Hong Kong Interbank Clearing Limited

Hong Kong Interbank Clearing Limited (hereinafter referred to as “the Company”) is a private organization jointly owned by the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) and The Hong Kong Association of Banks. The Company’s key objective is to develop and operate a safe and efficient multi-currency and multi-dimensional financial infrastructure in Hong Kong for:

• large-value interbank fund transfers denominated in HKD, USD, Euro and RMB; 
• interbank money settlement of equity and debt securities transactions in Hong Kong via the linkages with the Hong Kong Securities Clearing Company Limited and the HKMA’s Central Moneymarkets Unit (CMU) system; 
• small-value interbank fund transfers denominated in HKD and RMB via the HKD and RMB Faster Payment System; and 
• interbank clearing and/or money settlement of retail payments, such as paper cheques, autocredits, credit card payments, etc. in Hong Kong.

The Company is also the operator of the HKMA’s CMU system.

Apart from interbank clearing-and-settlement services, the Company and its subsidiaries also support the HKMA and the financial industry to foster the development of the financial technology (“FinTech”) ecosystem in Hong Kong. 

We are looking for a suitable candidate to take up the following job position.

Principal Architect (Solution Development)

Major Responsibilities

• Responsible for development of different FinTech initiatives, such as blockchain-based application, central bank digital currency and cross-border DLT connectivity as well as maintenance of existing application systems
• Participate in designing, coding, testing, debugging, documenting and implementing FinTech projects 
• Analyse and define user requirements 
  Design and develop systems specifications 
• Assist in managing scope, progress, cost, resources and stakeholders’ expectations to deliver the project within timeline and budget
• On call for emergency production incidents and provide fire-fighting support 
• Collaborate closely with all the other teammates and committed to achieve the overall targets of the team

Requirements

• University education with over 12 years’ experience in system development preferably in financial sector 
• Familiar with Agile development methodologies
• Enthusiastic on learning new technology 
• Prior working experience in Hyperledger Fabric,  Vue.js, NodeJS, TypeScript, Python, GraphQL, Microservices, Terraform, Java Spring Boot, Docker, Kubernetes(K8s), CI/CD tools and cloud-based application design will be an advantage
• Good technical writing skill
• Good written and communication skills in English and Chinese
• Good command of English, Cantonese and Mandarin
   

How to Apply

Interested parties please send your curriculum vitae stating your current and expected salaries, and contact phone number to the Human Resources Division, Unit B, 25/F, MG Tower, 133 Hoi Bun Road, Kwun Tong, Kowloon or by clicking the " Apply Now " button below:

All applications and personal information collected will be treated in strict confidence and only be used for the purpose of recruitment and selection.  The information collected will be accessed by our authorized personnel only.  Those applicants not contacted by the Human Resources Division within two months from their application date should consider their applications filed for future reference which will be retained for one year for possible future job matching, and destroyed after the expiry of one year.

All applications applied through our system will be delivered directly to the advertiser and privacy of personal data of the applicant will be ensured with security.