Job Description

The successful candidate will be an integral part of the co-development and implementation of electronic order routing interfaces between Interactive Brokers (IBKR) and its clients. As part of IBKR\xe2\x80\x99s FIX team, the selected individual will coordinate the implementation, testing and deployment of FIX Integrations to bring new business to the firm. Involvement will start in the pre-sale stages and conclude with successful production deployment.

The position requires an extensive understanding of the FIX protocol, being the most commonly used infrastructure for many institutions and enterprises to electronically route multi-asset orders to IBKR, as well as practical experience with implementing and testing FIX interfaces for order routing applications.

Responsibilities

• Interaction with clients, vendors, sales, service desks, legal & compliance, software developers, network engineers and other operational teams to integrate and maintain client connections using FIX Protocol
• Integration work will include analysis, design, development, testing, certification and quality assurance tasks.
• Additional responsibilities include but are not limited to configuring test environments for development and quality assurance purposes, coordinating production releases of new interfaces and project documentation.

• Bachelor\xe2\x80\x99s degree or above
• Excellent command of spoken and written English
• Professional proficiency in at least one additional language (Japanese, Cantonese or Mandarin) is highly preferred.
• Strong analytical and numerical skills and a critical-thinking mindset
• Strong FIX protocol knowledge and 2-3 years of solid experience, ideally in the fields of technical support or quality assurance
• Familiar with UNIX/Linux systems and command-line environments
• Knowledge of telecommunications equipment and network connectivity setups
• Prior brokerage or financial industry experience is a plus.
• Knowledge of scripting languages (e.g., Perl, Python, Awk, shells) is preferred.

• Competitive Salary, annual performance-based bonus and stock grant
• CPF Contributions
• Excellent medical insurance, including dental, specialist and in-patient
• Competitive package of Annual Leave
• Daily lunch is ordered in house with fully stocked kitchen
• Modern offices with multi-monitor setups
• Corporate discount on selected fitness centers
• Great work-life balance
• Unique opportunity to gain exposure to global financial products, markets and clientele
• Opportunities for career progression and job scope expansion in a global company with a growing local presence
• Hybrid work arrangement role permitting

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