Lead Engineer, Trading Product Engineering
Skills
About the Role
You will design and build high performance trading engine components powering the Exchange You will drive backend development of applications frameworks and tools collaborating with distributed colleagues across Hong Kong and Singapore You will apply deep TradFi knowledge across Spot and Derivatives to ensure functional correctness and market fit You will identify bottlenecks and engineer solutions that improve throughput latency and reliability You will mentor engineers and define what good looks like across the organization You will collaborate closely with engineers product and project management across Hong Kong Singapore and other hubs
Requirements
- 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
Responsibilities
- 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 hubs