FIX Engineer

Company Overview

Interactive Brokers Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: IBKR) is a global financial services company headquartered in Greenwich, CT, USA, with offices in over 15 countries. We have been at the forefront of financial innovation for over four decades, known for our cutting-edge technology and client commitment.

IBKR affiliates provide global electronic brokerage services around the clock on stocks, options, futures, currencies, bonds, and funds to clients in over 200 countries and territories. We serve individual investors and institutions, including financial advisors, hedge funds and introducing brokers. Our advanced technology, competitive pricing, and global market help our clients to make the most of their investments.

Barron's has recognized Interactive Brokers as the #1 online broker for six consecutive years. Join our dynamic, multi-national team and be a part of a company that simplifies and enhances financial opportunities using state-of-the-art technology.

The successful candidate will be integral to the co-development and implementation of electronic order routing interfaces between Interactive Brokers (IBKR) and its clients. As part of IBKR's Client Integration FIX team, the selected individual will coordinate the implementation, testing, and deployment of FIX Integrations, bringing new business to the firm. Involvement will start in the pre-sale stages and conclude with successful production deployment.

The position requires an extensive understanding of the FIX protocol, the most commonly used infrastructure for many institutions and enterprises to electronically route multi-asset orders to IBKR, as well as practical experience with implementing and testing FIX interfaces for order routing applications.

Responsibilities:    

• Interaction with clients, vendors, sales, service desks, legal & compliance, software developers, network engineers and other operational teams to integrate and maintain client connections using FIX Protocol
• Integration work will include analysis, design, development, testing, certification and quality assurance tasks.
• Additional responsibilities include, but are not limited to, configuring test environments for development and quality assurance purposes, coordinating production releases of new interfaces and maintaining project documentation.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or above
• Excellent command of spoken and written English
• Professional proficiency in at least one additional language (Japanese, Cantonese or Mandarin) is highly preferred.
• Strong analytical and numerical skills and a critical-thinking mindset
• Strong FIX protocol knowledge and 2-3 years of solid experience, ideally in the fields of technical support or quality assurance
• Familiar with UNIX/Linux systems and command-line environments
• Knowledge of telecommunications equipment and network connectivity setups
• Prior brokerage or financial industry experience is a plus.
• Knowledge of scripting languages (e.g., Perl, Python, Awk, shells) is preferred.

Company Benefits & Perks: 

• Competitive salary package.
• Performance-based annual bonus (cash and stocks)
• Hybrid working model (3 days office/week)
• Group Medical & Life Insurance.
• Modern offices with free amenities & fully stocked cafeterias
• Monthly food card & company-paid snacks.
• Hardship/shift allowance with company-provided pickup & drop facility*
• Attractive employee referral bonus.
• Frequent company-sponsored team-building events and outings

* Depending upon the shifts.

**The benefits package is subject to change at the management's discretion.