Lead Backend Engineer: Low-Latency Trading Engine

Bullish, Inc.; Hong Kong; Sur place; HKD 1 200 000 - 2 000 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Bullish is building an institutional-grade digital asset platform with a focus on security and compliance. We are seeking a Lead Engineer to drive backend development for Bullish Exchange, shaping high-performance trading engine components with a distributed team in Hong Kong and Singapore.

You will mentor engineers, set technical standards, and work across frontend, product, and operations to deliver resilient, scalable services.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of Java backend engineering experience, with a focus on front-office execution and trading technologies.
• Expert-level Java (17+), including the JVM, concurrency primitives, and collections.
• Proven track record of architecting and building low-latency trading systems from the ground up.
• Strong command of data structures, algorithms, and TDD/BDD practices, including thorough unit test coverage with JUnit and Mockito.
• Hands-on experience with Spring or Micronaut, Docker, and Kubernetes.
• Working knowledge of messaging technologies such as Kafka, RabbitMQ, or Solace.
• Solid understanding of Spot, Futures, and Options markets.
• Hands-on experience with agentic AI development: LLM integration, prompt engineering, and SDLC automation.
• Familiarity with Git/GitHub, JIRA, Confluence, and CI/CD practices.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related technical field.

Responsabilités

• Design and deliver reusable, reliable, low-latency Java code that powers the Exchange.
• Apply deep TradFi product knowledge across Spot and Derivatives to ensure functional correctness and market fit.
• Identify bottlenecks and engineer solutions that improve throughput, latency, and reliability.
• Set the bar for code quality, automation, and design across the team.
• Mentor engineers and define what good looks like across the organization.
• Collaborate closely with engineers, product, and project management across Hong Kong, Singapore, and other Bullish hubs.

Connaissances

Java backend

Java 17+

Low-latency

TDD/BDD

JUnit/Mockito

Spring/Micronaut

Docker

Kubernetes

Git

CI/CD

Data structures

Kafka/RabbitMQ

Formation

Bachelor's in CS or related

Outils

Kafka

RabbitMQ

Solace

JIRA

Confluence

CI/CD tooling

GitHub

Description du poste

Bullish is building an institutional-grade digital asset platform with a focus on security and compliance. We are seeking a Lead Engineer to drive backend development for Bullish Exchange, shaping high-performance trading engine components with a distributed team in Hong Kong and Singapore.

You will mentor engineers, set technical standards, and work across frontend, product, and operations to deliver resilient, scalable services.