Algorithmic Trading Engineer

HSBC · English · Commercial & Retail Banks · Wealth Management & Financial Advisors · Java · Scala · 8 hours ago
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Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 31, 2026. First seen by Alion on Oct 30, 2026. HSBC scores A on the Alion truth index.

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HSBC

HSBC is a global banking and financial services group headquartered in London, England, whose holding company HSBC Holdings plc serves personal, wealth, commercial and investment banking customers through businesses in Asia, Europe, the Middle East and the Americas. Established in 1865 to finance trade between Europe and Asia, it is listed in London, Hong Kong and New York and runs subsidiaries such as HSBC Qianhai Securities in Shenzhen and large service centres in India, Poland, Malaysia and Mexico. It hires relationship and premier financial managers, sales and call centre advisers, business analysts, QA managers, developers, underwriters and leveraged finance associates.
hsbc.com · HQ: London, United Kingdom · Wealth Management & Financial Advisors · Investment Banking & M&A Advisory · Commercial & Retail Banks · 5000+ employees · Est. 1865
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We are currently seeking a high calibre professional to join our team as an Algorithmic Trading Engineer.

In this role you will:

  • Have expert-level, applied Java experience including the JVM, garbage collection, data structures and non-blocking IO
  • Have solid, applied experience with Scala development (or be willing to learn fast)
  • Posses deep knowledge of equities trading including the order lifecycle, FIX messaging and Asian markets
  • Understand the design and architecture of robust, scalalable and highly available distributed trading platforms
  • Be a passionate advocate for technology, technological solutions and continuous improvement
  • Understand risk, risk management and the role technology plays in this highly regulated environment
  • Be fluent in written and spoken English and an excellent communicator

To be successful you will need:

  • Hands-on experience with algorithmic trading and low-latency (sub-micro) execution platforms
  • Zero GC architectures
  • Micro benchmarking
  • Knowledge of the Linux kernel
  • Knowledge of PTP and packet capture based latency monitoring
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