Job Description
Role Overview
The Trader Platform team builds the core automation and tooling that helps APAC trading desks trade, manage risk and operate at scale across the full trade lifecycle. We deliver solutions spanning reference data, risk tooling, trading applications and process automation for desks across the region and across multiple asset classes. We sit where technology meets the trading floor, working directly with traders and global engineering teams to deliver reliable, production-grade solutions.
We are looking for a Software Engineer (a range of experience levels considered) with strong technical fundamentals, curiosity about the business and the ability to work in a fast-paced trading environment. You will work across desks and asset classes, building and maintaining the systems traders rely on every day. The role includes production support rotation during APAC market hours.
Location
Hong Kong or Sydney
Responsibilities
Build and maintain trading applications, risk management tools and process automation for APAC trading desks
Develop and improve data platforms that support the trading business
Collaborate with global engineering teams to enhance the firm's trading platforms
Create dashboards and UIs that support traders across the trade lifecycle
Streamline operational workflows through automation and engineering best practices
Work directly with traders to understand their needs, turn them into technical solutions and iterate quickly
Take part in the team's production support rotation, triaging and resolving issues during APAC market hours
Qualifications
Strong Python skills; experience with C++ is valued
Comfortable with data-intensive systems: ETL pipelines, time-series data, reference data normalization
Strong fundamentals in data structures, algorithms and software design
Able to understand and navigate a complex trading environment with many connected systems
Business mindset: curious about how trading works, willing to sit with traders and able to turn business problems into technical solutions
Ownership mentality: you see work through from design to production, including operational support
Clear communication: you can explain technical tradeoffs to non-technical stakeholders
Preferred
Experience in a front office technology role at a trading firm, bank or fintech
Familiarity with financial concepts: positions, PnL, risk, order lifecycle, market data
Experience with kdb+/q or similar time-series or analytical data stores
Exposure to real-time or event-driven systems (e.g., Kafka, CEPs)
Experience with workflow orchestration (e.g., Airflow, job scheduling frameworks)
Familiarity with CI/CD, modern build tooling and production deployment in a regulated environment
Why This Role Is Unique
Breadth of impact: you'll work across APAC desks and asset classes rather than being siloed into one product
Trader proximity: working directly with the trading floor means you get immediate feedback on what you build
Growth trajectory: engineers can grow into owning larger, cross-functional projects and leading strategic initiatives
Global reach: you'll contribute to the firm's global platforms and influence how they evolve worldwide
Structured ramp: a structured onboarding program that builds toward end-to-end feature ownership
Required Skills
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About Citadel Securities
Citadel Securities is a technology-driven, next-generation global market maker. We provide institutional and retail investors with world-class liquidity, competitive pricing and seamless front-to-back execution in a broad array of financial products. Our teams of engineers, traders and researchers harness leading-edge quantitative research and the accelerating power of compute, machine learning and AI to power our analytics and tackle the market's and our clients' most critical challenges. Together, we are forging the future of capital markets. For more information, visit citadelsecurities.com.