FlexTrade Systems is a financial technology Software Company headquartered in Great Neck, New York. We are celebrating 26 years as an industry pioneer and a global leader in broker-neutral trading platforms for equities, foreign exchange, options, futures, and fixed income. FlexTrade has 500+ employees across 10+ offices in North America, Europe, and Asia, and a worldwide client base both from Buy Side and Sell Side business. It is an exciting time to join FlexTrade. Each line of business and region is at a different growth phase. Across its functional teams, FlexTrade is taking bold steps to transform its business and approach to positioning itself for the next growth phase

At FlexTrade, we hold our values close to heart, with pride and gratitude, as they guide us in everything that we do. We are dedicated to giving our clients a competitive edge, taking ownership of our responsibilities, being flexible to adapt to ever changing environment and technology, bringing integrity to every interaction and we continue to improve, grow together and collaborate as one team. All of these while having Fun truly makes FlexTrade a wonderful place to work.

Our Engineering team is world-class
Everyone with an idea is welcome to collaborate with our diverse Engineering team here at FlexTrade. We believe in having a good Engineering process but at the same time believe that every process should change and evolve to enhance Development efficiency. We take pride in our ability to execute complex projects and deliver them on time to our customers. All this while having fun at work!

What will you be doing:

• Technical Analyst to deploy, implement, maintain, and debug trading systems for large financial institutions.
• Work with the largest asset managers and hedge funds in the world to deliver our flagship products FlexTrader (EMS) and FlexOne (OMS).
• Understand the workflows of large trading houses and customise the trading application to suit the client’s needs
• Communicate and work with global team of developers and technical leads on product issues
• Answer email and phone calls from clients and support the client production environment on an ongoing basis
• Help perform root cause analysis of production issues using logs, source code inspection, database querying.
• Build tools and scripts to troubleshoot the system further.
• Integrate external applications using API in C++ / Java / Python / Java scripts

What we expect from you:

• Bachelor’s (or higher) degree in Engineering/Technology or equivalent acceptable industry certification.
• It’s good to have Cantonese and Mandarin proficiency, but they’re not mandatory.
• Experience in client interaction and support role for a duration ranging between 4-6 Years
• Technical expertise and a desire to improve in the following technologies: Linux/Unix, Shell-scripting, Perl/Python, C, C++.
• Good communication skills (written & oral), ability to communicate confidently and concisely to both – business and technical experts – from clients and colleagues.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to communicate solutions.
• Ability to occasionally build solutions using Shell scripts/Perl/Python or C++ to address problems while supporting/maintaining the systems.
• Working experience with EMS/ OMS/ Trading platform development projects in either/all of the following domains will be advantageous: Capital Markets (Equity, Derivatives), OTC/Listed Foreign Exchange (FX) Markets.
• Prior exposure with the following will be considered as an advantage: FIX protocol, and concepts of Algorithmic Trading.

FlexTrade does not accept unsolicited resumes from search firm recruiters. Fees will not be paid in the event a candidate submitted by a recruiter without an authorized agreement for a particular SOW (Statement of Work) in place is hired: such resumes are deemed the sole property of FlexTrade.

FlexTrade Systems, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, or any other status protected by law.