Full Stack eTrading Engineer
Our purpose – Opening up a world of opportunity – explains why we exist. Here at HSBC we use our unique expertise, capabilities, breadth and perspectives to open up new kinds of opportunity for our more than 40 million customers. We’re bringing together the people, ideas and capital that nurture progress and growth, helping to create a better world – for our customers, our people, our investors, our communities and the planet we all share.
About the role
We’re hiring a seasoned Full Stack eTrading Engineer to work on algorithmic pricing, hedging, and trading automation. You’ll take end-to-end ownership across design, development, testing, and implementation, partnering closely with front office stakeholders in a fast-paced, mission-critical environment.
Responsibilities
- Build and enhance electronic trading and algorithmic execution capabilities supporting automated pricing, hedging, and trading workflows
- Design and deliver low-latency, high-throughput distributed systems for global production use
- Develop in core Java, with strong focus on multi-threading, concurrency, and performance tuning
- Work with market connectivity and messaging standards including Financial Information eXchange (FIX) and Simple Binary Encoding (SBE)
- Own and improve mission-critical production systems in global environments, including operational stability and continuous improvement
- Partner closely with traders and quantitative analysts, contributing to solution design and constructively challenging architecture where needed
Requirements
- Proven relevant experience in front office trading systems
- Demonstrable experience in algorithmic execution and/or electronic trading
- Strong expertise in core Java (multi-threading, concurrency, performance tuning)
- Deep experience building low-latency, high-throughput distributed systems
- Practical knowledge of Financial Information eXchange (FIX) and Simple Binary Encoding (SBE) protocols
- Proven ownership of mission-critical production systems in global environments
Preferred Skills
- Experience with Fixed Income and/or Foreign Exchange trading workflows
- Strong testing discipline (unit and integration testing) with a Behavior-Driven Development and Test-Driven Development mindset
Benefits
- Tailored professional development opportunities
- Competitive pay and benefits package including a robust Wellness Hub
- Industry-leading volunteerism policy
- Generous matching gift program
- Comprehensive program of immersive Sustainability and Climate Change Initiatives
- Employee Resource Groups for networking and development
Your final fixed pay offer will depend on the candidate and several variables, including but not limited to, role responsibilities, skill set, depth of experience and education, licensing/certification requirements, internal relativity, and specific work location.