Senior Application / Systems Engineer – Equities Trading Systems

Description

We are seeking a Senior Application / Systems Engineer specializing in Equities Trading Systems to join our dynamic team in Southeast Asia. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in developing and maintaining trading applications, ensuring optimal performance and reliability in a fast-paced trading environment.

Responsibilities:

·      Analyse, design, develop, implement, and support Equities Trading systems within a Banking and Finance environment.

·      Participate in end‑to‑end system solution delivery, including:

o  Business and technical requirement analysis

o  Functional and technical design

o  System integration and interfacing

o  Development and configuration

o  Unit testing, SIT, UAT, and production deployment

o  Post‑implementation and production support

·      Design, implement, and support FIX protocol based interfaces for order routing, execution, and trade processing.

·      Implement and support message‑driven architectures using Message Queue (MQ) platforms for internal and external system integration.

·      Provide hands‑on support for systems running on Oracle databases and Linux/Unix platforms.

·      Support equities trading functions including order management, executions, trade capture, confirmations, and downstream settlement feeds.

·      Work closely with business users, application vendors, project managers, and infrastructure teams to deliver stable and scalable solutions.

·      Perform production support, troubleshooting, root‑cause analysis, and performance tuning for trading systems.

·      Ensure all solutions comply with security, risk, regulatory, and architectural standards.

·      Prepare and maintain technical documentation, operational procedures, and handover materials.

Requirements:

Education

·      Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related discipline.

Experience

·      Minimum 6 years of relevant experience in Banking & Financial Services IT.

·      Proven experience in implementing and supporting Equities Trading systems in a front‑office or market technology environment.

·      Strong experience with FIX Protocol (e.g. FIX 4.x / FIX 5.x) for trading and market connectivity.

·  Strong technical and platform expertise in Equity/FX trading systems, market data platforms, SaaS/cloud implementations, and mobile application development.

·  Hands-on experience with MS SQL Server, Oracle, Windows, Linux, shell scripting, messaging queues, JBoss, Apache, Tomcat, Java, J2EE, JSP/Servlets, FIX messaging, CORBA, React Native, iOS/Android deployment, DevOps tools (Jenkins, Bitbucket), and scheduling tools (Control-M).

·  Skilled in setting up applications within newly provisioned environments, including network, storage, agents, databases, Aldon, Control-M, Splunk, Geneos, and other monitoring tools. 

·      Hands‑on experience with Message Queue (MQ) technologies for system integration.

·      Solid working experience with Oracle databases (SQL, performance tuning, data analysis).

·      Strong exposure to Linux / Unix environments, including shell scripting.

Essential Skills & Competencies

·      Strong understanding of the equities trading lifecycle and capital markets operations.

·      Experience supporting mission‑critical, low‑latency trading applications.

·      Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a high‑pressure trading environment.

·      Strong analytical, problem‑solving, and troubleshooting skills.

·      Good communication skills for interaction with both technical and business stakeholders.

Advantage / Preferred

·      Knowledge or hands‑on experience with DZH Equities Trading systems or any other brokerage trading applications in the market will be a strong advantage.

·      Experience working with vendor trading platforms and market data feeds.

Prior exposure to regional or global trading system rollouts.

Key Domain/ Technical Skills:

·      Database & Platform: Oracle, Linux / Unix, Shell Scripting

·      Integration & Middleware: FIX Protocol, Message Queue (MQ)

·      Domain: Equities Trading Systems, Capital Markets Technology