Position Description
We are a leading and fast-growing Chinese investment bank seeking an experienced Quant Developer to join our Equity Derivatives desk.
You will work closely with traders, structurers, and quantitative teams to develop and support high-performance systems for trading, execution, pricing, and risk management.
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain front-office applications and services supporting the Equity Derivatives business.
- Build high-performance systems for trading, execution, market-data processing, pricing analytics, hedging, and risk management.
- Partner closely with traders, structurers, quantitative analysts, and technology teams to understand business requirements and deliver production-ready solutions.
- Develop scalable Python- and TypeScript-based applications, including backend services, APIs, workflow tools, and user-facing interfaces.
- Integrate applications with trading platforms, market-data services, risk systems, and external/internal connectivity.
- Work with middleware and messaging technologies, including FIX, Redis, WebSocket, message queues, and databases.
- Improve the performance, reliability, observability, and resilience of existing trading and risk-management systems.
- Implement robust software engineering practices, including automated testing, code review, CI/CD, version control, release management, and production monitoring.
- Investigate and resolve production incidents, trading-support issues, data-quality problems, and system-performance bottlenecks.
- Contribute to technical architecture, development standards, and the long-term evolution of the desk technology platform.
Requirements
- Master’s degree or above in Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics, Engineering, Statistics, Financial Engineering, or a related quantitative field.
- 4+ years of experience developing trading, execution, or risk-management systems.
- Strong Python and TypeScript development skills; experience with Java, C++, or C# is a plus.
- Experience building high-performance, real-time, or distributed systems.
- Solid software engineering fundamentals: design, testing, CI/CD, Git, Linux, debugging, and performance optimization.
- Familiarity with FIX, Redis, WebSocket, message queues, and databases.
- Strong problem-solving and communication skills.
What We Offer
- This is a front desk position.
- A fast and clear career progression path.
- Direct partnership with front-office stakeholders.
- Opportunity to work on impactful Equity Derivatives trading and risk systems in a leading investment bank.
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Skills Required
- Master's degree or higher in Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics, Engineering, Statistics, Financial Engineering, or a related quantitative field
- 4+ years of experience developing trading, execution, or risk-management systems
- Strong Python development skills
- Strong TypeScript development skills
- Experience with Java, C++, or C#
- Experience building high-performance, real-time, or distributed systems
- Software engineering fundamentals including design, testing, CI/CD, Git, Linux, debugging, and performance optimization
- Familiarity with FIX, Redis, WebSocket, message queues, and databases
- Strong problem-solving skills
- Strong communication skills
CLSA Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about CLSA and has not been reviewed or approved by CLSA.
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Pay Growth & Progression — Base pay for junior bankers was increased significantly in 2021 to stay competitive in a hot market. This indicates willingness to adjust compensation when talent risks rise.
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Healthcare Strength — Permanent staff are automatically enrolled in healthcare aligned to local markets, with added travel health and security support via International SOS. This points to solid core medical coverage with global-travel assistance.
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Retirement Support — Permanent staff are automatically enrolled in pension plans aligned to local markets. A group retirement plan is administered regionally, signaling formalized retirement benefits infrastructure.
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What We Do
CITIC CLSA is a wholly-owned subsidiary of CITIC Securities and its overseas business platform. Established in Hong Kong in 1986, CITIC CLSA is Asia’s leading capital markets and investment group, committed to driving the growth strategies of global institutional investors, corporations, governments and high-net-worth individuals. CITIC CLSA’s award-winning research, extensive Asia network, direct links to China and highly experienced financial professionals set CITIC CLSA apart from global investment banks and regional players. Over three decades, CITIC CLSA has built an extensive Asia network with deep local knowledge and connections. Globally, we operate from 13 countries across Asia, Australia, Europe and the Americas. For further information, please visit clsa.com
