Trading Application Engineer HK

KKR is a global investment firm with nearly five decades of investment management experience with approximately US$553 billion of assets under management as of December 31, 2023. KKR is headquartered in New York and has a presence in 23 cities across 4 continents – combining local expertise with a global perspective.

KKR globally manages investments across multiple asset classes, including private equity, infrastructure, real estate, and credit strategies. In addition, KKR Capital Markets supports our firm, portfolio companies, and clients by providing tailored capital markets advice and financing solutions. KKR Capstone, with a mission to create value for all our stakeholders by identifying and delivering sustainable operational performance within KKR portfolio companies, is also an integral part of the firm’s overall approach to value creation. KKR’s Client Solutions team seeks to diversify KKR’s client base to include new investors across all regions and institution types, including a growing focus on individual, private wealth investors.

KKR first established its presence in Asia Pacific in 2005. Since then, KKR has grown to approximately US$70 billion of AUM across its strategies in the region, which include private equity, infrastructure, real estate, credit, impact, and growth technology. KKR has approximately 300 executives working across business functions and asset classes with offices located in Beijing, Gurugram, Hong Kong, Mumbai, Seoul, Shanghai, Singapore, Sydney, and Tokyo. While nearly all executives are local to their market – and are adept at proprietary sourcing, relationship building, and best practices considerations within their markets – each closely collaborates with KKR’s team worldwide to leverage the firm’s experience and expertise.

KKR has a very collaborative culture where an individual’s success is the result of good skills and acumen in the role and ability to leverage the whole firm.  They think in terms of “we”, not “I” and we know we are better together than one single person – no matter how skilled that person is. One firm, collaboration, operating with “like and trust” are core to how KKR operates. The person who joins in this role is joining a Technology team but also a team of 2,500 people across the firm and we all work together to support each other in delivering the best of KKR to our companies and clients.

For additional information about KKR & Co. Inc. (NYSE: KKR), please visit KKR’s website at www.kkr.com.

POSITION SUMMARY

The Trading Application Support Engineer will provide critical technical support to the trading desk and back-office operations specializing in bond/loan trading. The ideal candidate will possess a strong understanding of financial instruments, exceptional problem-solving skills, and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced, high-pressure environment. The ideal person should possess strong communication skills and have the personality to effectively engage with traders, portfolio managers, and operations. They should be a natural team player, able to collaborate seamlessly to understand and meet requirements. The support engineer should be able to connect the dots and be proactive toward improving the day-to-day support function. The candidate must have excellent programming and data management skills, strong verbal/written communication skills, and be a cultural fit with an emphasis on teamwork, excellence and results.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Provide timely day-to-day support for the trading platform and Business-to-Business integrations.
• Work with business users (Traders, PMs, Operations, Analysts, Finance/Compliance professionals, etc.) and perform requirements analysis, application design, and implementation.
• Ensure a high standard of SDLC with a focus on automated testing/regression.
• Create and maintain professional-level internal knowledge base.
• Provide training to business users and new joiners.
• Align and add to the culture and overall vision/mission of the team. 

REQUIREMENTS

• 3+ years or the equivalent of working in the financial industry with a deep understanding or strong potential to pick up financial securities, especially bonds and loans.
• Prior experience with Everest is strongly desired but not a hard requirement.
• Strong track record of hands-on SQL Server T-SQL.
• Experience with Python programming.
• Experience maintaining and integrating new work into existing codebases.
• Experience with Linux (commands, diagnostics, resolving issues).
• Familiar with Bloomberg and understand how to build Bloomberg functions and formula.
• Strong troubleshooting and analytical skills; detail-oriented.
• Strong cultural fit – teamwork, proactive/self-starter, results-oriented, and integrity.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Have an “Own it!” mindset.

ADDITIONAL BENEFICIAL SKILLS/KNOWLEDGE

• Experience working with Microsoft SSIS and SSRS.
• Experience with XML/XPath/XSLT.
• Experience with a Trading system. Like Blackrock Aladdin, Charles River.
• Experience with portfolio accounting systems like Geneva.
• Active Batch, Control-M, Autosys scheduling.
• Knowledge of HTTP and web API design.