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Flintex Consulting Pte Ltd

Technical Project Manager

Flintex Consulting Pte Ltd Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia · MYR 240K–MYR 276K/yr

Staffing and Recruiting · 11-50 employees

5 d ago
project-manager Senior (5-10 yrs) Full-time Malaysia
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About the role

The Technical Project Manager will lead the end-to-end delivery of high-performance equity trading platforms, including order routing and real-time risk management systems. They will act as the primary liaison between business users and IT to prioritize feature delivery and ensure system resilience and compliance.

What they look for

Technical Project Management Trading Systems FIX Protocol SDLC Low-latency Risk Management Order Routing Agile Scrum API Integration Linux Cloud Infrastructure Fintech Stakeholder Management Binary Protocols Data Analysis

Requirements

Candidates must have 5+ years of experience in technical project management with at least 3 years specifically in fintech trading or investment banking. A bachelor's or master's degree in Computer Science, Financial Engineering, or a related STEM field is required.

Full description

Role Summary

The Technical Project Manager will lead the planning, execution, and delivery of high-performance equity trading platforms. This includes overseeing initiatives for Order Routing and Real-time Risk Management systems. You will collaborate with Business Users, Software Engineers, and Compliance officers to ensure our systems remain low-latency, resilient, and compliant.

Key Responsibilities

  • End-to-End Delivery: Own the software development lifecycle (SDLC) for trading system

upgrades, from initial requirements gathering (BRDs/FRDs) to User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and production rollout.

  • Scalable Feature Delivery: Lead the development and rollout of retail-centric trading related features and integrations with vendor systems.
  • Market Connectivity: Coordinate the integration of new Exchange/Venue APIs and the

implementation of FIX Protocol updates for global markets (NYSE, NASDAQ, LSE, HKEX, etc.).

  • Risk & Performance Monitoring: Lead initiatives to optimize system latency and throughput.
  • Oversee the deployment of agentic AI for real-time trade surveillance and anomaly detection.
  • Stakeholder Orchestration: Act as the primary liaison between the "Business Users” and the "IT" to prioritize the features delivery.
  • Third-Party Integrations: Coordinate with vendors for KYC/AML (onboarding), Banking-as-a Service (BaaS) for instant deposits, and Market Data providers (Refinitiv, IEX).

Technical & Domain Expertise

  • Trading Lifecycle: Expert-level knowledge of order types, market data feeds (multicast/unicast), clearing, and settlement.
  • Protocols & Infrastructure: Deep understanding of FIX 4.2/4.4/5.0, Binary protocols (SBE, ITCH/OUCH), and Linux-based low-latency environments.
  • Retail Trading Tech Stack: Familiarity with React Native/Flutter for mobile, Node.js/.NET

Core for high-concurrency backends, and PostgreSQL/Redis for transactional integrity.

  • API-First Architecture: Experience managing REST/WebSocket APIs that power both the mobile app and third-party partner integrations.
  • Identity & Security: Deep knowledge of OAuth2/OpenID Connect and Biometric authentication.
  • Cloud Infrastructure: Experience managing auto-scaling environments in AWS/Azure/GCP to handle "market open" traffic spikes (e.g., the 9:30 AM EST surge).

Required Qualifications

  • Experience: 5+ years in TPM roles, with at least 3 years specifically in Fintech Trading
  • Vendors, Retail Wealth Management or Investment Banking.
  • Education: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Financial Engineering, or a related STEM field.
  • Methodologies: Proven success leading teams using Agile/Scrum in a high-pressure environment.

Working hours:

Mon to Fri 9am - 6pm

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