Senior Java Engineer Trading Systems

Hong Kong - Hong Kong

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 2 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Were hiring multiple Senior Java Engineers for several global clients across crypto trading digital assets and traditional financial markets. These roles range from low-latency exchange engineering to automated liquidity strategy development to front-office derivatives systems.

If youre a strong Java engineer interested in high-performance systems trading crypto or front office technology this is an opportunity to be considered across multiple top-tier teams with one application.

What Youll Work on (Depending on team match)

You may work on one or more of the following depending on your background:

Low Latency systems / Exchange engineering

Design and build high-performance microservices and low-latency Java components.
Work with quant risk and product teams to build robust trading features.
Debug profile and optimize for throughput latency and reliability.
Help maintain test automation and code quality across complex distributed systems.

Crypto Liquidity & Strategy Engineering

Build automated pricing execution and liquidity strategies.
Work closely with liquidity managers and product teams on strategy development.
Improve system stability scalability and auto-recovery for 24/7 crypto trading.
Own the production environment for strategy systems and infrastructure upgrades.

Front Office Java Engineering (Derivatives/Volatility)

Build and enhance volatility calibration pricing and marking tools.
Work directly with sales traders strats and financial engineering.
Implement pricing workflows for options events and vol surfaces.
Contribute to front-office libraries and tools in Java (and occasionally C).

What Were Looking for:

Strong proficiency in Java (Java 11 or 17 ideal).
Experience with high-performance low-latency or trading systems.
Solid CS fundamentals data structures algorithms concurrency.
Strong problem-solving skills and ability to tackle complex technical challenges.
STEM degree (Computer Science Engineering Math Physics).
Interest in trading financial markets or crypto.
Strong communication skills ability to work with product liquidity quants or front office depending on team.

Bonus skills (Nice to Have)

Experience with order books matching engines or high-frequency systems.
FX equities options or derivatives knowledge.
Exposure to automated execution strategies algo trading or liquidity bots.
Familiarity with Kafka Aeron RabbitMQ Chronicle Queue.
Front-office or quant-adjacent engineering experience.
Crypto trading or blockchain exposure.

Were hiring multiple Senior Java Engineers for several global clients across crypto trading digital assets and traditional financial markets. These roles range from low-latency exchange engineering to automated liquidity strategy development to front-office derivatives systems. If youre a strong Jav...