Market Connectivity Software Developer

Job Title: Market Connectivity Software Developer

Department: GECD Front Office IT

Business line/Function: ITO – CM GECD

Location: Hong Kong

Position Purpose: 

To build, support and improve the market connectors and market data feed handlers for the Automated Market Making desk.

Responsibilities

Direct Responsibilities

• Gather and refine specifications and requirements based on technical needs
• Develop market connectors and feed handlers to accommodate new business strategies
• Enhance proactively current software iteration to improve latency and responsiveness
• Ensure effective and timely resolution of incidents
• Coordinate with brokers, exchanges or regulators to implement enhancements or new control requirements
• Provide advice and insights to stakeholders during strategic decision meeting 
• Responsible to conform to the bank SDLC methodology and change management procedures

Contributing Responsibilities

• Participate in team life cycle: morning shift, and depending on projects, weekend and holiday work might be required.
• Contribute to the Permanent Control framework

Technical & Behavioral Competencies

• Excellent C++ development and scripting skills (Python & Bash) on Linux
• Good knowledge of multithreading, scheduling and lock-free environment
• Strong experience on latency measurement, analysis and improvement
• Hands-on experience on Asian Exchanges protocols, rules and regulations
• Knowledge of Corvil a/o Low latency hardware is a plus
• Reliable, Professional and able to work under stress

Specific Qualifications:

• 5 ~ 6 years’ experience successfully developing low latency and scalable software
• Previous work in Automated Market Making is a plus
• Knowledge of Financial products especially listed derivatives, is a plus
• University qualification with IT major

About BNP Paribas Group:

As the leading European Union bank, and one of the world’s largest financial institutions with an uninterrupted presence in the region since 1860, BNP Paribas offers a wide range of financial services for corporate, institutional and private investors spanning corporate and institutional banking, wealth management, asset management and insurance. 

We passionately embrace diversity and are committed to fostering an inclusive workplace where all employees are valued and encourage applicants of all backgrounds, including diversity of origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion applicants who may be living with a disability. We have a number of internal employee networks in place to empower our staff to act and challenge the status quo.

• BNP Paribas PRIDE is highly active in favour of the LGBTQIA+ community

• BNP Paribas MixCity which fosters better representation of women at all levels of the organization

• Ability, the mutual aid network for employees with a disability or a disabling or chronic illness

• BNP Paribas CulturAll which celebrates diverse backgrounds

BNP is committed to financing a carbon-neutral economy by 2050. The Group is a founding member of the Net-Zero Banking Alliance and has set up its own Low Carbon Transition Group to support its clients through their energy transitions.

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