Performance Engineer (China Market)

Hong Kong
Permanent
Full-time

1 month ago

Flow Traders is looking for an experienced Trading Performance Engineer to join our growing Trading Performance team in Hong Kong. The ideal candidate is driven, curious and has a strong passion for exploring new technologies. This is a unique opportunity to join a leading proprietary trading firm with an entrepreneurial and innovative culture at the heart of its business. We value quick-witted, creative minds and challenge them to make full use of their capabilities. If you aim high, the sky is the limit!As part of the Trading Performance team, you will be able to contribute directly to Flow Traders' core business and have direct impact on our trading results. The key focus of the role will be to enhance the efficiency and speed of our trading stack. You will work closely with traders and technology teams, analyzing data to drive improvements through technology.What You Will Do

Identify and implement solutions that focus on optimizing and improving the overall performance of our trading stack, utilizing low-latency technologies like microwave links and FPGAs
Capture and evaluate network data, develop prototypes for performance solutions, and automate processes
Use data-driven insights to enhance trading results, reverse engineer systems. Designing and performing statistical experiments to interpret emerging real-world observations
Investigate latency issues and bottlenecks. Be a key advisor to our Trading department on recommended technology setups that will further improve trading performance
Collaborate with stakeholders to resolve latency issues and improve overall system efficiency
Identify, analyze and test the potential of various new technologies that can be included in our infrastructure and provide clear justification to the business for implementation

What You Need to Succeed

MSc or BSc in Computer Science, Engineering or a related discipline
5+ years of relevant experiences in a similar industry
Relevant experience in covering Chinese Equity Market
Strong background in computer internals, networking, and Linux systems
Programming experience in Python and/or C++
Experience in system-level performance tuning, data analysis, and understanding of low-latency hardware
Proactive personality, with a scientific-thinking and solution-oriented mindset
Excellent communication capabilities, able to present complex data and communicate technical concepts to various stakeholders clearly
Interest or experience with trading and reverse engineering is a plus

Flow Traders does not accept unsolicited resumes from any professional staffing or search firms. All resumes, and any other information identifying potential candidates, submitted to any employee at Flow Traders via-email, the Internet or directly without a valid and signed search agreement will be deemed free to contact by Flow Traders without any restrictions and no placement fee of any kind will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by Flow Traders.

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