Engineer, Execution Technology

Balyasny Asset Management L.P.; Hong Kong; On-site; HKD 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

Balyasny Asset Management (BAM) is seeking an engineer for its Execution Technology team to design high-performance trading algorithms and scalable distributed components. The role partners with senior engineers and traders to deliver low-latency systems across multiple asset classes.

You will participate in rigorous design reviews, optimize system performance, and help bridge technology with business needs in a fast-paced environment. Knowledge of C# is a plus.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience building financial/trading systems in Java.
• Extensive experience with multi-threaded/concurrency programming with lock-free algorithms.
• Experience with distributed systems design and development.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Thrives in a fast-paced environment.
• Familiarity with AI-assisted development tools (planning, code generation, testing).
• Comfortable reading and maintaining systems built in C#.

Responsibilities

• Partner with senior engineers to design high-performance trading algorithms and distributed system components.
• Raise the bar through rigorous design and code reviews.
• Optimize relentlessly — improving efficiency, scalability, and stability across our systems.
• Bridge the gap between technology and the business, collaborating directly with traders, portfolio managers, and risk teams.

Skills

Java

Multithreading

Distributed systems

Effective communication

AI-assisted development tools

C# familiarity

Job description

Balyasny Asset Management (BAM) is a diversified global investment firm founded in 2001 by Dmitry Balyasny, Scott Schroeder, and Taylor O'Malley. With over $32 billion in assets under management, BAM employs more than 2,000 people across 23 offices in the U.S. and Canada, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. The firm’s investment teams span five strategies, including Equities Long/Short, Fixed Income & Macro, Commodities, Multi-Asset Arbitrage, and Systematic. Balyasny’s mission is to deliver to its investors absolute, uncorrelated returns in all market environments.

The Execution Technology team at Balyasny sets the standard for innovative, effective, and user-centric technologies that empower our firm's Investment and Business divisions to achieve breakthrough performance. BAM's Execution Technology team builds microsecond aware systems that form the core of our key business. Our code supports large transactions with microsecond latency in a fault tolerant manner. As ambassadors of leading-edge design and technology, we are inviting an Engineer to join us in shaping the next generation of digital experiences within the Execution Platforms.

We are looking for candidates who share a passion for tackling complexity and building platforms that can scale through multiple orders of magnitude.

Responsibilities

• Partner with senior engineers to design high-performance trading algorithms and distributed system components
• Raise the bar through rigorous design and code reviews
• Optimize relentlessly — improving efficiency, scalability, and stability across our systems
• Bridge the gap between technology and the business, collaborating directly with traders, portfolio managers, and risk teams

Minimum Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience building financial/trading systems in Java
• Extensive experience with multi-threaded/concurrency programming with lock-free algorithms
• Experience with distributed systems design and development
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Thrives in a fast-paced environment
• Familiarity with AI-assisted development tools (planning, code generation, testing)
• Comfortable reading and maintaining systems built in C#

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience programming using low-latency techniques