Senior Engineer, Trading Product Engineering

Responsibilities

• Design and deliver reusable, reliable, low-latency Java code that powers the Exchange
• Raise the bar on code quality, organization, and automation as the system scales under load
• Profile and resolve performance bottlenecks in the order-processing path
• Improve stability through automated tests at the unit, integration, and performance layers
• Collaborate across a distributed team of engineers, product managers, and project managers

Requirements

• Strong Java (17+) fluency with experience in performance tuning
• Track record of designing and building systems for high throughput and low latency
• Hands-on experience with agentic AI development, including LLM integration and prompt engineering
• Solid understanding of middleware and messaging technologies such as Chronicle Queue, RabbitMQ, Aeron, or Kafka
• Working knowledge of Spring or Micronaut, Docker, and Kubernetes
• Deep knowledge of testing methodologies, SDLC practices, and CI/CD pipelines

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working on core trading functionality such as order matching and orderbook generation
• Familiarity with financial derivative products (Options, Futures) and the FIX protocol
• Understanding of blockchain technologies

About the Company

Bullish is an institutionally focused global digital asset platform that provides market infrastructure and information services. Through the Bullish Exchange, CoinDesk Indices, CoinDesk Data, and CoinDesk Insights, we provide high-performance trading, market data, and media services to the global digital asset industry.