Jobs at Hong Kong Exchanges

Supports cash trading operations and strategic market-structure projects at HKEX. Coordinates internal and external stakeholders, assists with impact assessments, system-change requirements and testing, conducts market and policy research, and prepares bilingual reports, management papers, proposals, and presentations related to Hong Kong market structure and Stock Connect initiatives.

Leads system development and project implementation for post-trade clearing and settlement platforms. Responsibilities include requirements analysis, software design and development, vendor and resource management, production support, cloud technology adoption, documentation, and cross-functional collaboration. The role manages software developers across Hong Kong and China and requires strong Java, SQL, shell scripting, Linux, database, CI/CD, and cloud expertise, with financial services experience preferred.

Leads information security governance, SOC and SIEM operations, incident response, vulnerability management, identity and privileged access controls, security technology management, and compliance activities. Coordinates assessments, audits, remediation, regulatory reporting, security drills, vendor management, and security architecture reviews while aligning local practices with group standards.

Lead strategic trading development and market structure initiatives across cash, derivatives, and connected markets. Oversee end-to-end project execution, operational readiness, budgets, timelines, and accountability. Analyze regulatory and competitive market developments, engage senior stakeholders across technology, regulators, exchanges, and industry bodies, and lead a high-performing professional team. The role requires extensive capital markets expertise, exchange lifecycle knowledge, strategic leadership, and fluency in Mandarin and English.

Develop and maintain resilient, high-throughput Java services for the LMEsmart inter-office trading platform. Build automated testing frameworks, integrations, recovery workflows, and real-time performance reporting. Optimize JVM applications, manage test environments, support distributed systems and data streaming, and deploy cloud-native solutions using containers and Kubernetes. Collaborate with IT and business stakeholders while documenting application and infrastructure designs and improving DevOps and security practices.

A 24-month graduate development programme at HKEX offering rotations and career pathways across strategy, markets, finance, HR, communications, listing, compliance, audit, IT, and operations. Associates contribute to initiatives supporting financial-market growth, integrity, and technology enablement while developing analytical, communication, leadership, and critical-thinking skills through cross-functional collaboration and networking.

Participate in HKEX’s 10-week summer internship, gaining practical experience through technology projects across application engineering, emerging systems, risk and markets systems, data, information security, process controls, and infrastructure operations. Interns will develop technical, analytical, communication, and collaboration skills while working alongside professionals in Hong Kong’s financial markets.

HKEX’s 10-week summer internship offers penultimate-year students hands-on experience across financial markets, finance, strategy, HR, legal, listing, markets, operations, technology risk, sustainability, and related teams. Interns receive tailored learning, networking, and project exposure while developing analytical, communication, problem-solving, and commercial skills. High-performing interns may be considered for return offers or the graduate associate programme.

Designs, develops, tests, deploys, and supports software applications and highly available distributed services. Collaborates with analysts, product owners, architects, QA, and project teams on solution design, estimation, documentation, and delivery. Promotes DevSecOps, automated testing, code quality, and CI/CD practices; provides technical guidance and mentoring; investigates production incidents through third-line support and an out-of-hours rota.

Oversee regulatory reporting, management reports, dashboards, and reporting controls for trading operations. Validate data, perform reconciliations, strengthen control frameworks, and improve reporting accuracy and compliance. Partner with business, technology, and data teams to automate manual processes, optimize workflows, enhance data quality, and reduce operational risk.

Leads test automation strategy, framework development, and quality engineering for trading, clearing, and risk management applications. Develops reusable automation solutions using tools such as Selenium, Cucumber, and Ruby; establishes testing standards and governance; and applies AI-assisted methods for test generation, data creation, defect analysis, regression optimization, and maintenance. Provides technical leadership, mentoring, troubleshooting, and cross-functional collaboration to improve quality, testing coverage, and delivery efficiency.

Leads outsourced Level 1 helpdesk and Level 2 desktop support, governing vendor SLAs, KPIs, service quality, escalations, and operational risks. Owns ITSM practices, ServiceNow data, incident and problem management, continual improvement, service transformation, technical support readiness, VIP and executive support, and risk and control requirements. Manages vendor resources, coordinates internal technical teams, improves user satisfaction and service reliability, and supports audits in a regulated financial-services environment.

Develop, maintain, and support Java-based post-trade derivatives clearing systems across the SDLC. Duties include requirement analysis, design, coding, automated testing, integration and UAT support, production incident resolution, performance tuning, documentation, deployment, and on-call/shift support.

Lead architecture and delivery of post-trade clearing, settlement and collateral systems. Manage developer teams, drive technical excellence across SDLC, ensure resilient high-throughput platforms, handle production support, incident management, and stakeholder coordination.

Support system migration and testing within Client Services Operations. Execute and verify test results, investigate issues with IT, assist external clients using HKEX portals, perform administrative tasks, and support ad-hoc projects. The role requires attention to detail, organization, prioritization, problem-solving, collaboration, and familiarity with financial services, securities, customer service, and Hong Kong or Mainland markets.

The Systems Analyst will develop a low latency testing infrastructure, create test harnesses, and integrate with engineering teams while focusing on performance metrics and automation strategies.

The HKEX Summer Internship offers students an opportunity to gain practical experience in global financial markets, working on projects and developing new skills within a dynamic team environment.

Manage and enhance QA automation frameworks, collaborating with global teams to ensure seamless testing and delivery of applications. Responsibilities include automation script development, regression testing, and overseeing CI/CD processes.

Lead design and delivery of LME market-data platforms: consolidate real-time and historical feeds into governed data assets, define data contracts and architecture across data lake/warehouse, build scalable ETL/ELT pipelines using big-data stacks, tune performance and reliability, and provide technical leadership in a small specialised team to support commercialisation and analytics.

Lead strategic initiatives to develop Hong Kong securities and derivatives market structure and Stock Connect programmes. Manage stakeholder relationships with regulators, market participants and mainland counterparts, lead a small team, and drive end-to-end project delivery across Operations, IT and Markets while monitoring regulatory and market developments.