Lead Software Engineer, Clearing Engineering
CoinDesk is the most-trusted media, events, indices and data company for the global crypto economy. Since 2013, CoinDesk Media has led the story of the future of money and investing, illuminating the transformation in society and culture that comes with it. Our award-winning team of journalists delivers news and unparalleled insights that bring transparency, comprehension and context. CoinDesk Events gathers the global crypto, blockchain and Web3 communities at annual events such as Consensus, the world’s largest and longest-running crypto festival. CoinDesk Indices offers expertise in digital asset indices, data and research to educate and empower investors.
About CoinDesk
CoinDesk is the most-trusted media, events, indices and data company for the global crypto economy. Since 2013, CoinDesk Media has led the story of the future of money and investing, illuminating the transformation in society and culture that comes with it. Our award-winning team of journalists delivers news and unparalleled insights that bring transparency, comprehension and context. CoinDesk Events gathers the global crypto, blockchain and Web3 communities at annual events such as Consensus, the world’s largest and longest-running crypto festival. CoinDesk Indices offers expertise in digital asset indices, data and research to educate and empower investors. CoinDesk Media runs one of the world's largest cryptocurrency newsrooms, covering markets, policy, technology and more, and is known for its Loeb and Polk awards-winning role in stopping Sam Bankman Fried's theft of customer assets at the FTX cryptocurrency exchange. Since 2014, CoinDesk Indices has been at the forefront of the digital asset revolution. Our indices form the foundation of the world's largest digital asset products. Known for their precision and compliance, flagships such as the CoinDesk Bitcoin Price Index (XBX) and the CoinDesk 20 Index set the industry standard for measuring, trading, and investing in digital assets. CoinDesk hosts myriad industry events and webinars each year, including Consensus, the world’s largest, longest-running and most influential gathering that brings together all sides of the cryptocurrency, blockchain and Web3 community.
Skills
About the Role
You will design, build, and maintain high-performance risk and clearing systems that support automated default management and capital efficiency. You will architect scalable infrastructure to ingest and transform market data feeds, ensure high availability and disaster recovery, profile and optimize performance, and translate complex requirements into clear technical designs. You will enforce code quality and automated testing practices and mentor others while driving the platform toward its target-state architecture.
Requirements
- 10+ years of engineering experience supporting mission-critical risk and clearing systems at a regulated financial institution
- Deep knowledge of risk management frameworks including margining methodologies, default waterfall mechanics, real-time Mark-to-Market valuation, stress testing, and backtesting
- Solid understanding of derivatives including options, futures and Greeks and their impact on risk profiles
- Expert-level Java proficiency with a track record of building fault-tolerant, high-throughput systems
- Deep experience in performance tuning, garbage collection optimization, concurrency, and memory management
- Implementation experience with middleware, specifically Aeron and Kafka
- Expertise in designing clean data structures, event schemas, and database models
- Proficiency managing both SQL and NoSQL data stores (e.g., Postgres, Redis, MongoDB)
- Strong understanding of testing methodologies and SDLC best practices including Twelve-Factor App, distributed HA/DR strategies, and hexagonal architecture
- Ability to use Large Language Models to accelerate development while maintaining engineering standards
- Demonstrated ownership, mentorship, and adaptability in a dynamic environment
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and maintain high-performance risk systems for the Clearing function
- Architect scalable infrastructure to ingest and transform market data feeds
- Apply deep understanding of data models and workflows across risk management, regulatory reporting, and clearing
- Ensure system resilience by prioritizing high availability, disaster recovery, data freshness, and throughput
- Enforce high standards for code quality, automated testing, and SDLC best practices
- Identify and resolve functional bottlenecks and cost inefficiencies through continuous performance profiling
- Collaborate with global teams including product managers, quants, and risk managers to translate requirements into technical specifications
- Drive evolution of the platform's target-state architecture
Benefits
- Discretionary annual target bonus
- Performance incentives