(Relocation to SG) Backend Developer

(Relocation to SG) Backend Developer (Derivative experience)

10+ years of professional software development experience with proven track record in backend development

Minimum 3-5 years of hands-on experience in derivatives domain (trading systems, risk management, pricing platforms, structured products, or post-trade processing)

Direct experience working with derivatives products including:

Vanilla Options (calls, puts)

Option Strategies (spreads, combinations, volatility strategies)

Structured Products (capital-protected notes, yield enhancement products, participation notes)

Experience working in financial services, banking, or capital markets environments (experience with tier-1 investment banks or global financial institutions is highly valued)

Demonstrated experience delivering enterprise-scale applications in production environments

We are seeking a Senior Backend Developer with hands-on experience in financial derivatives to join our core engineering team. In this role, you will design, build, and optimize backend services and data models that power the lifecycle of complex financial instruments.

You will bridge the gap between engineering and trading/risk domains—translating business logic into performant, reliable, and scalable backend architectures.

Architect and evolve relational, transactional, and time-series data models representing complex financial instruments, positions, trades, cash flows, and lifecycle events

Design and optimize database schemas for derivatives products, ensuring data integrity and performance

Model complex financial state machines and instrument hierarchies

Build resilient, high-throughput backend APIs and microservices to support pricing, booking, trade lifecycle management, risk, or regulatory reporting workflows

Develop RESTful/gRPC APIs for integration with trading platforms, market data feeds, and risk systems

Implement event-driven architectures for real-time trade processing and risk calculations

Apply deep derivatives knowledge to translate complex financial requirements into technical specifications and working systems

Develop systems supporting Vanilla Options (calls, puts), Option Strategies (spreads, straddles, strangles, butterflies, condors), OTC Derivatives, and Structured Products

Implement pricing models, Greeks calculations (Delta, Gamma, Vega, Theta, Rho), and risk analytics for derivatives portfolios

Build trade lifecycle management systems covering trade capture, validation, confirmation, settlement, and reconciliation

Support regulatory reporting requirements (MAS, EMIR, Dodd-Frank) through automated data pipelines and compliance workflows

Integrate with market data providers, exchanges, clearing houses, and internal risk/pricing systems

Collaborate with quantitative analysts, traders, and risk managers to ensure systems meet business and regulatory requirements

Technical Leadership & Collaboration

Participate in system architecture discussions and provide technical recommendations for complex derivatives systems

Work closely with business analysts, front-office users, risk managers, and QA engineers to deliver high-quality solutions

Support Agile delivery through sprint planning, stand-ups, and retrospectives

Mentor junior developers and share derivatives domain knowledge across the team

Collaborate with infrastructure teams to deploy applications on cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) or on-premise environments

Support UAT, production deployments, and post-implementation support

Stay current with emerging technologies, financial regulations, and derivatives market practices