Engineering Manager - Matching Engine Platform (Java)

Hawksman Technology; Hong Kong; On-site; HKD 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

Hawksman Technology, in partnership with a leading global digital assets trading and infrastructure firm, seeks an Engineering Manager to lead the development of a mission-critical matching engine platform in Hong Kong.

The role is leadership-focused, managing a team of ~20 engineers, guiding technical direction, and ensuring ultra-low latency, highly resilient trading infrastructure while collaborating with senior stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Experience leading software engineering teams in low-latency trading or high-performance distributed systems.
• Deep Java knowledge with ability to guide architecture and decisions.
• Experience with matching engine architectures and ultra-low latency platforms.
• Proven track record mentoring and developing technical talent.
• Strong stakeholder management across engineering leadership and business functions.
• Experience in buy-side, proprietary trading, exchanges or electronic trading; crypto OK.
• Excellent communication and leadership in fast-moving environments.
• Mandarin language skills are required.

Responsibilities

• Lead ~20 engineers on the core matching engine platform.
• Drive technical strategy, system design and architecture.
• Align priorities with commercial objectives.
• Foster engineering excellence through delivery processes and mentoring.
• Ensure performance, scalability, resilience and reliability.
• Balance long-term evolution with fast-paced production trading.
• Support hiring and development to scale the organisation.
• Champion best practices across software engineering and platform operations.

Skills

People leadership

Java expertise

Distributed systems

Architectural direction

Stakeholder mgmt

Mentoring

Low-latency knowledge

Job description

Hawksman Technology, in partnership with a leading global digital assets trading and infrastructure firm, seeks an Engineering Manager to lead the development of a mission-critical matching engine platform in Hong Kong.

The role is leadership-focused, managing a team of ~20 engineers, guiding technical direction, and ensuring ultra-low latency, highly resilient trading infrastructure while collaborating with senior stakeholders.