Employer Ref No: 2010010
Date: 22 Jan 2010
Market Connectivity Tech Lead
Our client a Multinational Investment Bank is looking for a Market Connectivity Tech Lead
Education: Bachelors Degree
Location: Hong Kong
Experience: 8+years
Responsibility:
The vision of our client’s Equities Business is to become one of the top 5 Equities houses globally. A critical factor in achieving this vision will be the capability of the Technology Platform to enable business to trade efficiently by having high speed access to various liquidity avenues. The Connectivity Software House aims to develop cutting edge connectivity platform to reach this business goal.
This is a unique and exciting opportunity to get involved in developing a connectivity platform from ground up, develop very high performing real-time transaction processing systems (thousands of message/sec throughput and micro second latencies) and also learn various markets around the globe.
The appointment is for Senior Build Manager role in Connectivity Software House. This role is expected to develop high performing Market Connectivity solutions using core platform. Key Responsibilities Include (but not limited to)
1. Design, Develop and Support interactive and broadcast connectivity solutions to EMEA/Asia/NA markets
2. Lead a build team of around 3-5 developers to develop and support connectivity solutions to various markets
3. Manage day to day task allocation to team members, track progress
4. Manage a Level – 3 Support Rota to provide support to production applications
5. Manage concurrent projects involving various regions
6. Work very closely with Project Manager to manage and deliver connectivity software house road map
7. Partner with several groups (Infrastructure, other build teams, Production Support, Testing) for the application rollout
8. Produce periodic status reports and present to Equities Management Team
9. Instil good development practices in the connectivity software house – automated unit testing, continuous integration, automated ways to measure code coverage, effective code reviews etc.
10. Take lead role in developing SCM Policies and Code of practice for the group
Essential Skills Required:
1. Strong design skills using OO programming languages
2. Strong development skills using Java/C++ programming languages on Unix/Linux platform
3. Clear understanding of how to develop very high performing systems – strives to save micro seconds by using right programming constructs and patterns
4. Strong knowledge of UML - document and disseminate software design
5. Experience with in-memory databases – TimesTen / GemFire / Tangosol / JBossCache etc.
6. Experience with Sybase/Oracle Database, data modelling and database access using Java
7. Experience with low-latency messaging systems – 29West / IBM Websphere Low Latency Messaging / Tibco Rendezvous Messaging etc.
8. Knowledge of FIX protocol, Client Connectivity / Market Connectivity
9. Exposure to any Asia/EMEA market interfaces
10. A proven track record of design, development and delivery
11. Clear understanding of software delivery in an Investment Bank domain
12. Very good understanding of SLDC, SCM Practices
13. Very good knowledge about open source development tools – JUnit, Cruise Control, Code Coverage, Subversion, Ant/Maven, performance testing frameworks etc.
14. Excellent communication skills to be able to communicate with people at all levels
Additional Skill
1. Exposure to any of leading connectivity vendor solutions – Transact Tools, ULLink, GL, Fidessa, Orc etc.
2. Exposure to any of leading market data vendor solutions – RMDS, Wombat
Experience:
1. 8+ year of experience in software development using Java/C++.
2. 1+ years of experience developing software in Equities Front Office domain
3. 1+ years of experience managing software delivery in Equities Front Office domain
4. Exposure to FIX Protocol, client connectivity OR market connectivity in EMEA/Asia
5. Prior experience in developing/supporting high throughput, low latency real-time transaction processing systems in Equities Front Office space is a must
Please send your updated resume in word format to Bijal@thecareerworks.com with expected salary and availability.