FICC E-trading Engineer (Fintech)

Location: Tokyo, Japan

Company

A leading global investment banking, securities, and investment management firm headquartered in New York.

What you will do

• Design and optimize high-performance platforms for real-time pricing and quoting of FICC derivatives to drive real-time decision making.
• Develop low-latency electronic trading systems and infrastructure, ensuring robust and scalable production solutions.
• Implement order routing and market data communication using the FIX protocol for exchanges and brokers.
• Collaborate with quantitative researchers and traders to translate complex trading strategies into production-ready code.
• Perform system analysis and performance tuning to ensure optimal reliability and efficiency.
• Incorporate AI tooling and machine learning techniques into development workflows to improve automation.

Requirements

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Quantitative Finance, or a related technical field.
• 3+ years of professional experience in software development focusing on electronic trading systems and distributed platforms.
• Proven expertise in market microstructure, RFQ/RFT workflows, and low-latency system design.
• In-depth hands-on experience with FIX protocol versions (e.g., 4.2, 4.4, 5.0 SP2).
• Strong commercial programming skills in Java and proficiency in Python for data analytics.
• Expert understanding of FICC derivatives products and financial trading workflows.

Nice to have

• Experience with NoSQL data stores (Cassandra, MongoDB, Elastic) or Kafka.
• Knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) for trading infrastructure.
• Familiarity with kdb+/Q or other time-series databases.
• Knowledge of network protocols and low-latency networking techniques.

Culture & Benefits

• Dynamic and innovative global environment solving challenging engineering problems.
• Commitment to diversity and inclusion with ample professional growth opportunities.
• Access to comprehensive training, development programs, and firmwide networks.
• Focus on employee wellness through personal finance offerings and mindfulness programs.