Software Engineer — Quantitative Trading Firm

IntelliPro; Hong Kong; On-site; HKD 420,000 - 700,000; Full time

Job summary

IntelliPro is seeking Software Engineers for its Hong Kong office to tackle a broad set of problems, from low-latency trading infrastructure to data tooling and language design.

You will design, build, and maintain production systems in a live environment, collaborating with traders and researchers to deliver impact in small teams with flat hierarchies.

Qualifications

• Top-notch programmer with a love for technology.
• Strong in data structures, algorithms, and mathematical reasoning.
• Curious, collaborative, and eager to learn.
• Fluent in English.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain production systems in a live, high-stakes trading environment.
• Collaborate closely with traders and researchers to see immediate impact.
• Work in small, non-hierarchical teams with no rigid structure.
• Investigate how systems, tooling, and libraries operate across the stack.

Skills

Programming

Data structures

Algorithms

English fluency

Job description

A market-leading proprietary trading firm operating across global equities, futures, FX and ETFs. Founded in 2000, the firm is engineering-led: it builds its own systems end-to-end, from low-latency trading infrastructure to the programming languages and tools its engineers use daily. The Hong Kong office anchors the firm's Asia-Pacific market-making and research operations. Technology isn't a support function here — engineers sit alongside traders and researchers, work in small close-knit teams, and own problems from design through production.

About the Role

We're hiring Software Engineers for the Hong Kong office, at levels from new graduate through mid-senior. You'll work on a broad and open-ended set of problems: high-performance trading systems, data infrastructure, developer tooling, and even programming language design.

What you'll do:

• Design, build and maintain production systems that run in a live, high-stakes environment
• Collaborate closely with traders and researchers — the feedback loop is tight and you see your impact immediately
• Work in small, close-knit teams with no rigid hierarchy
• Dig into how things really work, across systems, tooling and internal libraries

About You

If you've never thought about a career in finance, you're in good company — many people here were in the same position before joining. We're more interested in how you think and learn than in what you currently know. You should be:

• A top-notch programmer with a genuine love for technology
• Strong in data structures, algorithms and mathematical reasoning — comfortable thinking from first principles
• Intellectually curious, collaborative, and eager to learn
• Humble and unafraid to ask questions and admit mistakes
• Fluent in English

Nice to have (not required):

• Competitive programming background (IOI, ICPC, CCPC, Codeforces high rating)
• Low-latency, distributed or systems-level engineering