Senior Back-End Engineer

A blockchain trading and investment platform that is designing, building, and running a fast and secure trading platform, is looking for a Senior Back-End Engineer. The engineer will be mainly in charge of the technical role, focusing on building a new trading engine. The trading platform consists of several mission-critical, low latency systems, and services that allow users to place orders, match and settle trades, etc. This will be a full-time position and requires 4+ hours overlap with the AEST time zone. 

Job Responsibilities:

• Navigate and deal with ambiguity 
• Maintain the highest standards and make a good judgment on compromises 
• Rely on data and metrics to demonstrate improvements in a system 
• Write low latency financial software that will process hundreds of millions of orders per day 
• Build high-performance REST APIs and WebSocket applications that power the front-end apps as well as algorithmic traders 
• Assist a small team of engineers in charge of building and running the training platform 
• Work to solve complex and challenging problems related to low latency, distributed systems, and high-performance computing 
• Collaborate with engineers, customers, and the leadership to break down high-level vision and requirements into actionable plans and smaller pieces
• Constantly look for ways to simplify systems and architecture 
• Prepare to learn quickly and have a bias for action to move fast 

Job Requirements:

• Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science (or equivalent experience)
• At least 7+ years of relevant experience as a back-end engineer
• Extensive programming experience with Java and related tooling/technologies 
• Deep knowledge and understanding of distributed systems, low latency systems, high-performance computing, and highly available systems 
• Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to dive deep when needed
• Experience with high messaging systems 
• Experience building trading systems and trade matching engines 
• Experience contributing to the architecture and design of systems 
• Experience with infrastructure e.g., AWS