You will be involved in developing and improving our existing regional regulatory application covering lifecycles from design and development, through the implementation, documentation and maintenance. You will also be involved in the future platform transformation.

System Enhancement and contribute to the efficiency of the delivered solution

• Design and develop robust, performant software components to support the regulatory reporting platform
• Perform/support system testing (e.g. SIT & UAT)
• Participate in code review & improvements, testing, support, and training on new implementations
• Write and/or review documentation (e.g. technical & function spec, user guide)
• Perform process automation, data extraction, and analysis for regulatory reporting

System Production Support

• Provide assistant and level 3 support to end-user and production support team for investigation and resolution of production incidents and operation issues.
• Liaise with the related parties (e.g. IT, Operations, Front Office) to resolve the incident in a timely manner
• Identify the root cause of the incident by applying sound error tracing technics

Assistance to project management

• To ensure regular and efficient communication within the project team and with the stakeholders
• Assist in coordinating the contributions from the various parties to ensure the planning is followed
• Ensure escalations are made timely to avoid unnecessary time/budget slippage
• Assist to put in place and maintain necessary documentation following standard projects governance

You will have extremely sharp technical skills enjoy solving hard problems, and experience in developing:

• complex enterprise-level large-scale strategic applications in Python and Java/C#
• Web-based user interfaces
• on both Linux and Windows-based applications

Essential Knowledge/Skills :

• Proficient in Python & core Java/C#, with a solid understanding of object-oriented programming and good knowledge of its ecosystem. (Willingness to become proficient and develop in Python if not already a primary language.)
• Proven experience in systems or data-warehouse development projects on large-scale multi-region applications. Strong knowledge of data structures, algorithms, and enterprise architectures.
• Solid understanding of database design, SQL/ TSQL, data structure & data modeling with at least one major database technology (Oracle preferred), and best practices associated.
• Familiarity with modern web technologies & stateless architecture. Experience in front-end building frameworks and tools such as RESTful API, JavaScript, CSS, Django/Tornado/FastAPI, Angular, TypeScript, React, Webpack, Node, npm etc.
• Experience in report development on enterprise reporting platforms such as PowerBI, Crystal reports, Business Objects or Alteryx.
• Good understanding of Agile development and testing frameworks such as TDD or BDD.
• Hands-on experience with tools like Git, JIRA, Kubernetes, Docker, Sonar and Jenkins is a significant plus.
• Strong practical performance tuning experience on the large-scale financial systems.
• Hands-on experience with business requirements gathering/analysis.
• Able to understand complex financial system architecture
• Self-initiative and details-oriented, ability to multi-task and meet deadlines under pressure
• Excellent communication skills in English (verbal/written) and interpersonal skills

Qualifications and Experiences:

• Degree in Computer Science or equivalent
• Minimum of 5 years experience in Banking or Financial Industry, preferably Finance / Risk / IT area; more experience would be considered as senior role.

Other Preferred Competencies (not mandatory):

• PMP, Scrum Master, or other related professional certificates
• Experience with Basel or Regulatory/ Financial reporting exposure (HKMA, MAS or other APAC regulators; Basel rules, etc.).
• Familiar with reporting markup language (such as XBRL, and FPML).
• Good knowledge of accounting functions and accounting systems (ERP systems like SAP, General Ledger Sourcing) with a good understanding of accounting terms, processes, instruments, and transactions.
• Good understanding of general banking operations, applications and front-to-back framework
• Project management skills demonstrated on a large and complex project

Optimum Solutions, is a full spectrum Software Solutions and a Managed Services Company providing Professional Services since 1997, we have been providing IT consulting professionals to major national and local firms, Fortune 500, software integrator and software development companies, and major national and local consulting firms. 

Opportunities abound when you work @ Optimum, a World-Class Software Solutions and Service Provider. Our client list includes major Fortune 500 organizations, customers are primarily from Banking and Finance, Manufacturing, Distribution, Technology, Service and Healthcare verticals.

We have got over 2200 consultants working with us and have developed into a rapidly growing, highly competitive and responsive firm with strong management, technical and financial resources and commitment to fully serve its clients in Singapore, USA, China, Malaysia, Philippines and India.