Sydney Currently hiring
Software Engineer, Proprietary Trading Systems
Global market maker with a major Sydney engineering presence
Builds and adapts core trading systems to handle the specific market structure, liquidity, and regulatory differences across APAC markets.
What makes engineering for APAC markets specifically different from building trading systems for the US or Europe?
APAC markets vary significantly in structure, liquidity, and regulation compared to Western markets, meaning systems built or adapted in Sydney have to handle genuine structural differences rather than simply being a localised copy of a US or European system.
How much of this firm's actual trading technology has been built in Sydney, versus just adapted there?
A substantial share of the firm's proprietary trading system has been engineered directly in Sydney, not merely customised from a template built elsewhere, giving engineers there real ownership over core, not just regional, technology.
What's the realistic technical bar for a proprietary trading systems role at this level?
Strong systems programming and an understanding of low-latency, performance-critical engineering, the specific market or asset class knowledge is generally built on the job rather than expected upfront.
