ASX: Powering Australias financial markets

Why join the ASX

When you join ASX youre joining a company with a strong purpose to power a stronger economic future by enabling a fair and dynamic marketplace for all.

In your new role youll be part of a leading global securities exchange with a strong brand. We are known for being a trusted market operator and an exciting data hub.

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are more than a securities exchange!

The ASX team brings together talented people from a diverse range of disciplines.

We run critical market infrastructure with 1 in 3 people employed within technology. Yet we have a unique complexity of roles across a range of disciplines such as operations program delivery financial products investor engagement risk and compliance.

Were proud to foster a workplace where diversity is celebrated and inclusion is part of our everyday culture. Our employee-led networks champion LGBTIQ inclusion promote gender equality accessibility and wellbeing inspire giving and volunteering and celebrate cultural and religious events creating a sense of belonging for all. As an AWEI Bronze employer and member of the Champions of Change Coalition for gender equality were committed to a fair and inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive.

Your Team

Quantitative and Data Science is a core function of the Markets division. Markets division is comprised of product specialists across a number of different asset classes. The build of the Data and Analytics capability across the markets division sits within the Business Development team providing services across the markets division.

Your responsibilities

• Design develop and maintain robust data pipelines to ingest process and store large volumes of financial market data.

• Collaborate with quantitative researchers academics and analysts to understand data requirements and translate them into efficient data solutions.

• Implement data validation cleansing and enrichment processes to ensure data accuracy and integrity.

• Optimize data storage and retrieval mechanisms to support trading and real-time analytics.

• Develop and maintain data models schemas and documentation to facilitate data accessibility and usability.

• Conduct exploratory data analysis to identify patterns trends and anomalies in market data.

• Work with various data sources including market feeds trading systems and third-party APIs.

• Implement and maintain data quality monitoring and alerting systems.

• Stay up-to-date with the latest developments in financial market microstructure and data engineering best practices.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate data solutions into trading platforms and analytical tools.

Your experience and qualifications

Must have

• Extensive knowledge and experience of financial markets particularly Exchanges Trading in general and specific knowledge of Equities and Futures.

• Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science Engineering Data Science or a related field.

• Proven experience as a Data Engineer Quantitative Developer or similar role in the financial industry.

• Strong proficiency in Python for data manipulation analysis and automation.

• Deep understanding of financial market microstructure including order types market participants and trading dynamics.

• Experience with data processing frameworks and tools such as Pandas NumPy and Apache Spark.

• Proficiency in SQL and experience with relational databases (e.g. PostgreSQL MySQL).

• Familiarity with cloud-based data platforms (e.g. AWS Azure Google Cloud) and distributed computing.

• Knowledge of data visualization tools and libraries (e.g. Matplotlib Seaborn Plotly PowerBI Tableau)

Nice to have

• Experience with time-series data and high-frequency trading environments.

• Familiarity with machine learning techniques and frameworks (e.g. scikit-learn TensorFlow) is a plus.

• Understanding of algorithmic trading strategies and quantitative finance principles.

• Experience with version control systems (e.g. Git) and agile development methodology

We make hiring decisions based on your skills capabilities and experience and how youll help us to live our values. We encourage you to apply even if you dont meet all the criteria of this role.

If you need any adjustments during the application or interview process to help you present your best self please let us know at

At ASX Group our diverse workforce is essential to build and maintain a fair and dynamic marketplace. We support flexible working and offer hybrid working options. Even if our roles are advertised as full-time we encourage you to apply if you are interested in part-time or other flexible working arrangements.

We will arrange for successful candidates to have background checks including reference and police checks completed as part of the on-boarding process.

To be considered for this position candidates must be legally authorised to work in Australia on a permanent basis without any restrictions.