APAC Algorithmic Trading Technical Lead

Your role

Are you passionate about building robust, scalable, and high-performance algorithmic trading systems?  
We are looking for an experienced, hands-on technical lead to join our Front Office Algorithmic Trading Development team and deliver tangible business value across APAC. 
Your role :
• Lead the design and delivery of software for the firm’s Agency Trading Electronic Trading business, with a focus on APAC Algorithmic Trading. 
• Analyze complex algorithmic execution requirements and deliver effective solutions through an agile, iterative approach. 
• Help implement the target-state architecture for our global Algorithmic Trading platform, adapting it to APAC market structures and regional requirements. 
• Evolve our distributed architecture to meet next-generation requirements for capacity, scalability, resilience, latency, and throughput. 
• Provide hands-on technical leadership, promote engineering best practices, and guide key design and architecture decisions. 
• Ensure that enterprise requirements for cybersecurity, platform hosting, monitoring, observability, and logging are met. 
• Expand automated testing across distributed algo-engine components and enhance our simulation test harness to support algorithm, model, regression, and market scenario testing. 
• Collaborate with technology teams, Quants, Traders, and Product partners across regions and asset classes. 
• Provide Level 3 production support and assist Operations teams with releases, platform rollouts, incident investigation, and support-related matters. 
• Mentor team members and help strengthen engineering capability and ownership across the team.

Join us

At UBS, we know that it's our people, with their diverse skills, experiences and backgrounds, who drive our ongoing success. We’re dedicated to our craft and passionate about putting our people first, with new challenges, a supportive team, opportunities to grow and flexible working options when possible. Our inclusive culture brings out the best in our employees, wherever they are on their career journey. And we use artificial intelligence (AI) to work smarter and more efficiently. We also recognize that great work is never done alone. That’s why collaboration is at the heart of everything we do. Because together, we’re more than ourselves.
We’re committed to disability inclusion and if you need reasonable accommodation/adjustments throughout our recruitment process, you can always contact us.

Your team

You will join the Algorithmic Trading Development team within the Execution Services product area. The team delivers Execution Algorithms, Smart Order Routing, Internalization, and Direct Market Access capabilities for an internal and external client base across Equities, Exchange-Traded Derivatives, and Foreign Exchange. 
You will work in a globally distributed environment, partnering closely with engineering, quantitative, trading, product, and production-support teams. The APAC team addresses regional market requirements while contributing to the evolution and adoption of our global Algorithmic Trading platform.

Your expertise

Your experience and skills 
• 15+ years of experience developing, delivering, and maintaining software in real-time, event-driven, distributed environments. 
• Extensive hands-on experience in Algorithmic Trading and Smart Order Routing development. 
• Strong knowledge of electronic-trading systems and latency-sensitive, business-critical platforms. 
• A strong track record of delivering stable, resilient, high-performance solutions that meet capacity, latency, throughput and observability requirements 
• Experience influencing architecture and engineering decisions across complex distributed systems. 
• Hands-on experience with agile development, automated testing, CI/CD, and automated build and deployment processes. 
• Experience supporting production trading systems and resolving complex technical and operational issues. 
• A strong software engineering background with a degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics or related discipline. 
• Strong written and verbal communication skills in English, with experience collaborating across global teams. 
You are 
• A credible, hands-on technical leader who can work across architecture, detailed design, implementation, and production problem-solving. 
• Passionate about using software to solve complex trading and business problems. 
• A collaborative team player who works effectively across business units, functions, teams, and regions. 
• Self-motivated and able to progress work with autonomy, accountability, and integrity. 
• Comfortable constructively challenging established approaches when appropriate. 
• Pragmatic and delivery-focused, while maintaining high standards for engineering, risk, and controls. 
• Able to balance APAC business requirements with the strategic objectives of a global platform. 
• You’re curious to explore how AI can improve how we build, deliver, and optimize workflows. You do this with sound judgment – validating outputs and aligning with policies, risk standards, and ethical use.

About us

UBS is a leading and truly global wealth manager and the leading universal bank in Switzerland. We also provide diversified asset management solutions and focused investment banking capabilities. Headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland, UBS is present in more than 50 markets around the globe.
We know that great work is never done alone. That’s why we place collaboration at the heart of everything we do. Because together, we’re more than ourselves. Want to find out more? Visit ubs.com/careers.

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