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Software Engineer

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Citi

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Location:
Hong Kong, Kowloon

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Category:
IT - Software Development

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Contract Type:
Not provided

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Salary:

Not provided

Job Description:

We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Software Engineer to join our APAC Derivatives Market Making team. This role offers an exciting opportunity to contribute to the development of cutting-edge, low-latency trading applications that drive our derivatives trading strategies across the Asia-Pacific region. The successful candidate will play a critical role in designing, developing, and maintaining high-performance systems essential for market making activities.

Job Responsibility:

  • Design, develop and implement low-latency trading applications using Java as primary development language
  • Work with various database technologies including Sybase and MongoDB
  • Collaborate with traders, quantitative analysts, risk management functions and other engineering teams to gather requirements, analyze technical specifications and deliver robust solutions
  • Optimize application performance ensuring ultra-low latency and high throughput for critical trading functions
  • Participate in full software development lifecycle including requirements analysis, design, coding, testing, deployment and support
  • Ensure reliability, scalability and security of trading systems
  • Contribute to improvement of development ecosystem including dev tools, QA automation frameworks and Continuous Integration pipelines of the platforms

Requirements:

  • Minimum of 5 years of industry experience in software development
  • Strong proficiency in Java with proven track record of developing high-performance/low-latency applications and automated trading platforms
  • Experience with C++ and HTML5 is highly desirable
  • Solid understanding and practical experience with relational databases (e.g., Sybase) and NoSQL databases (e.g., MongoDB)
  • Demonstrated knowledge of derivatives products (options, futures, warrants, CBBCs, etc.) and market making concepts
  • Experience working in fast-paced, mission-critical environment, preferably within financial services or trading
  • Excellent problem-solving skills with ability to debug and troubleshoot complex systems
  • Strong communication and collaboration skills with ability to work effectively in team-oriented setting
  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science/Engineering or relevant field

Nice to have:

Experience with C++ and HTML5

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
October 10, 2025

Employment Type:
Fulltime
Work Type:
On-site work
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