Summary

XY Capital is a proprietary trading firm based in Hong Kong. We are an electronic market maker which is specialized in matching buy and sell orders on equities in over 10 Asian countries, relying on our proprietary quantitative models and trading systems.We aim to make the financial markets more efficient with our growing presence in the Asian markets, leading to improved liquidity and reduced execution costs for investors.

Job Description

With the investments we’ve made and growth in the firm, now is the time to be at XY Capital and we are looking for a strong candidate to join our software development team. We seek a candidate with the experience and leadership in designing and developing of market making and trading algorithms. This candidate will work with a diverse team of developers and with traders on improving trading strategy. This role will report to the CEO and will be a key member of the XY Capital staff as we continue to grow and scale.

Responsibilities:

• Contribute to all levels of the SDLC as we develop software to support our trading operations
• Collaborate with traders to understand and anticipate trading technologies needed
• Plan, design and develop high quality desktop trading applications
• Propose and deliver scalability and performance enhancements to our GUIs
• Research and incorporate latest features of C#, NET and WPF to our applications
• Provide support to end users as needed
• Ad hoc projects

Requirements: 

• Degree holder in Computer Science or equivalent
• 3+ years of professional experience in developing GUI applications in C#/Qt/Java/Scala/Python
• Experience with WPF is strongly desired
• Experience in UI/UX Design
• Experience with revision control tools such as Git
• Experience with unit testing
• Good knowledge of SQL based RDBMS
• Ability to work in a fast paced, highly collaborative environment
• Good command of spoken and written English

Preference for: 

• Working experience in algorithmic trading environment and/or high frequency trading system development
• Experience with Visual Studio
• Experience with Linux
• Knowledge in NoSQL database is also a plus: Mongo, KDB+, Redis, Timescale, Cassandra
• Familiarity with Agile development using CI/CD tools such as GitLab/Jenkins/CircleCI
• Background in exchange trading at a prop firm or hedge fund

We offer a competitive package that includes attractive fringe benefits, based on candidate experience.