Overview We are hiring a Algo Trading - Java Engineers to join a high-performing trading technology team building the next generation of digital asset trading systems. This role is suited to an experienced engineer with strong server-side Java expertise and a passion for building low-latency, high-throughput platforms in a Linux environment.
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and enhance high-performance trading systems using Java
- Develop and maintain components related to: Order management and execution workflows, Market connectivity and exchange integrations, Real-time pricing and price distribution or Low-latency messaging and event-driven architectures
- Improve system performance through profiling, tuning, and optimisation
- Work closely with trading, product, and infrastructure teams across regions
- Take ownership of production issues and drive problems through to resolution
Qualifications
- 4-10+ years of experience in core Java development
- In-depth understanding of concurrency and multithreaded programming
- Hands-on experience building low-latency pricing and trading systems, including Benchmark Algorithms and Smart Order Routing (SOR)
- Solid experience working within Linux-based production environments
- Demonstrated expertise in application profiling and performance optimization
- Excellent problem-solving abilities with the capacity to work independently
Bonus Points
- Experience with eFX systems in a low-latency / zero-GC environment
- Knowledge of institutional protocols and encodings (FIX, SBE)
- Experience designing fault-tolerant, high-availability distributed systems
- Familiarity with low-latency messaging technologies (e.g., Aeron, 29West)
- Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and AWS
- Interest in or knowledge of crypto / digital asset markets