Trading Operations Engineer

IMC

ABOUT THE ROLE We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Office Manager to join IMC in Hong Kong at a pivotal moment for the business. This is a hands-on, high-ownership role where no two weeks look the same: one day you’re partnering directly with the HK Managing Director on priorities, the next you’re troubleshooting a vendor issue or stepping into a project that wasn’t on last week’s list. You’re someone who thrives in a lean, fast-moving environment or a fast-growing company where you’ve had to figure things out with limited resources and no playbook. You don’t wait to be told what to do, and you’re as comfortable fixing an unexpected problem as running a structured project. You will also directly manage the Office Manager. This position requires full-time on-site presence at our Hong Kong office. YOUR CORE RESPONSIBILITIES Executive Support * Provide direct, hands-on support to the HK Managing Director across a fast-moving and constantly evolving schedule — and be willing to jump in wherever needed. * End-to-end diary, inbox, and stakeholder management, ensuring the MD’s priorities are handled seamlessly. * Coordinate executive travel — flights, hotels, and ground transport — for the MD and senior leaders. * Manage MD expenses and maintain a signatures-pending log for all documents requiring Director-level sign-off. * Prepare executive presentations, reports, briefing packs, and key business communications. * Act as a trusted liaison between the MD, senior leadership team, and external stakeholders, bringing structure and efficiency to a fast-paced environment. Meetings & Events * Lead end-to-end coordination of meetings and key strategic events in Hong Kong, including agendas, materials, minutes, and follow-up actions. * Support the Office Manager with broader event coordination across the HK office. Office Operations & Leadership * Lead the Hong Kong office expansion end-to-end, including post-move coordination and stabilisation, with support from the Sydney Office Management team. * Manage and develop the Office Manager. * Own vendor contract management and support the MD with budget tracking. * Ensure compliance with HK Occupational Safety & Health Ordinance and Labour Department requirements; oversee physical security and access control. YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE * 8–10+ years of progressive experience in office management or executive administration; track record of real ownership and impact matters more than job title. * Proven EA experience supporting executives — end-to-end diary management, travel coordination, and confidential correspondence. * Demonstrated experience leading a complex office move or large-scale facilities project. * Strong vendor management and contract negotiation skills. * Highly organised with the ability to manage multiple high-priority workstreams simultaneously under tight deadlines. * Exceptional written and verbal communication skills; comfortable engaging with and influencing senior stakeholders. * Fluent in English; proficiency in Cantonese and/or Mandarin strongly preferred. * High degree of discretion and professionalism when handling confidential matters. * Background in a lean financial services or entrepreneurial environment — hedge fund, private equity, venture capital, family office, or fast-growing start-up strongly preferred. About Us IMC is a global trading firm powered by a cutting-edge research environment and a world-class technology backbone. Since 1989, we’ve been a stabilizing force in financial markets, providing essential liquidity upon which market participants depend. Across our offices in the US, Europe, Asia Pacific, and India, our talented quant researchers, engineers, traders, and business operations professionals are united by our uniquely collaborative, high-performance culture, and our commitment to giving back. From entering dynamic new markets to embracing disruptive technologies, and from developing an innovative research environment to diversifying our trading strategies, we dare to continuously innovate and collaborate to succeed.

Flow Traders

Flow Traders is looking for an experienced Operations Specialist to join our APAC team in Hong Kong. The ideal candidate is analytically strong, proactive, and motivated to work in a fast-paced trading environment. This is a unique opportunity to join a leading proprietary trading firm where operational excellence, automation, and continuous improvement are at the core of how we work. The Operations team is responsible for trade lifecycle management, reconciliations, settlement, and control processes that directly support our trading desks. We are building a team that goes beyond traditional mid/back-office execution: we expect our specialists to deeply understand process flows and business logic, design better solutions, and leverage AI and other tools to implement them. What matters most is the ability to analyse how things work, identify what should change, and manage the migration. The role sits within our broader first-line controls function, which encompasses our traditional operations function and other First-Line controls, trade reporting, and data management. As we continue to integrate and develop this function, there are opportunities to broaden your scope beyond traditional operations into these adjacent areas, offering a varied and rewarding career path for the right candidate. WHAT YOU WILL DO * Perform daily trade reconciliations, position monitoring, P&L attribution, and cash/cost reconciliation across multiple asset classes and prime brokers * Investigate and resolve trade breaks, settlement issues, and corporate action events in a timely manner, liaising with counterparties, custodians, and prime brokers * Analyse existing operational processes end-to-end, map business logic and data flows, and design improved solutions that reduce manual effort and error rates * Leverage AI-assisted development tools and scripting (Python, SQL) to build and maintain automated reconciliation, reporting, and control workflows * Manage and improve data pipelines that feed control and reporting workflows, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and timeliness of operational data * Support the onboarding of new counterparties, prime brokers, and market connectivity, including SSI setup and operational readiness testing * Contribute to the APAC delivery of global technology and process improvement projects, collaborating with Technology teams to define requirements and validate outputs * Monitor and manage operational risk throughout the trade lifecycle, escalating issues proactively and contributing to root-cause analysis and remediation WHAT YOU NEED TO SUCCEED * 3+ years of mid/back-office or operations experience, preferably within a proprietary trading firm, hedge fund, or prime brokerage * Strong technical literacy: you must be able to read, understand, and reason about code (Python, SQL) and data structures, whether you write it yourself or work with AI tools to generate it * Demonstrated ability to analyse complex process flows, understand the underlying business logic, and translate that into clear, implementable solution designs * Solid understanding of trade lifecycle processes across listed equities, ETFs, futures, FX, and/or OTC derivatives * Experience with reconciliation frameworks, clearing and settlement workflows, and familiarity with Asian securities markets and their respective rules * Comfort working with AI-assisted development and productivity tools to accelerate solution delivery * Ability to work with large datasets, perform analysis, and translate findings into actionable process improvements * Excellent communication and problem-solving skills, with a proactive, assertive, and flexible approach * Strong attention to detail and the ability to manage a diverse range of tasks efficiently in a fast-paced environment * Bachelor's degree in Business, Economics, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field Flow Traders does not accept unsolicited resumes from any professional staffing or search firms. All resumes, and any other information identifying potential candidates, submitted to any employee at Flow Traders via-email, the Internet or directly without a valid and signed search agreement will be deemed free to contact by Flow Traders without any restrictions and no placement fee of any kind will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by Flow Traders.

Qube Research & Technologies

Qube Research & Technologies (QRT) is a global quantitative and systematic investment manager, operating in all liquid asset classes across the world. We are a technology and data driven group implementing a scientific approach to investing. Combining data, research, technology and trading expertise has shaped QRT’s collaborative mindset which enables us to solve the most complex challenges. QRT’s culture of innovation continuously drives our ambition to deliver high quality returns for our investors.   The successful candidate will join the established DCO team at QRT, working closely with Network Engineering and infrastructure teams you will be responsible for the implementation and physical  deployment of electronic trading infrastructure in support of the firm’s trading activities. Your Future Role within QRT * Contribute to the design and planning of new equipment deployments in line with data centre best practices * Deploy, maintain, and decommission trading infrastructure hardware, including FPGA platforms, ultra-low-latency servers, and high-performance network switches, across a global colocation footprint * Ensure consistent build quality across structured cabling, rack layouts, power distribution, cooling infrastructure, and environmental monitoring * Coordinate installations, upgrades, capacity expansions, and decommissions with exchanges, colocation providers, hardware vendors, and onsite engineers * Support procurement, logistics, inventory management, and the movement of hardware and components between sites * Maintain accurate and up-to-date infrastructure documentation (rack elevations, patching matrices, connectivity layouts) using CMDB tools such as NetBox * Work closely with network engineering and trading teams to ensure physical infrastructure meets performance and operational requirements * Use basic scripting (Python, Bash, Ansible) to support automation, monitoring, and operational tooling where required * Ensure data centre operations meet high standards of security, cleanliness, documentation, and supply management * Install, troubleshoot, and support servers, switches, timing devices, and cabling in live environments * Provide break-fix support in a 24/7 global trading environment Your Present Skillset: * Experience working in low-latency or high-performance trading infrastructure environments (e.g. HFT, exchange colocation, market making) * Strong understanding of hardware and systems used in low-latency trading, including FPGAs, optical taps, high-performance servers, networking, and timing equipment * Solid understanding of hardware and network devices, including basic configuration * Proven experience managing vendors and delivering on-site changes and large-scale deployments to exacting standards * High standards of physical build quality, attention to detail, and operational discipline in infrastructure layout and cabling * Strong documentation skills with a focus on process consistency and operational readiness * Comfortable working in a fast-paced, globally distributed team environment * Willingness to travel internationally and provide occasional evening or weekend support as part of a flexible operations schedule * Ability to participate in an out-of-hours on-call rotation supporting global trading operations   Base salary range for this position is $150,000 to $180,000 per year.  QRT Total Compensation includes discretionary performance-based bonuses and a competitive benefits package.