Software Development
Are you considering your next opportunity in Software Development? As award-winning specialists in Technology recruitment, we have over 14 years of experience delivering a high-quality service to Developers across Asia, finding excellent positions with market-leading businesses in the Banking and Insurance sectors.
Whether you are a Junior Developer, or Full-Stack Developer, our trusted consultants are driven to help you with your career development, providing expert guidance on what skills you need to be learning to stand out in the market and exploring in-demand opportunities including Front Office Developer, Quant Developer, RAD Developer, System Analyst, Full-Stack Developer and Front-End Development.
Latest roles
C++ Developer - Market Connectivity
- Type
- Permanent
- Salary
- HK$1,100,000 - HK$800,000 - Per Year
- Location
- Hong Kong
C++ Developer - Market Connectivity Our client is a leading organization in the financial industry, promoting a collaborative and...
Equity Trading Rapid Application Developer (RAD)
- Type
- Contract
- Salary
- Competitive
- Location
- Hong Kong
Equity Trading Rapid Application Developer (RAD) The organisation is seeking an Equity Rapid Application Developer to join its Asia RAD...
Lead C++ Developer
- Type
- Permanent
- Salary
- HK$800,000 - HK$1,500,000 - Per Year
- Location
- Hong Kong
We have signed a unique client: a fully funded high-frequency trading firm set to launch their trading platform. They are seeking an...
Low Latency C++ Developer - Shanghai
- Type
- Permanent
- Salary
- HK$1,000,000 - HK$1,700,000 - Per Year
- Location
- Hong Kong
Low Latency C++ Developer - Shanghai Our client is a leading proprietary derivatives trading firm with a strong presence across Asia, known...
Senior KDB Developer - FX eTrading Analytics
- Type
- Contract
- Salary
- Competitive
- Location
- Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong
Senior KDB Developer - FX eTrading Analytics Our client is a leading financial services organisation with a strong global presence and a...
UI/UX
- Type
- Permanent
- Salary
- ¥300,000 - ¥500,000 - Per Year
- Location
- Jiangsu, China
Team Overview Dify (https://dify.ai/) is an easy-to-use, open-source LLM (Large Language Model) application development platform. It offers...
增长运营
- Type
- Permanent
- Salary
- ¥1,000,000 - ¥800,000 - Per Year
- Location
- Jiangsu, China
增长运营 Our client is a dynamic organization dedicated to expanding its global influence and building trust within the developer community....
Core Engineering Manager
- Type
- Permanent
- Salary
- HK$800,000 - HK$1,000,000 - Per Year
- Location
- Singapore
Core Engineering Manager Our client is a quantitative trading firm that builds high-performance platforms and empowers independent trading...
Head of APAC Liquidity Provision Technology (Algo Trading Development Team)
- Type
- Permanent
- Salary
- HK$0 - HK$1,950,000 - Per Year
- Location
- Singapore
Head of APAC Liquidity Provision Technology Algo Trading Development Team Our client is seeking a technology leader to head Asia Liquidity...
AI Engineer/ AI Engineering Lead
- Type
- Contract
- Salary
- HK$50,000- HK$79,000 - Per Month
- Location
- Hong Kong
AI Engineer AI Engineering Lead Our client is seeking an AI Engineer with the ability to take lead on AI Engineering activities, with a...
Mechanical Engineer 机械工程师
- Type
- Permanent
- Salary
- ¥300,000 - ¥400,000 - Per Year
- Location
- Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China
Mechanical Engineer Our client is a leading organization specializing in innovative packaging automation solutions and manufacturing...
Machine Learing Engineer (Chinese speaking)
- Type
- Permanent
- Salary
- ¥40,000 - ¥50,000 - Per Month
- Location
- Shanghai, China
Machine Learning Engineer Our client is a leading organization dedicated to cutting-edge advancements in machine learning and large-scale...
In-demand Developer positions
Front Office Developer
In Banking institutions, Front Office Developers have a key technical position in developing inhouse software applications for the Front Office. As a collaborative role, they will communicate across teams and departments to understand client requirements for future software. Developers will then provide an end-to-end process to design and implement applications, ensuring they are delivered to best practice.
In this process, skills low latency programming is ideal for this type of profession. There may be more specific specialist Developers depending on the organisation or market need, or even IT structure, for example, Equity Derivative Developers are currently high in demand.
Quantitative (Quant) Developer
Quantitative Developers provides a key technical role for Banks, developing their models, tools and providing technical solutions towards improving overall business strategy. Quant Developers are specialists in implementing or optimising existing trading algorithms, using programming languages such as Python, C++ or Java, alongside high analytic capabilities.
Successful professionals will be able to use market knowledge in developing high-performing trading applications from creation to deployment.
RAD Developer (Rapid Application Development)
RAD Developers are a key part of the Front Office function in Banks, building applications to enhance RAD tools, as well as providing maintenance. They will manage an end-to-end process, through gathering requirements to understand the needs of the RAD team to deployment phase. Within their skillset, they will have programming skills across C#, Python and/or VBA.
RAD Developers enhance an organisation’s ability to work more efficiently and increase productivity in the improve of these applications.
System Analyst
System Analysts provide a technical responsibility in evaluating an organisations current system and create a vision on how the system can be enhanced to meet the overall business need.
Depending on the organisation, System Analysts will vary from role to role, but typically will merge responsibilities between a Developer, Business Analyst and Vendor Management. For instance, they may have a hands-on responsibility within the system for maintenance, updates, or troubleshooting; but a strong role in communicating across different teams to gather requirements.
Front End Developer
Front End Developers are responsible for creating and managing visual design, interactive and framework elements of an application or website. They will use programming languages such as HMTL, CSS and JavaScript to create these applications or website pages. An important part of this role is also testing and problem-solving bug issues.
Full Stack Developer
Full Stack Developers combine both skillsets from front-end and back-end development to become an overall technical expert in managing applications and website databases. They will have strong skills in HMTL, CSS and JavaScript front-end programming languages, and back-end languages such as SQL, PHP and Python, focusing on the user-interface and server side of applications or websites.
Top tips to get hired in Software Development
Guidance from, Business Manager, Layton Warhurst
Are you giving a complete overview of your skills?
Software development is a highly technical role, where Hiring Managers will look at how your technical expertise will fit into their organisation. On your CV, ensure you are highlighting the technical skills needed for the role you are applying to. If you do not have little to no experience of the technologies required, do not apply to the position. It will be a waste of your time and could mean you miss out on suitable roles for a period of 6-12 months.
Be familiar with technical tests
Technical tests are a regular addition to interview processes now, so you can demonstrate to Hiring Managers your technical competence. Unfortunately, I have seen candidates get rejected due to not being technical enough with these tests. Help can be found on websites such as Codility, Harkerank and Leetcode to understand your technical abilities and gain an understanding of where you may need to practice more.
Build a portfolio
A software development portfolio is essential in showcasing your skills, expertise and the impact you have made with previous organisations. The software and products you work on are likely to be different from business to business, so demonstrate your abilities and problem-solving skills through tangible evidence.
