Lead Engineer, Trading Product Engineering (Java)

Location: Hong Kong

Company

An institutionally focused digital asset platform providing a regulated exchange, market indices, data, analytics, media, and events.

What you will do

• Design and deliver reusable, reliable, low-latency Java code for the exchange.
• Build and improve distributed trading engine components supporting spot and derivatives markets.
• Apply TradFi product knowledge to ensure functional correctness and market fit.
• Identify bottlenecks and improve system throughput, latency, and reliability.
• Set standards for code quality, automation, and system design while mentoring engineers.
• Collaborate with engineering, product, and project management across Hong Kong, Singapore, and other company hubs.

Requirements

• 12+ years of Java backend engineering experience focused on front-office execution and trading technologies.
• Expert knowledge of Java 17+, the JVM, concurrency primitives, and collections.
• Experience architecting and building low-latency trading systems from the ground up.
• Strong knowledge of data structures, algorithms, TDD/BDD, JUnit, and Mockito.
• Hands-on experience with Spring or Micronaut, Docker, Kubernetes, messaging technologies, Git/GitHub, and CI/CD.
• Understanding of spot, futures, and options markets, plus experience with agentic AI development, LLM integration, prompt engineering, and SDLC automation.

Nice to have

• Familiarity with TypeScript.
• Familiarity with Google Cloud Platform.
• Experience in cryptocurrency or digital asset products.

Culture & Benefits

• Work in a security- and compliance-focused engineering organization.
• Own development outcomes from concept through deployment.
• Collaborate with experienced specialists in a global organization.
• Use LLMs throughout the software development lifecycle under an AI-first engineering principle.
• Operate in a quality-focused environment centered on technical excellence and complex problem solving.