VP, Java Electronic Trading Engineer (Crypto)

Location: London

Company

hirify.global builds onchain infrastructure connecting institutions to digital assets and develops data center infrastructure for AI and high-performance computing workloads.

What you will do

• Build the next generation of crypto trading systems for the London trading technology teams.
• Develop server-side Java systems involving order management, market connectivity, low-latency messaging, or price distribution.
• Develop low-latency pricing and trading systems in a Linux environment.
• Profile and optimize application performance.
• Own technical issues independently and drive them through to resolution.

Requirements

• 10+ years of relevant development experience.
• Excellent core Java skills.
• Exceptional knowledge of concurrency and multithreaded programming.
• Experience developing low-latency pricing and trading systems in a Linux environment.
• Experience with application performance profiling and optimization.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, the ability to work independently, and a willingness to own issues through resolution.

Nice to have

• eFX development experience in a low-latency, zero-GC environment.
• Knowledge of institutional encodings such as FIX and SBE.
• Experience with fault-tolerant, highly available, distributed computing.
• Knowledge of low-latency messaging such as Aeron or 29West.
• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, or AWS.
• Knowledge of crypto.

Culture & Benefits

• Competitive base salary and discretionary bonus.
• Company-paid health and protective benefits for employees and eligible dependents; benefits may vary by location.
• Free virtual coaching and counseling sessions.
• Opportunities to learn about the crypto industry.
• Smart, entrepreneurial, and collaborative colleagues with a culture of high performance, transparent feedback, independent decision-making, and inclusive employee resource groups.