Lead Software Engineer, Collateral Services Tech

Hong Kong 5 days agoFull-time External
Negotiable
Description As a Lead Software Engineer within Securities Services, you will be an integral part of an agile team that enhances, builds, and delivers trusted, market-leading technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable way. You will conduct critical technology solutions across multiple technical areas, supporting the firm's business objectives. Job Responsibilities • Execute creative software solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting, thinking beyond routine approaches to build solutions or break down technical problems. • Develop secure, high-quality production code; review and debug code written by others. • Optimize back-end applications for maximum speed, reliability, and scalability. • Drive adoption of best practices in software development and AI integration, maintaining high standards of quality, security, and efficiency. • Identify opportunities to eliminate or automate remediation of recurring issues to improve operational stability of software applications and systems. • Work with stakeholders to gather requirements and ensure solutions meet business needs. • Collaborate with technical Leads and Architects for new products. • Contribute to and build a software development team with a team culture of diversity, opportunity, inclusion, and respect. Required Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills • Formal training or certification in software engineering concepts and 8+ years of applied experience. • Hands-on experience in system design, application development, testing, and operational stability. • Overall knowledge of the Software Development Life Cycle. • Proficient in coding in one or more object-oriented languages, including Java 17+ with Spring Boot. • Advanced understanding of agile methodologies such as CI/CD, Application Resiliency, and Security. • Experience building enterprise applications with high availability and performance using Java, Spring, Kafka, EKS, Distributed Cache. • Experience in leading and developing a software engineering team to deliver business critical projects. • Practical cloud native experience. Preferred Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills • Keen interest in staying ahead of modern development trends and experimenting with emerging technologies such as AI and Machine Learning. • Hands-on experience with Microservices, Data usage patterns, and Event-Driven Architecture (EDA). • Hands-on experience with no SQL Data bases like Cassandra. • Hands-on experience with Python programming. • Experience with RESTful APIs concepts and its integration with • Experience working in financial services.