Lead Engineer Risk Technology
Bullish helps you trade cryptocurrencies securely through a regulated exchange that combines traditional order books with automated market making.
Maintainer signals as of 8/23/2026
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About Bullish
Bullish helps institutional traders execute cryptocurrency transactions through a regulated Gibraltar-licensed platform. You can trade spot assets, access margin funding, and trade perpetual futures with cross-collateralized accounts. The exchange combines traditional central limit order books with automated market making to provide consistent liquidity and tight spreads across market conditions.
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About the Role
You will build scalable low and zero GC JVM services and APIs for risk calculations. You will translate risk models into tested implementations, collaborate with quantitative and product stakeholders, optimize existing code, and promote strong engineering practices.
Requirements
- 10 or more years of Java backend engineering experience
- Expert Java proficiency and experience architecting low latency systems
- Knowledge of TDD back testing and stress testing
- Experience with Agile DRY Clean Code API design and microservices
- Experience with Git Docker Kubernetes and GCP
- Understanding of financial products risk models SPAN and VaR
- Exceptional mathematical and analytical skills
- Degree in Computer Science or a related field
- Familiarity with event sourced architectures columnar storage Chronicle Queue or Kotlin is preferred
- Mentoring experience is preferred
Responsibilities
- Design and build scalable low and zero GC JVM services and APIs
- Translate risk models and business requirements into tested implementations
- Collaborate with quantitative analysts and product teams
- Optimize and refactor code for testing performance and maintainability
- Promote code quality best practices and performance awareness