System Engineer, Trading (Banking, 1-year renewable contract)
Dear Applicant,
If you or someone you know is interested, please send the CV directly to quynh.nguyen@evolutionjobs.sg (most preferred, as I may overlook some CVs due to the high volume).
Please note that visa sponsorship is not available at this time.
Key Responsibilities
- Analyse, design, develop, implement, and support Equities Trading systems within a banking and financial services environment.
- Participate in end-to-end solution delivery, including:
o Business and technical requirements 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.
- Develop and support message-driven architectures using Message Queue (MQ) technologies for internal and external system integrations.
- Provide hands-on support for applications running on Oracle databases and Linux/Unix platforms.
- Support equities trading functions including order management, execution management, trade capture, confirmations, and settlement interfaces.
- Collaborate with business users, project teams, vendors, and infrastructure teams to deliver stable, scalable, and high-performing solutions.
- Perform production support activities including troubleshooting, root cause analysis, incident resolution, and performance tuning.
- Ensure solutions comply with security, risk, regulatory, and enterprise architecture standards.
- Prepare and maintain technical documentation, operational procedures, and knowledge transfer materials.
Key Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related discipline.
- Minimum 6 years of experience within Banking and Financial Services technology environments.
- Proven experience implementing and supporting Equities Trading systems within front-office, trading, or capital markets environments.
- Strong knowledge and hands-on experience with FIX Protocol (FIX 4.x / FIX 5.x) for trading and market connectivity.
- Strong technical expertise across equities and/or FX trading systems, market data platforms, SaaS/cloud solutions, and related technologies.
- Hands-on experience with:
o Oracle and MS SQL Server databases
o Linux/Unix operating systems and shell scripting
o Message Queue (MQ) technologies
o Java/J2EE, JSP/Servlets
o Application servers such as JBoss, Apache, and Tomcat
o DevOps and CI/CD tools including Jenkins and Bitbucket
o Scheduling and monitoring tools such as Control-M, Splunk, and Geneos
- Experience deploying and configuring applications within newly provisioned environments, including network, storage, database, monitoring, and automation components.
- Strong experience in Oracle SQL development, data analysis, and performance tuning.
- Solid understanding of the equities trading lifecycle, capital markets operations, and market technology platforms.
- Experience supporting mission-critical and low-latency trading applications.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, troubleshooting, and production support capabilities.
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced trading environment.
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to engage both technical and business teams.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with brokerage or equities trading platforms.
- Experience working with vendor trading systems and market data feeds.
- Exposure to regional or global trading platform implementations and rollouts.
- Knowledge of DZH or similar brokerage trading solutions would be advantageous.