Senior Application / Systems Engineer

Important Information

Location: Singapore

Responsibilities:

• Analyse, design, develop, implement, and support Equities Trading systems within a Banking and Finance environment.
• Participate in end‑to‑end system solution delivery, including:
  • Business and technical requirement analysis
  • Functional and technical design
  • System integration and interfacing
  • Development and configuration
  • Unit testing, SIT, UAT, and production deployment
  • Post‑implementation and production support
• Design, implement, and support FIX protocol based interfaces for order routing, execution, and trade processing.
• Implement and support message‑driven architectures using Message Queue (MQ) platforms for internal and external system integration.
• Provide hands‑on support for systems running on Oracle databases and Linux/Unix platforms.
• Support equities trading functions including order management, executions, trade capture, confirmations, and downstream settlement feeds.
• Work closely with business users, application vendors, project managers, and infrastructure teams to deliver stable and scalable solutions.
• Perform production support, troubleshooting, root‑cause analysis, and performance tuning for trading systems.
• Ensure all solutions comply with security, risk, regulatory, and architectural standards.
• Prepare and maintain technical documentation, operational procedures, and handover materials.

Education

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related discipline.

Experience

• Minimum 6 years of relevant experience in Banking & Financial Services IT.
• Proven experience in implementing and supporting Equities Trading systems in a front‑office or market technology environment.
• Strong experience with FIX Protocol (e.g. FIX 4.x / FIX 5.x) for trading and market connectivity.

• Strong technical and platform expertise in Equity/FX trading systems, market data platforms, SaaS/cloud implementations, and mobile application development.
• Hands-on experience with MS SQL Server, Oracle, Windows, Linux, shell scripting, messaging queues, JBoss, Apache, Tomcat, Java, J2EE, JSP/Servlets, FIX messaging, CORBA, React Native, iOS/Android deployment, DevOps tools (Jenkins, Bitbucket), and scheduling tools (Control-M).
• Skilled in setting up applications within newly provisioned environments, including network, storage, agents, databases, Aldon, Control-M, Splunk, Geneos, and other monitoring tools. 

Technical Skills

• Database & Platform: Oracle, Linux / Unix, Shell Scripting
• Integration & Middleware: FIX Protocol, Message Queue (MQ)
• Domain: Equities Trading Systems, Capital Markets Technology

About Encora

Encora is a global company that offers Software and Digital Engineering solutions. Our practices include Cloud Services, Product Engineering & Application Modernization, Data & Analytics, Digital Experience & Design Services, DevSecOps, Cybersecurity, Quality Engineering, AI & LLM Engineering, among others.

At Encora, we hire professionals based solely on their skills and do not discriminate based on age, disability, religion, gender, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, or nationality