Director, Senior Technology Manager, Systematic Risk Trading Technology / Central Risk Book Technology, Global Markets Technology

Job Description:

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Job Description:
We are looking to hire a Director level Senior Technology Manager to lead Systematic Risk Trading and Analytics Technology in the Asia Pacific (APAC) region. The team develops solutions for pricing, facilitation, portfolio management, market making, and broad-based quantitative analytics in support of multiple Equity trading desks and asset classes. The ideal candidate has significant practical experience in automated trading of Equities in both Python and C++ and a passion for modern software architecture and development practices. You will take on a key role within our Equities Cash Trading Technology team, working with multiple partners across organizations including senior leadership.

Responsibilities:

• Leading a regional team to build and enhance a comprehensive environment for systematic trading of risk. Components are built using modern Python and C++ along with integration with q/kdb+ for analytics and user interfaces for command and control.
• Partnering closely with the global Systematic Risk Trading Lead to help shape and drive execution of technology strategy.
• Liaising with the Equity LOB to drive a cohesive product roadmap supporting multiple workflows across lines of business.
• Analyzing business requirements, forming an architectural design, overseeing cross team development, and testing, and managing production issues.
• Collaborating closely with our Site Reliability Engineering group to achieve industry leading reliability and scalability.
• Developing roadmaps for continuous platform improvement.

Required Skills:

• Extensive experience in both Python and C++ development on Linux.
• Expert in building quantitative Electronic Trading applications, with specific exposure to automated on-exchange market making.
• Automation first mindset across the software development lifecycle, particularly around shift-left testing.
• Ability to architect resilient, instrumented, distributed systems achieving world class reliability.
• Familiarity with Agile software development and associated best practices.
• Enthusiastic, strong-minded person able to work closely with project teams in a multi-faceted role and help instill a responsible and professional culture.
• Strong communication skills with technical and non-technical partners.

Desired Skills:

• Deep knowledge of Equities/Futures/Options/FX asset classes and algorithmic trading of these products.
• Familiarity with regulatory requirements for trading in APAC markets.
• Working knowledge in architecting applications for Cloud and/or Containerized Environments.