Senior Java Engineer

Focused on developing products and services for the digital assets sector, Bullish has rewired the traditional exchange to benefit asset holders, enable traders and increase market integrity. Supported by the group’s treasury, Bullish’s new breed of exchange combines deep liquidity, automated market making and industry-leading security and compliance to increase the accessibility of digital assets for investors. Bullish exchange is operated by Bullish (GI) Limited and is fully regulated in Gibraltar.Mission: To make trading with digital assets more rewarding and secure.​Vision: To be the most innovative, respected, and trusted leader in crypto.

Reports to:

Manager, Engineering

At Bullish, we value collaboration, innovation, and a relentless pursuit of excellence. Join our global team of passionate engineers dedicated to building a highly performant and highly available Exchange Trading System. We pride ourselves on designing, developing, and maintaining robust and scalable software solutions using cutting-edge technology to drive our business forward.
  

Role Overview:

As a Software Engineer, you will play a crucial role in designing and implementing highly performant micro-services and trading engines. You will excel in this role by utilizing your excellent problem-solving skills and ability to devise innovative solutions. Your proficiency in navigating ambiguity and thriving in a dynamic environment will be essential to your success. 
 

In addition, you will bring a collaborative mindset, working effectively with cross-functional teams, including risk management professionals and quantitative analysts, to understand business requirements and translate them into reliable and high-performance software systems.

We are open to hiring this role at a junior or more senior level, depending on the right candidate.  

Responsibilities:

• Design, Build, and Maintain: Create reusable, reliable and highly performant Java code that meets our high standards.

• Problem Solving: Identify bottlenecks and bugs, and devise innovative solutions to overcome these challenges.

• Code Quality: Help maintain code quality, organization, and automation to ensure our systems are robust and scalable.

• Global Collaboration: Work as part of a dynamic global team spanning Hong Kong, Singapore, and the US.

What We’re Looking For:

• Strong proficiency in Java (ideally 17+) and experience with performance tuning and optimization.

• Candidates must show mastery in important classes/packages in the JDK especially but not limited to Java Collections and Concurrency.

• Experience writing low-GC or no-GC Java applications.

• Hands-on familiarity with popular Java Frameworks such as Spring/Micronaut.

• Good knowledge of API development and API gateways.

• Experience with RESTful and websocket designs and frameworks.

• Experience with FIX and related workflows.

• Experience designing systems with high throughput and low latency from the ground up.

• Experience with working in agile team environment

• Computer Science or related degree.

• Good hands on git (github), Docker, Kubernetes, JIRA, Confluence.

• Good understanding of messaging technologies such as Aeron, Rabbit MQ, etc.

• Familiarity with DevOps and CI/CD practices.

Bonus Experience:

• Familiarity with blockchain technologies.

• Familiarity with GCP.

• Financial services experience.

Bullish is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are fast evolving and striving towards being a globally-diverse community. With integrity at our core, our success is driven by a talented team of individuals and the different perspectives they are encouraged to bring to work every day.