Trading Platform Engineer

Alpha Access Limited; Hong Kong; Vor Ort; HKD 1.200.000 - 2.000.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Alpha Access Limited seeks an experienced Trading Platform Engineer to build and enhance our global equities trading infrastructure, spanning market data feeds, order execution workflows, and research data pipelines across multiple markets.

The role demands hands-on experience with market data interfaces, low-latency design, FIX protocol, and cross-market connectivity, plus collaboration with researchers and traders.

Qualifikationen

• Hands-on experience developing and maintaining market data and trading interfaces for global equity markets.
• Strong understanding of market microstructure, exchange connectivity, and trading protocols across regions.
• Ability to translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions.

Aufgaben

• Build and maintain market data feeds and trading interfaces across major exchanges.
• Design core trading platform components: order management, pre-trade risk checks, P&L aggregation.
• Develop robust data pipelines transforming market data into research-ready factors.
• Collaborate with researchers, traders, and business teams to translate needs into scalable solutions.

Kenntnisse

Global market connectivity experience

Ownership & architectural thinking

Strong problem solving

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

C++ (C++17+)

Python

FIX protocol

Go

Rust

TypeScript

Jobbeschreibung

We are seeking an experienced Trading Platform Engineer to build and enhance our global equities trading infrastructure, covering multi-market data feeds and trading connectivity, securities reference data, order execution workflows, and investment research data pipelines.

Hands-on experience in developing and maintaining trading platforms or market data and trading connectivity for international equity markets is essential.

Key Responsibilities

• Global Market Data & Trading Connectivity
• Develop and maintain market data feeds and trading interfaces across major exchanges in Asia-Pacific, North America, and Europe.
• Implement FIX session management, order routing, market data parsing and normalization, cross-market symbol mapping, and exchange-specific trading rules.
• Trading Platform Development
• Design and develop core trading platform components, including order management, pre-trade risk checks, position tracking, and P&L aggregation.
• Integrate trading systems with clearing and settlement infrastructure.
• Research Infrastructure & Data Pipelines
• Build robust data pipelines that transform raw market data into research-ready factors and features.
• Ensure consistency between research, backtesting, and live trading environments.
• Cross-functional Collaboration
• Work closely with quantitative researchers, traders, and business development teams to translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions.

Requirements

• Global Equity Market Connectivity Experience
• Proven hands-on experience developing and maintaining market data and trading interfaces for global equity markets.
• Strong understanding of market microstructure, exchange connectivity, and trading protocols across at least two of the following regions: Asia-Pacific, North America, and Europe.
• Programming Expertise
• Advanced proficiency in C++ (C++17 or later).
• Strong command of at least one additional programming language, such as Python, Go, Rust, or TypeScript.
• Software Engineering Excellence
• Strong programming fundamentals, system design capabilities, and engineering judgment.
• Commitment to clean, readable, testable, and maintainable code.
• Ownership & Architectural Thinking
• Strong sense of ownership and accountability.
• Broad architectural perspective, with the ability to select appropriate technologies and design effective solutions based on business and technical requirements.

Preferred Qualifications

• Hands-on experience implementing the FIX protocol.
• Experience developing low-latency systems, including lock-free data structures, CPU affinity optimization, and kernel-bypass networking.
• Familiarity with securities reference data management and corporate actions processing.
• Experience integrating with prime brokers, clearing brokers, or post-trade systems.
• Deep understanding of major open-source technologies, with contributions to open-source projects considered a strong advantage.