C++ Low Latency Developer, Asia Speedway Development Team Lead, Vice President, Hong Kong

About the Firm

Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) is a leading global financial services firm providing a wide range of investment banking, securities, wealth management and investment management services. With offices in 42 countries, the firm’s employees serve clients worldwide including corporations, governments, institutions and individuals. For further information about Morgan Stanley, please visit www.morganstanley.com.

About the Team

The Client Connectivity Services Team focuses on client facing equity electronic trading related infrastructure development, new system deployment & client integration.  SPEEDWAY provides low-latency, high-frequency, co-location DMA trading solutions to our quantitative clients.

Low latency electronic trading has been a focus domain in recent years for the Morgan Stanley Electronic Trading (MSET) business. Our group closely partners with MSET to provide trading solutions to service our client’s electronic trading needs.  We provide state-of-the-art, bespoke, highly performance-tuned software/hardware solutions, connecting clients to exchanges throughout the region.

This includes supporting major exchange protocols, as well as industry standard FIX (Financial Information Exchange) protocol.  This unique product pushes technology to its cutting edge in terms of speed, while satisfying some of the most rigorous equity trading regulations.

About the Role

As a leader to this high-performing team, you would be front and center to the development, integration, testing, deployment and support of this DMA platform.  You would also be the faceoff to highly tech-savvy clients, trading desks, product managers, risk managers and across the technology organization.

You would also be part of the global SPEEDWAY leadership team which defines and executes on overall platform strategy, evaluating emerging technologies and keeping up with industry trends.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years’ experience as a delivery manager for low latency trading systems
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience managing a team of people
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience working with global development teams
• Minimum of 10 years’ experience operating C++ systems in a Linux environment
• Good knowledge with scripting language (e.g. Python)
• Good market knowledge across Asian exchanges
• Good knowledge on networks (TCP/IP) is a plus
• Good knowledge on FIX/Exchange protocol is a plus
• Experience on FPGA development is a plus
• Excellent Communication Skills
• Proven track record in stakeholder management
• Proven track record in people management
• Collaborative across a dynamic global setup