Senior Technical Lead HKD 1.4M (Investment Bank) Agency Trading platforms - Hong Kong

Role :

TheSenior Technical Leader – Market Engineering (APAC) is responsible for the end-to-end delivery and ongoing stability of theAgency Trading platforms across APAC. The role ensures these systems meet relevant regulatory requirements while providing technical leadership and guiding multiple teams (“pods”).

Operating at both chapter and regional levels, the role acts as a key escalation point for production incidents, complex releases, and high-risk changes. It ensures technology decisions support business performance while controlling operational and regulatory risk.

YOU WILL:

1. Stable, compliant, and scalable Agency Trading platforms across APAC.
2. Lower operational risk through stronger controls, streamlined workflows, and clearer ownership.
3. On-time delivery of regulatory and business-critical initiatives.
4. Strong alignment across pods, functions, and regions to enable dependable delivery.

Key Responsibilities

1. Platform & Technical Ownership: Own end-to-end technical accountability for core OMS platforms (e.g., Market Sapphire, MOMS), including order handling, post-close workflows, FIX connectivity, controls, and production stability. Provide senior technical authority for design, incident remediation, and platform evolution in high-volume trading environments.
2. Production Stability & Risk Management: Serve as the escalation point for L3 production incidents and recurring client issues, coordinating across engineering, QA, infrastructure, and support. Drive root-cause analysis, mitigation strategies, and long-term fixes to prevent repeat incidents and reduce operational risk.
3. Delivery Leadership: Lead complex, high-impact initiatives from problem definition through design, execution, release, and post go-live stabilization. Deliver under tight regulatory, market, or client timelines while balancing speed, quality, and risk
4. Regulatory, Audit & Governance Engagement: Represent Technology in regulatory, audit, and risk forums (e.g., OMS oversight, trading controls, exchange/market mandates). Translate regulatory intent into technically sound, operationally viable solutions and ensure defensible implementation.
5. Stakeholder Management: Act as a key interface between Trading, Product, Risk, Compliance, COO, and Technology leadership. Communicate complex technical and risk topics clearly to senior stakeholders to enable informed decisions.
6. Strategic Contribution: Contribute to APAC-wide planning, including roadmaps, platform simplification, decommissioning, and organizational change. Provide grounded input on delivery feasibility, risk exposure, and sequencing to protect production stability.