Senior Engineer, Trading Product Engineering

Software Engineer

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In November 2023, CoinDesk was acquired by the Bullish group, owner of Bullish, a regulated, digital assets exchange. For more information on Bullish, please visit bullish.com. CoinDesk operates as an independent subsidiary with an editorial committee to protect journalistic independence.

Reports to:

Vice President, Engineering

Engineering Organization & Culture

At Bullish, we are engineering the institutional standard for the digital asset industry. Our mission is to build a platform centered on security and compliance, requiring a commitment to technical excellence that extends beyond delivering code. As a global organization, we set a high bar for those driven to do their best work alongside experienced, deeply specialized peers.

Engineers here treat development as a craft and own the outcome from concept to deployment. Our teams bring structure to ambiguity and shape the frameworks that support a global organization. We refuse to compromise on quality and seek problem solvers who thrive on complex technical challenges with real market consequences.

The Team: Trading Product Engineering

The Trading Product Engineering team builds the core distributed systems that drive the global trading experience on Bullish Exchange. We own the end-to-end order lifecycle, orchestrating a hybrid matching engine that combines a Central Limit Order Book with proprietary Automated Market Making. Our high-throughput APIs enable trading across Spot, Futures, and Options. The work demands absolute correctness in managing complex financial state transitions, translating intricate market structures into scalable solutions.

What You'll Do

• Design and deliver reusable, reliable, low-latency Java code that powers the Exchange.
• Raise the bar on code quality, organization, and automation as the system scales under load.
• Profile and resolve performance bottlenecks in the order-processing path.
• Improve stability through automated tests at the unit, integration, and performance layers.
• Collaborate across a distributed team of engineers, product managers, and project managers.

What You'll Bring

• Strong Java (17+) fluency with experience in performance tuning.
• Track record of designing and building systems for high throughput and low latency.
• Hands-on experience with agentic AI development: LLM integration, prompt engineering, and SDLC automation.
• Solid understanding of middleware and messaging technologies such as Chronicle Queue, RabbitMQ, Aeron, and Kafka.
• Working knowledge of Spring or Micronaut, Docker, and Kubernetes.
• Deep knowledge of testing methodologies, SDLC practices, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Ownership of the components the Exchange depends on.

Nice to Haves

• Experience working on core trading functionality such as order matching and orderbook generation.
• Familiarity with financial derivative products (Options, Futures), the FIX protocol, and related workflows.
• Understanding of blockchain technologies.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY

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ACCOMMODATION

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