Job Title: Software Engineer - Low Latency Systems

Job Description:

Raptor Financial Technologies is seeking a Software Engineer to join our growing financial application development team in Hong Kong and Tokyo. Raptor is a leading ultra-low-latency market access and risk management platform, servicing the world's largest financial institutions. Ideal candidates should have solid experience developing applications using a modern system programming language (e.g., C++, Rust), with a deep understanding of threads, generics, and system/network programming on Linux. The successful candidate will benefit from on-the-job training and participation in a highly motivated team at the forefront of trading technology.

Responsibilities:

- Develop high-performance, real-time components for our market access and risk management platform.

- Design, implement, and upgrade market connectivity, risk management, and market data infrastructure.

- Analyze and optimize system performance to meet strict latency and throughput requirements.

- Design and implement innovative software solutions to address emerging industry requirements.

- Investigate and resolve complex technical issues and bug reports from production systems.

- Develop and maintain unit and integration tests to ensure code quality and reliability.

- Collaborate with technical teams on system design, integration, and deployment.

Requirements:

- Strong computer science fundamentals (algorithms, data structures, computational complexity).

- Mastery of a modern system programming language (e.g., C++, Rust), including key techniques such as metaprogramming with generics and features like move semantics and lambdas.

- Solid understanding of the software development lifecycle.

- Advanced software testing and debugging skills, with hands-on experience using tools such as GDB, Valgrind, etc.

- Excellent organizational and communication skills, with competent verbal and written English.

- Enthusiasm for solving challenging problems.

Preferred Qualifications:

- Experience with multi-threaded and asynchronous programming.

- Knowledge of network protocols (TCP/IP, UDP) and low-latency networking.

- Experience with financial trading systems or market data protocols (e.g., FIX, ITCH).

- Familiarity with performance profiling and optimization tools.

- Strong interest or experience in hardware acceleration (FPGA) using HLS (Vivado) or HDLs (Clash, Verilog).

- Experience with or interest in learning Rust for next-generation systems.

- Proficiency in a scripting language such as Python.

We Offer:

- Competitive salary

- Comprehensive Social Insurance (Shakai Hoken - Health, Pension, Employment).

- Flexible Annual Leave mixed with working abroad.

- Standard leave policies (Marriage, Maternity, Paternity).

- Referral Bonus & Career Advancement Opportunities.

- Visa sponsorship for qualified candidates.

- Japanese language proficiency is not required.

Employment Location:

This is a full-time, remote work-from-home position. Candidates must be based in Hong Kong or Japan or willing to relocate to receive all benefits.

This is an excellent opportunity to join a dynamic, global team creating mission-critical applications. If you are looking for a challenging and rewarding career at the forefront of financial technology, we encourage you to apply.