) is seeking a motivated Software Engineer to join the Markets Systems Technology team in Hong Kong. You will develop first‑in‑class trading, market data, and surveillance systems for cash and derivatives markets, spanning architecture design, development, testing, and deployment, with production support duties as part of a rostered shift.

You will work with infrastructure, cybersecurity, and trading teams to ensure high availability, low latency, and high

Qualifications

• Solid experience in C++ programming and access to real‑world trading systems.
• Strong knowledge of derivatives products and trading mechanisms.
• Experience in designing and developing high‑resilience, low‑latency systems.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for low latency system development of exchange derivatives trading system
• Rostered shifts, including occasional evening / overnight duty supporting production systems
• Support the investigation and resolution of production incidents
• Collaborate with trading team to define solution based on business use cases
• Take full ownership and accountability of project delivery
• Manage projects with complex stakeholders that involve internal, external parties and regulators
• Assess technological risk and drive mitigation actions
• Collaborate with technology teams on activities with common systems impacts
• Drive technical excellence across the teams
• Uphold compliance with organization policies and standards

Skills

C++ programming

Derivatives knowledge

Low latency systems

High throughput systems

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

Trading systems design

Job description

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEX) is seeking a motivated Software Engineer to join the Markets Systems Technology team in Hong Kong. You will develop first‑in‑class trading, market data, and surveillance systems for cash and derivatives markets, spanning architecture design, development, testing, and deployment, with production support duties as part of a rostered shift.

You will work with infrastructure, cybersecurity, and trading teams to ensure high availability, low latency, and high