Lead Engineer, High-Performance Trading Platform

Bullish, Inc.; Greater London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Bullish, Inc. is seeking a Lead Engineer for our Trading Platform Engineering team in London. This role focuses on designing and optimizing high-performance systems, demanding expertise in Java and Linux kernel internals.

The ideal candidate will drive architectural excellence and reliability in our trading activities, collaborating across teams to ensure robust production systems. Join us in shaping the future of digital asset trading.

Qualifications

• Expert-level proficiency in Java.
• Deep understanding of Linux kernel internals, including memory management and scheduler tuning.
• Practical experience in end-to-end latency optimization and techniques like lock-free or wait-free programming.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and optimize high-performance systems using C and Java.
• Engineer performance-critical components across user space and kernel interfaces.
• Develop and tune networking pipelines and interact with Linux kernel subsystems.

Skills

Expert-level proficiency in Java

Deep understanding of Linux kernel internals

Practical experience in end-to-end latency optimization

Experience with socket options

Solid understanding of concurrency

Job description

Bullish, Inc. is seeking a Lead Engineer for our Trading Platform Engineering team in London. This role focuses on designing and optimizing high-performance systems, demanding expertise in Java and Linux kernel internals.

The ideal candidate will drive architectural excellence and reliability in our trading activities, collaborating across teams to ensure robust production systems. Join us in shaping the future of digital asset trading.