Senior Software Engineer - Trading Technology (Remote)

About the Role

We are hiring a Senior Software Engineer to join our Trading Technology team at BitMEX, a leading exchange for crypto derivatives. This Senior Software Engineer remote position offers the opportunity to work on a professional-grade trading platform that has maintained an impeccable security record since its inception in 2014.

What You'll Do

• Design, develop, maintain, and support fault-tolerant, containerized distributed systems of microservices for writing and reading exchange data.
• Provide services to both internal and external clients, including new products and support tooling in a rapidly moving environment.
• Evaluate new technologies and collaborate with peers and users on technical design and direction.
• Act as a senior technical resource to junior engineers, guiding them through complex challenges.
• Work in a Linux/containerized environment and tune it for optimal performance.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in writing Java components in a distributed fault-tolerant environment.
• Strong integration skills with data sources, including relational databases and messaging middleware.
• Comfortable with TDD/BDD and a good appreciation of clean coding principles.
• Experience with Spring Rest services to extract and insert data from databases.
• Strong engineering skill set with a firm grasp of fundamental Computer Science principles.

Nice to Have

• Experience with algorithmic trading.
• Exposure to Data Warehousing solutions, specifically AWS/RDS PostgreSQL.
• Proficiency in Python.
• Experience in the finance industry.
• An interest in the crypto trading space.

What We Offer

• Flexible remote work arrangements to help you balance work and personal life.
• Paid holidays and leave to ensure you don’t miss important events.
• Team building and offsite events to foster a closer global team.
• Beyond Border Remote Working policy, allowing you to work away from your home country.
• Option to choose payment in fiat or cryptocurrency, providing flexibility in shaping your financial future.