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Job description
The Trading Engine sits at the core of the BitMEX platform and handles all brokerage and trading aspects. The Trading Engine team is responsible for order management, risk management, position keeping, PNL calculations, market data distribution, order matching, and settlement. We are building a best-in-class engineering team to help us scale the BitMEX trading platform to millions of users and millions of transactions per second, and grow an innovative set of new products.
Responsibilities
- Ownership in the design, development and delivery of trading system components
- New feature implementation, bug fixing, and performance tuning
- Partner with Financial Products and quantitative researchers on product delivery
- Mentor team members and drive firm initiatives
Requirements
- 8+ years programming experience writing high-performance Java applications
- Experience in developing low latency trading system
- Bachelor's degree in a Computer Science or similar STEM discipline
- Experience in a related industry, such as within a Hedge Fund, Investment Bank, or an Exchange developing financial trading applications
- Understanding of the modern software development fundamentals and testing practices inclusive of TDD and BDD
- Understanding of design patterns and object-oriented programming such as SOLID, with in-depth understanding of algorithms and their complexities
- Understanding of the Java Memory Model and concurrency in practice
- Demonstrable analytical and problem-solving skills, with an ability to break larger problems down and turning complex problems into simpler abstractions
- Genuine passion for software development, and a keen lifetime learner who puts quality over quantity
About BitMEX
BitMEX is a leading cryptocurrency derivatives exchange founded in 2014, specializing in perpetual swaps, futures, and leveraged trading on Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies with up to 100x leverage. It pioneered the XBTUSD perpetual swap and provides deep liquidity, low latency, and secure trading without any funds lost to hacks. The platform serves professional traders globally, excluding restricted jurisdictions like the US, and supports trading in crypto and global stocks.