About the Client

You will join the team responsible for the mission-critical systems that calculate risk and process derivatives trades across institutional markets. This position is a balanced hybrid of greenfield architectural upgrades and direct operational ownership.

1. Design & Development: Build, test, and release resilient Java services handling real-time derivatives market workflows, order routing, and risk feeds.
2. System Modernization: Participate in transitioning core applications toward containerized architectures, microservices, and modern API standards.
3. Production Engineering & Incident Triage: Troubleshoot application bugs, review complex stack traces, analyze system logs, and implement permanent fixes.
4. Code Quality & Peer Reviews: Review software design and peer code changes to keep standards high across maintainability, performance, and security.
5. Operational Readiness: Participate in a rostered on-call production support rotation (including scheduled night shifts and public holidays) alongside the wider engineering unit. [Will be compensated]

What We Are Looking For

1. Experience Level: At least 10 years of hands-on software development experience working on large-scale distributed systems, preferably within capital markets or institutional financial services.
2. Technical Stack: Strong core Java background running on Linux environments, backed by solid SQL database experience and shell scripting skills.
3. Messaging & Integration: Practical experience working with FIX protocol and building or consuming RESTful APIs.
4. Domain Exposure: Familiarity with financial derivatives (Futures, Options) or risk models such as SPAN or VaR is a distinct advantage.
5. Modern Infrastructure: Practical exposure to microservices, Docker, Kubernetes, or cloud infrastructure is welcomed.
6. Scripting & Tooling: Useful exposure to Python or Perl for automation and data validation.
7. Mindset: Methodical troubleshooter with good spoken and written English, comfortable diagnosing issues directly inside complex production environments.

Why Apply To This Role

1. Direct System Ownership: You will be working on systems where every line of code matters and impacts market-wide transaction flow.
2. Modernization Roadmaps: Opportunity to introduce containers, microservices, and modern architectural patterns into established, revenue-critical pipelines.
3. Predictable Stability & Institutional Standing: Backing of a major market institution offering genuine career longevity, structured development processes, and competitive compensation packages with recognized shift compensation.

If this outstanding opportunity sounds like your next career move, please submit through "Apply Now" or send your resume in Word format to Hanson Tsien at resume@pinpointasia.com and put Java Developer - Trading Risk Management Platform - J13301 in the subject header.

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