Senior Production Trading Specialist / Lead (Systematic Trading) - HFT Firm - J12287

The Company

Pinpoint Asia is partnering with a world-leading global systematic investment manager. Our client is a technology-first, data-driven hedge fund with a rigorous, scientific approach to trading across all global liquid asset classes.

They are seeking a highly experienced, battle-tested Senior Production Trading Specialist to act as the ultimate technical authority and operational bridge on their live trading floor.

Your Role: The Senior "Bridge" & Risk Gatekeeper

This is a critical, senior-level "mission control" role. You will sit at the exact intersection of the Front Office (Traders/Quants), Core Technology (Developers/SREs), and the COO/Risk teams.

You will not just be supporting the trading desk; you will be the definitive operational authority ensuring the stability, performance, and strict risk compliance of a high-frequency trading environment.

Your Core Responsibilities

• Limit Management & Risk Control (Primary Focus): Take deep ownership of the firm's trading limit framework. You will manage pre-trade risk checks, fat-finger limits, and DMA exposure. You are the gatekeeper who understands both the technical implementation of limits and the business rationale behind them, handling real-time, mid-session limit adjustments safely.
• Front Office Liaison: Act as the primary, senior point of contact for Portfolio Managers and Traders regarding live trading operations, order flow, and system behavior.
• High-Stakes Incident Management: Serve as the senior technical responder for live trading issues. Whether it's a rogue algorithm, a FIX gateway failure, or an exchange-driven bust, you will diagnose the issue, execute the kill switch if necessary, and coordinate the technical resolution.
• The COO / Tech Translation: Translate complex algorithmic or latency issues into clear business/risk impact for the COO team, while providing developers with precise, data-backed diagnostics to fix root causes.
• Process Automation: Leverage your technical background to continuously automate limit monitoring, health checks, and reconciliation processes.

️ Your Present Skillset

• Seniority is Key: 10+ years of hands-on technical experience in a live trading environment (HFT, Prop Trading, Systematic Hedge Fund, or Tier-1 Prime Brokerage DMA desk).
• Limit Management Expertise: Deep, practical experience managing electronic trading limits, pre-trade risk frameworks, and emergency protocols (kill switches) is mandatory.
• Technical Foundation: You must come from a technical Production Support, SRE, or Trade Support background (not purely administrative Operations).
• Tooling: Strong proficiency in exploring large datasets and automating tasks using Python (or similar scripting languages) and SQL.
• Market Knowledge: Deep understanding of electronic trading protocols (FIX ) and low-latency execution environments. Strong exposure to Equities and/or Futures.
• Communication: Exceptional ability to communicate confidently and push back when necessary when dealing with high-performing Front Office and Executive (COO) stakeholders.

Why Apply?

This is a high-visibility, authoritative role where your expertise directly protects and enables the firm's trading strategies. You will work alongside elite quants and engineers in a fast-paced, non-bureaucratic environment where technical excellence is heavily rewarded.

If this outstanding opportunity sounds like your next career move, please submit through "Apply Now" or send your resume in Word format to Harry Tsang at [email protected] and put Senior Production Trading Specialist / Lead (Systematic Trading) - HFT Firm - J12287 in the subject header.

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