Ultra-Low Latency Aggregator & eFX solution platform that grows with your ambition
Improved fill rates
Customised trading experience
Built-in compliance tools
WHY CHOOSE SPARK?
Advanced technologies
We recognize the technological gap that exists between the best Tier 1 bank Market Makers and other market participants.
That’s why we aim to equip our clients with the similar level of proficiency – all thanks to Spark’s unique proprietary technology and robust architecture. Our eFX solution rivals that of the biggest Tier 1 FX banks in the world.
 | Ye Ting Song, Spark’s Founder & Chief Technology Officer |
Spark’s eFX platform is built entirely in-house using the best in class leading edge technologies. Spark suite of advanced technologies aim to provide the most complete eFX solution on the market.
 | Open architecture CEP technology allows plug and play Algo trading strategies deployed right into the trade engine, providing versatile automated solutions ranging from algorithmic order, price making, auto hedging, analytics and more. | | Our proprietary binary messaging protocol ensures the best performance in price aggregation and market access. | | Sophisticated real-time risk management is built right into the trade engine. | | Spark’s proprietary time series tick database offers the best of breed analytics. |
| Open architecture CEP technology allows plug and play Algo trading strategies deployed right into the trade engine, providing versatile automated solutions ranging from algorithmic order, price making, auto hedging, analytics and more. |
| Our proprietary binary messaging protocol ensures the best performance in price aggregation and market access. |
| Sophisticated real-time risk management is built right into the trade engine. |
| Spark’s proprietary time series tick database offers the best of breed analytics. |
Built-in risk control system
Our customised risk management solution is based on what our clients need, so we can negate your risk during the trading process.
When we first approached Taishin Bank, they were looking at cutting platforms instead of adding more.
We sat down with the Traders and the Risk team to discuss the problem, and eventually, developed a solution which will work, not only for them, but for the industry as a whole, based on best-practices.
Many of the existing platforms weren’t willing to develop something new.
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Tailored to your business needs
We recognise that each customer is different. Our system is customisable and flexible to your unique workflow, with the aim to help improve your workflow efficiencies.
The existing vendor for a Singapore Bank had a poor track record of delivering on time and quality. There was an opportunity for us to build out some totally new features which their incumbent didn’t have.
We gladly took on the challenge, as it not only helped Spark build out unique features, it also helped prove our delivery capabilities, and more importantly, improved the efficiency for our client.
To date, not many platforms would be able to put together Primary Markets, direct LPs and ECNs, and still execute fairly based on the FX market’s unsaid rules of engagement, like not to hit a direct LP and a Primary Market at the same time.
 | Wong Joo Seng, Spark’s Chief Executive Officer on  |
Ultra-low latency
We’ve built our platform to keep up with fast market fluctuation without breaking or pausing. By eradicating non-efficiency, we’re directly helping traders to gain more trade opportunities.
Sparks’ API and technology are the best that I’ve come across, and I’d readily recommend banks, hedge funds and other financial institutions to leverage your expertise in delivering low latency access to the market.
Paul Liew, Quant Trader,
Phoenix Capital
Support from industry professionals
Our customer support agents are industry professionals with years of experience – they understand your business, your sales process, they will know right away to provide the right solution.
With multiple strategies across multiple portfolio managers, Spark has been able to cater to our unique needs.
The dedicated level of attention and technical expertise from Spark’s client service team has been a key driver of success in our relationship with the company.
 | Alain Kamagi, Managing Partner at UNTL on  |
Spark eFX Platform
Cutting edge systems designed for efficient access to FX liquidity and reduced trading costs.
- Ultra-Low Latency Aggregator
- Price Construction & Distribution
- Risk Control & Management
- White Labeling Your Brand
| Aggregate liquidity pool via GUI/ API with best execution |  |
| Well designed and intuitive interface |
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| High fill ratios with low market impact |
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| Product types supported: Spot, Forward, NDF, SWAP, NDF SWAP |
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| Wide range of order types and expiry |
| Define liquidity sources and depth by pricing groups |  |
| Easy configurable of spreads/ skew by currency pairs |
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| Synthetic cross creation and risk splitting |
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| Rule-based and Algo-Driven auto-hedging |
| Margin calculation and auto-closeout |  |
| Trading limits – NOP, ticket, counterparty |
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| Real-time risk control functions: Credit Limit and Fat Finger Limit |
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| Privileged user may set trading limit controls by Firm, Book, Ticket for traders |
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| Post trade analytics |
| Help client deliver pricing solution with their own branding |  |
| Customized trading experience |
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| Enhance client’s offering to their customers |
Ultra-Low Latency Aggregator
| Aggregate liquidity pool via GUI/ API with best execution. |
| Well designed and intuitive interface. |
| High fill ratios with low market impact. |
| Product types supported: Spot, Forward, NDF, SWAP, NDF SWAP. |
| Wide range of order types and expiry. |
Price Construction & Distribution
| Define liquidity sources and depth by pricing groups. |
| Easy configurable of spreads/ skew by currency pairs. |
| Synthetic cross creation and risk splitting. |
| Rule-based and Algo-Driven auto-hedging. |
Risk Control & Management
| Margin calculation and auto-closeout. |
| Trading limits – NOP, ticket, counterparty. |
| Real-time risk control functions: Credit Limit and Fat Finger Limit. |
| Privileged user may set trading limit controls by Firm, Book, Ticket for traders. |
| Post trade analytics. |
White Labeling Your Brand
| Help client deliver pricing solution with their own branding. |
| Customized trading experience. |
| Enhance client’s offering to their customers. |
Compare Spark Systems with traditional platforms
Traditional Platform
 | High rejection rates in volatile markets |
| Rigid legacy systems |
| Separate chargeable risk management options |
| High implied trading cost |
| Limited liquidity pool/ venue connectivity |
 | Improved fill ratios in volatile markets |
| Customised trading experience |
| Built in risk management tools |
| High trading returns through low market impact |
| Ability to aggregate broad variety of liquidity sources |
Developed by industry veterans
Our team of experts holds over a century of industry experience, and are available to provide unique insights, knowledge and expertise on how you can best build Spark into your workflow and implement our end-to-end FX trading solution.
FOUNDER & CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
WONG JOO SENG
Wong Joo Seng is founder and CEO of Spark Systems. A company he conceptualised and started up in April 2016. Spark’s focus is on building the next generation of FX trading platforms that are ultra-fast, resilient, low latency and cost efficient. In addition to being a recipient of an MAS grant, Spark Systems also raised USD8.7 million in a Series A investment round (with venture capital as well as strategic investors) in 2017.
Joo Seng is also a Venture Capitalist and is a Venture Partner with both Vickers Venture Partners as well as an Investment Partner with True Global Ventures. Wong, Joo Seng is also co-founder of M-DAQ; Jan 2010 and the company’s founding Chairman (Non Executive). He assumed the role of Executive Chairman in Jan 2014 and led the company to a successful Series C investment round with a major e-commerce company in Nov 2015 with a valuation of $250 million.
CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER
YE TING SONG
Prior to Spark Systems, in 2013 Ting Song worked at “buy side” US hedge fund Pine River Capital Management in Hong Kong, where he designed and built from scratch a bespoke state-of-the-art algorithm electronic trading system, and managed intraday trade strategies and executions. Before his return to Asia in 2011, Ting Song has already built a distinguished career having worked in London for over 10 years.
He first entered the world of FX electronic trading in 2009, at Barclays Capital in London, where he was a senior quant developer for Barclay’s bespoke Algorithmic Trading System (BATS). The BATS team was responsible for providing automated pricing and electronic risk management for the award-winning Barclay’s FX e-commerce platform BARX – it was one of the top three single-dealer platforms in the world at the time.
CHIEF OPERATIONS OFFICER
JASON WANG KEE HUAT
As Chief Operations Officer at Spark Systems, Jason Wang is tasked to manage the day-to-day operations of the business, handle the upstream relationships with the liquidity providers on the platform as well as oversee the sales and marketing functions of the business. Jason has a long and illustrious career in FX and FX sales. He has joined Spark Systems from KGI Futures, where he was Head, Institutional Sales covering a vast geography including Singapore, Hong Kong, Dubai, Korea, Japan, India and Australia.
Prior to that, he was the Head of FX Sales in Flextrade, covering a similar geography and targeting clients looking at FX Trading Solutions, White Label and FX Treasury Solutions. Before Flextrade, he was Vice President, Sales for Hotspot FX at Knight Capital Group focused on client acquisition and account management for the same wide reach and geography, promoting Hotspot FX’s ECN Liquidity.
FOUNDER & CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
WONG JOO SENG
Wong Joo Seng is founder and CEO of Spark Systems. A company he conceptualised and started up in April 2016. Spark’s focus is on building the next generation of FX trading platforms that are ultra-fast, resilient, low latency and cost efficient. In addition to being a recipient of an MAS grant, Spark Systems also raised USD8.7 million in a Series A investment round (with venture capital as well as strategic investors) in 2017.
Joo Seng is also a Venture Capitalist and is a Venture Partner with both Vickers Venture Partners as well as an Investment Partner with True Global Ventures. Wong, Joo Seng is also co-founder of M-DAQ; Jan 2010 and the company’s founding Chairman (Non Executive). He assumed the role of Executive Chairman in Jan 2014 and led the company to a successful Series C investment round with a major e-commerce company in Nov 2015 with a valuation of $250 million.
Prior to M-DAQ, Joo Seng was the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of G K Goh Financial Services (S) Private Ltd., then a member firm of the Singapore Exchange – Derivatives Trading (“SGX- DT”). G K Goh Financial Services (S) Private Ltd. is the wholly owned securities & derivative brokerage and foreign exchange trading subsidiary of G K Goh Holdings Ltd; a listed company based in Singapore. He joined in 1998 and was instrumental in the start-up of the unit as its founding CEO, a role he continued in until his departure in Jan 2014 when he joined M-DAQ as Executive Chairman. In his time there, he grew GKGFS from a new company into one of the largest institutional foreign exchange trading houses in Asia.
Joo Seng started his career in 1987 in United Overseas Bank Singapore. There he was dealing in precious metals as a trader in Gold, Silver and Platinum over-the-counter Spot, Forwards and Options as well as exchange traded Futures and Options.
Thereafter he joined Republic National Bank of New York, Singapore; now part of the HSBC, as Vice President – Foreign Exchange & Precious Metals Options. At Republic National Bank of New York, he was responsible for interbank price-making and risk management of the bank’s foreign exchange and precious metal options portfolio in Asia, as part of a global options risk management team with centers in New York, London and Singapore.
He subsequently joined Bank of New Zealand in Wellington, New Zealand as Manager – Foreign Exchange Options where he was overall in charge of the currency options desk. His responsibilities included the strategic positioning of the bank’s global currency options portfolio and all price-making activities to both retail & institutional clients of the bank as well as to the interbank market at large.
He returned to Singapore to take up the position of Head of Treasury at TLB Bullion and Futures, the wholly owned derivative brokerage arm of Tat Lee Bank Singapore, prior to joining G K Goh to start up and run G K Goh Financial Services (S) Private Ltd. in 1998.
Joo Seng holds a Bachelor of Science in Economics and Mathematics from the National University of Singapore. He is also a member of Mensa Singapore, the local chapter of Mensa International, and was the society’s Vice President.
CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER
YE TING SONG
Prior to Spark Systems, in 2013 Ting Song worked at “buy side” US hedge fund Pine River Capital Management in Hong Kong, where he designed and built from scratch a bespoke state-of-the-art algorithm electronic trading system, and managed intraday trade strategies and executions.
He first entered the world of FX electronic trading in 2009, at Barclays Capital in London, where he was a senior quant developer for Barclay’s bespoke Algorithmic Trading System (BATS). The BATS team was responsible for providing automated pricing and electronic risk management for the award-winning Barclay’s FX e-commerce platform BARX – it was one of the top three single-dealer platforms in the world at the time.
Previous to Hong Kong, in 2011 he was a FX Algorithmic Trading Strategist at the “Sell Side” investment bank – JP Morgan, in Singapore, where he was responsible for developing the electronic pricing of Asian and NDF currencies on the bank’s e-commerce FX platform, including building and supporting the pricing infrastructure and auto risk management.
Before his return to Asia in 2011, Ting Song has already built a distinguished career having worked in London for over 10 years. He first entered the world of FX electronic trading in 2009, at Barclays Capital in London, where he was a senior quant developer for Barclay’s bespoke Algorithmic Trading System (BATS). The BATS team was responsible for providing automated pricing and electronic risk management for the award-winning Barclay’s FX e-commerce platform BARX – it was one of the top three single-dealer platforms in the world at the time.
Ting Song’s first crack at banking industry was at UBS in 2007, where he was associate director and led a team of high calibre developers to design and deliver a Java/Oracle-based enterprise data solution, as part of a high-profile bank-wide strategic integration framework initiative.
After his graduation from Trinity College, University of Cambridge with a degree in Computer Science in 2000, Ting Song started his career in telecoms during its boom in the early 2000s. He later moved into the consultancy industry and became technical architect and principal consultant with the boutique UK firm Detica, now BAE Systems Applied Intelligence, where he led technical teams and managed consultancy projects such as CASE Management System for the UK government and customer insight project for telecom company T-Mobile.
CHIEF OPERATIONS OFFICER
JASON WANG KEE HUAT
As Chief Operations Officer at Spark Systems, Jason Wang is tasked to manage the day-to-day operations of the business, handle the upstream relationships with the liquidity providers on the platform as well as oversee the sales and marketing functions of the business.
Jason has a long and illustrious career in FX and FX sales. He has joined Spark Systems from KGI Futures, where he was Head, Institutional Sales covering a vast geography including Singapore, Hong Kong, Dubai, Korea, Japan, India and Australia. Prior to that, he was the Head of FX Sales in Flextrade, covering a similar geography and targeting clients looking at FX Trading Solutions, White Label and FX Treasury Solutions.
Before Flextrade, he was Vice President, Sales for Hotspot FX at Knight Capital Group focused on client acquisition and account management for the same wide reach and geography, promoting Hotspot FX’s ECN Liquidity. Clients included Hedge Funds, Bank Trading Desk and Broker Dealers. He was also responsible for strategic alliances between Prime Brokers and other FX trading platforms.
Prior to Flextrade, Jason was with Standard Chartered Bank in Advanced Channel Solution Sales. Other institutions that Jason has worked with include Saxo Capital Markets, Barclays and Accenture where he was the integration and interface team lead for the IRAS (Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore) Project, one of the biggest NET project in Asia.
Jason holds a Bachelor of Computing with Merit from the National University of Singapore.
KEY TEAM MEMBERS
Ashley Koh
COO (Strategy and Operations)
Chin Shi Mei
Head of Finance
Goh Boon Yam
Head of Sales
Patrick Ng
Head of Client Services
Lee Piau
Project Director
Low Han Tah
IT Infrastructure Lead
ADVISORS
Alain Kamagi
Advisor
Mervyn Fong
Advisor
ADVISOR
ALAIN KAMAGI
Alain is Managing Partner at UNTL, a leading global capital markets expert specializing in foreign exchange. The firm was founded by professionals with over 35 years of combined foreign exchange and capital markets experience in major financial institutions.
Prior to co-founding UNTL, Alain was Managing Director at HSBC Bank U.S.A., where he established and led a team which covered Central Banks, Foreign Pension Funds, Multinational Corporations, Hedge Funds, Proprietary Desks and Family Offices. In that role, he also assembled and spearheaded a multi-product team responsible for cross selling FX and Fixed Income products to international institutional and family office clientele.
Alain graduated from the University of Houston with a BA in Finance and possesses an MBA from the C.T. Bauer College of Business, University of Houston.
ADVISOR
MERVYN FONG
Mervyn has had a distinguished career spanning over 36 years with leading financial institutions and industry associations. As an Advisory Board Member of Spark Systems, Mervyn brings extensive knowledge in investment banking, treasury & capital markets origination, structuring, sales & trading, and strategic management, making him a valuable resource to Spark System’s operations.
He started his career at London-based Samuel Montagu & Co Limited as a merchant banker. Following its acquisition by the HSBC Group, Mervyn moved to HSBC where he would eventually spend a total of 26 years holding various senior management positions including Managing Director and Head of Treasury and Capital Markets. From the firm’s regional hub in Singapore, he was responsible for HSBC’s trading, sales, treasury and capital market operations. Although he retired from HSBC in 2008, Mervyn rejoined the HSBC Group in 2016 as an Independent Non-Executive Director and Chairman of the Board Risk Committee at HSBC Bank (Singapore) Limited.
After retiring from HSBC in 2008, Mervyn spent the next decade as the Managing Director of ACI Singapore; the industry association for financial markets professionals in Singapore. He also served on the Global Council, Committee for Professionalism, and Board of Education of ACI – The Financial Markets Association, the largest wholesale financial markets industry association representing ACI members from over 60 countries. Mervyn was also a past Chairman of the Singapore Investment Banking Association.
Apart from his professional career, Mervyn serves actively as a member of the Executive Board and Vice Chairman of the Board of Finance of the Trinity Annual Conference (TRAC), representing the 21 English churches in the Methodist Church in Singapore.
Mervyn graduated from the University of Birmingham with a Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) and also holds an MBA from the National University of Singapore.
PRESS
Spark Systems in the Media
Goldman-Backed FX Platform Clinches HSBC, Citigroup Funding
BLOOMBERG, 15 MAY 2020
A Singapore foreign-exchange platform has won financial backing from HSBC Holdings Plc and Citigroup Inc. just as…
Citi, HSBC back Singapore fintech startup Spark in $10.5m round
TECH IN ASIA, 15 MAY 2020
Singapore-based Spark System, a tech-enabled trading platform, today announced the first close of its series…
Singapore-based forex platform clinches HSBC, Citigroup funding
THE BUSINESS TIMES, 15 MAY 2020
A Singapore foreign-exchange platform has won financial backing from HSBC Holdings and Citigroup just as…
Helping doctors make faster and better decisions
THE BUSINESS TIMES, 7 NOV 2019
An AI solution seeks to improve the speed and accuracy of medical diagnoses…
Singapore steps up efforts to boost FX ecosystem as hong Kong closes in fast
ASIAN BANKING & FINANCE, 10 JAN 2020
Citi launched a pricing engine that cuts the time it takes to route a trade between Singapore to Tokyo…
Young guns fire up Singapore industries
THE BUSINESS TIMES, 4 OCT 2019
They may be young companies, but they are pushing the envelope in their respective industries – and making money from it too…
Adding a spark to forex trading
THE BUSINESS TIMES, 18 SEP 2019
From a little spark may burst a flame, as the saying goes. For Spark Systems, that is exactly the point…
Wong Joo Seng, Jason Wang & Ye Tingsong, Spark Systems
MONEY FM, 18 SEP 2019
No annual award better honours the bold ambition of Singapore’s young businesses under ten yeasr old than…
Singapore woos banks in battle of Asia's biggest forex hubs
BLOOMBERG, 16 SEP 2019
Singapore saw its lead over Hong Kong shrink to just a whisker in the battle to be Asia’s biggest foreign-exchange currency hub…
S'pore aims to cut sub-second lag to boost forex trading
THE STRAITS TIMES, 26 APR 2019
Singapore is grabbing a sub-second opportunity to win a bigger slice of the world’s US$5.1 trillion (S$7 trillion) a day foreign exchange market…
Shaving milliseconds off currency trades could make Singapore billions
THE BUSINESS TIMES, 25 APR 2019
Singapore is grabbing a sub-second opportunity to win a bigger slice of the world’s US$5.1 trillion-a-day foreign exchange market…
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CLIENT SERVICES SPECIALIST
(NIGHT SHIFT)
Singapore | Fulltime
Seeing the challenges of FX today with high latency and rejection rates, fragmented marketplace and outdated technology, Spark Systems sets out to build a robust trading platform designed for low-latency access to worldwide FX liquidity with smart algorithmic execution, reducing trading costs for our clients. We are also delivering our next-generation automated data-driven decision tools to help our clients discover market opportunities with the deep tech and data analytics we have on our platform.
Job Overview
We are looking for a Client Services Specialist within our energetic startup team. This is a fantastic opportunity to play an integral role in delivering unparalleled customer service to our clients. An ideal candidate is someone who exhibits great personality, strong passion for customer success and continuous improvement on customer service. This role will suit an individual who loves to build client relations and deliver exceptional customer service.
Responsibilities
- Perform daily system health checks.
- Provide 1st and 2nd level technical and functional support for client queries and issues over phone and email.
- Research problems thoroughly, test solutions and make recommendations to clients.
- React to critical issues on a timely basis i.e. troubleshoot, investigate and escalate (if necessary) issues and create or apply appropriate solutions to immediate issues.
- Troubleshoot problems across a wide range of technical skills including Unix, SQL, XML, FIX and Java.
- Provide assistance in our product and explaining processes in accordance with internal procedures.
- Provide project management for onboarding of (i) Client setups and (ii) Bank connections.
- Provide weekend support for deployment and post-checks.
- Configure demo environments for sales.
- Maintain awareness of relevant technical and product trends with self-learning and job shadowing.
- Work across teams to continually provide feedback, improve product, and drive future innovation.
Required Skills
- Experience working in a Technical Support environment with excellent customer service skills.
- Basic understanding of FX market and/or a desire to learn FX.
- Ability to communicate effectively and professionally, both verbally and in writing with customers and colleagues at all levels of technical and non-technical skill sets.
- Knowledge on UNIX command line, SQL or Java programming is a plus.
Qualifications
- Able to work NIGHT shifts
- Minimum Diploma in Computer Studies or related discipline.
- Basic knowledge of Linux environment.
- At least 2 years of experience in support related fields is required.
- Knowledge of FX is a strongly preferred. If not, knowledge in other financial asset class is helpful.
- A positive and helpful attitude to serve customers and assist colleagues.
- Ability to multi-task, prioritize and deliver in a mission critical / time pressured environment.
- Someone who is undeterred and would not give up easily.
- Proactive with good analytical and organization skills.
- Positive work attitude, motivated and resilient in tough situations.
- A drive to learn and master new technologies and techniques.
Interested candidates, please send your resume to hr@sparksystems.sg and indicate the job title in subject field.
SOFTWARE QA ENGINEER (MOBILE)
Singapore | Fulltime
Seeing the challenges of FX today with high latency and rejection rates, fragmented marketplace and outdated technology, Spark Systems sets out to build a robust trading platform designed for low-latency access to worldwide FX liquidity with smart algorithmic execution, reducing trading costs for our clients. We are also delivering our next-generation automated data-driven decision tools to help our clients discover market opportunities with the deep tech and data analytics we have on our platform. As an early member of the firm you will be involved from the beginning of building a truly innovative product, and be duly rewarded with a fast-track career.
Responsibilities
- Be involved in the end-to-end software development life cycle, working together with development team and project management team
- Prepares test plan and test design, writes test cases and test scripts
- Execute regression tests, functional tests and data tests
- Perform usability testing, compatibility testing for mobile apps
- Bug reporting, analysis and tracking
- Set up and maintain test environment, coordinating with development team to resolve the issues
- Continuous improvement of the testing framework, process and testing quality and efficiency
Qualifications
- Experience with mobile testing (iOS or Android)
- Experience with Android, iOS debug tools
- Experience with Android, iOS logs collection
- Have a deep understanding of Manual test methodologies and principles
- Experience with mobile automation frameworks such as Appium, UI Automator, XCUITest
- Experience with Linux or Unix operating system
- Experience with at least one programming language such as Python/Java
- Experiences with database (SQL/NoSQL)
- Basic understanding of mobile development
- Proficient in test procedures and test case design methods can take the initiative to technical research
- Strong logical thinking ability, negotiation ability, and conflict management ability
- Good at teamwork, understand and adapt to changes, take results and actions as the criterion, and strive for success
Interested candidates, please send your resume to hr@sparksystems.sg and indicate the job title in subject field.
BUSINESS ANALYST
Singapore | Fulltime
Seeing the challenges of FX today with high latency and rejection rates, fragmented marketplace and outdated technology, Spark Systems sets out to build a robust trading platform designed for low-latency access to worldwide FX liquidity with smart algorithmic execution, reducing trading costs for our clients. We are also delivering our next-generation automated data-driven decision tools to help our clients discover market opportunities with the deep tech and data analytics we have on our platform. As an early member of the firm you will be involved from the beginning of building a truly innovative product, and be duly rewarded with a fast-track career.
Responsibilities
- Work with business users to elicit and validate business needs for both new projects and change requests.
- Analyze user requirements and identify gaps within the system and translate them into functional and technical specifications.
- Facilitate requirements workshops to engage various stakeholders such as front office, middle office, back office, compliance etc to ensure project meets business needs.
- Document management – clear and concise requirements ensuring input from all relevant parties, with proper sign off and effective change and version control.
- Drive day to day operational aspects of project management –this includes driving prioritization process, tracking tasks assigned to teams, delivery coordination to meet project schedule, quality and budget.
- Engage external and internal stakeholders to meet project timeline – primarily client users, sales, engineering and QA teams, working closely with all to ensure effective and efficient implementation.
- Support user acceptance testing such as problem resolution, tracking, escalation and closure.
- Execute implementation activities and provide post implementation support.
- Lead and manage issues during UAT/Sprints to ensure all defects are tracked to closure.
Qualifications
- 3-6 years IT business analyst and project management experience within the banking industry.
- Diploma/Degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Engineering or related discipline.
- Business knowledge of Forex or other financial asset classes is a plus. Good understanding of Foreign Exchange (FX) products and trade process such as trade entry, confirmation and settlement.
- Strong written and verbal communication, including technical writing skills.
- Ability to work independently and multi-task in a fast-paced environment.
- Proactive personality with good analytical and organization skills.
- Familiar with Agile values, principles, processes and methods such as iterative and incremental development, continuous integration, test-driven development, unit testing, code refactoring and Scrum ceremonies. Knowledge of Jira Tracking Tool is a plus.
Interested candidates, please send your resume to hr@sparksystems.sg and indicate the job title in subject field.
GUI DEVELOPER
Singapore | Fulltime
Develop top grade trading application GUI connected to backend trading engine with the state-of-art in-house built transport protocol, for front office trading desks.
- Develop UI tools/dashboards to track performance, provide first-level analysis, visualizing, monitoring and reporting for suite of server-side applications
- Extensive experience in developing application front-end GUIs, thick clients.
- Strong UI programming skills in Java or C#
- Proficient in one or more GUI development frameworks such as WPF, Swing or Java FX
- Solid knowledge of MVVM design patterns and other client-server design patterns
- Highly skilled in developing responsive and interactive applications
- Experiencing in any of modern web framework is a plus.
- Proficient in CSS style sheets for customizing UI elements
- Good understanding of object-oriented Analysis and Design
Interested candidates, please send your resume to hr@sparksystems.sg and indicate the job title in subject field.
MOBILE DEVELOPER
Singapore | Fulltime
Seeing the challenges of FX today with high latency and rejection rates, fragmented marketplace and outdated technology, Spark Systems sets out to build a robust trading platform designed for low-latency access to worldwide FX liquidity with smart algorithmic execution, reducing trading costs for our clients. We are also delivering our next-generation automated data-driven decision tools to help our clients discover market opportunities with the deep tech and data analytics we have on our platform. As an early member of the firm you will be involved from the beginning of building a truly innovative product, and be duly rewarded with a fast-track career.
Responsibilities
- Develop top grade trading mobile applications (iOS and Android) connected to backend trading engine
- Implement mechanism to monitor mobile application performance and continuously improve them on both code and user experience
- Gain first-hand knowledge to cutting edge and class leading technology for financial trading solutions
Educational Background and Experience
- Degree educated in an Engineering subject
- 2+ years of mobile development experience
Qualifications
- Proficient in mobile application development (iOS and Android)
- Strong UI programming skills in Swift and Java/Kotlin
- Understanding on mobile application architecture to deliver reusable codebase and scalable application
- Highly skilled in developing responsive and interactive applications
- Knowledge of Apple’s and Android design principles and application interface
- Familiar with code versioning tools, eg. Git.
- Familiarity with push notifications, APIs and cloud messaging
- Self-starter, good work ethics, being able to gain initiative, work independently and produce high quality solutions
- Trading system UI development experience and knowledge of financial industry is desired
Interested candidates, please send your resume to hr@sparksystems.sg and indicate the job title in subject field.
INFRA INTERN
Singapore | Fulltime
SAs a member of Infrastructure Team, you will have a chance to work and learn with experience people that has been working on the IT Industry for a number of years. You’ll be working together with Infra Team to build a monitoring system that is close to a real time monitoring system. You’ll have a chance to learn how cutting-edge technologies works for a low latency sensitive system.
Responsibilities
- Assist the Infrastructure team to maintain hardware, software and other systems
- Participate in Infrastructure Operations
- Organize and maintain IT resources
Requirements
- Must be in academic pursuit of Computer Science, InfoTech or related field
- Must have basic understanding on Windows/Linux/Unix Environments
- Basic understanding on network concepts preferred
- Ability to work well in teams
- Strong work ethic and attention to details
Benefits
- Gain hands-on experience in advanced Infrastructure Technology
- Shadowing and training experience with knowledgeable professionals
- Opportunity to attend technology networking events
- A chance to learn how these cutting-edge technologies works on Infrastructure environment using the below tools.
- RedHat Enterprise 7
- Nagios XI Enterprise Edition – for monitoring system level events, like usage of [CPU,Memory,Disks,Load,Users]
- Cacti – for monitoring network latency
- Smokeping – for monitoring network latency
- VMware vRealize Operation – for operations management across our virtual environment
- Ansible Automation– for automating system tasks and VM deployments
Interested candidates, please send your resume to hr@sparksystems.sg and indicate the job title in subject field.
