Company Introduction:

We're home to Asia's most dynamic and vibrant capital markets.
Connecting capital, ideas, inspiration and innovation for deeper, more diverse and liquid global capital markets; providing greater choice and opportunity for our customers, each and every day.

HKEX is a purpose-driven company. Our commitment to the long-term development of our business and our markets is articulated in our purpose: "To Connect, Promote and Progress our Markets and the Communities they support for the prosperity of all."

Job Summary:
IT Post Trade Systems is responsible for the design, implementation and support of systems for the clearing and settlement of cash equities and derivative products, nominee and depository functions, and collateral and risk management platforms.

This role offers the opportunity to work on mission-critical systems that underpin Hong Kong's financial infrastructure. You will be involved in the full software development lifecycle, collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver innovative, secure, and scalable solutions.

Job Duties:

We are seeking a highly motivated Java Developer to join our dynamic IT division. The incumbent will be responsible for IT project implementation and application development on Post-Trade Systems.

The candidate should be an experienced IT professional with experience gained in the implementation of critical application systems on Linux platform and Cloud infrastructure.

Job Responsibilites:

• Responsible for system design and project implementation activities including the business requirement analysis, resource management, application development and documentation.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design and implement new features
• Design and implement application that follows project standard technology stacks and meets business requirements with adequate test case coverage
• Maintain detailed system documentation, including Functional and Technical Specifications, Test Plans for various kinds of testing, and user & operation manuals, deployment procedures as well as contingency procedures
• Troubleshoot issues reported from system integration tests, business UAT and regression tests in a timely manner
• Ensure application can meet all necessary technical and compliance requirements such as architecture, security and infrastructure and performance
• Provide ongoing production support and BAU tasks after go-live
• Undertake any other assignments and projects assigned by supervisor.
• Track and monitor development progress, and resolve technical conflicts and issues within team

Job Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree (or above) in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related discipline.
• Minimum 10 years' experience in software development in large scale and mission critical systems. Candidates with fewer years of experience but strong technical capabilities may be considered at the Associate level.
• Strong skills of programming languages: Java (Mandatory) JavaScript, HTML5.
• Knowledge in Linux, shell programming, Database and SQL.
• Practical experience in Microservices, Container, and REST API development
• Familiar with DevOps life cycles, SDLC methodology and CI/CD tools (e.g. Jira, Git, Junit, Docker, etc.)
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Experience in Cloud technologies is an advantage.
• Experience in application security (OAuth2, API security, encryption & signing etc.) is an advantage.
• Experience in messaging systems (Kafka, ActiveMQ, IBM MQ) or in-house messaging bus implementation is an advantage.
• Experience in financial services system development is an advantage.
• Experience in digital finance (tokenization, blockchain technology) is an advantage.
• Knowledge of FIX / Swift messaging protocols is an advantage.

HKEX is committed as an Equal Opportunity Employer. Diversity is one of our core values and we look to support, respect diverse perspectives, abilities, culture and experiences within our workplace.

Location:
HKEX - TKO

Shift:
N/A

Scheduled Weekly Hours:
40

Worker Type:
Permanent