Lead Engineer Trading Product Engineering

**About Bullish** ----------------- Bullish is an institutionally focused global digital asset platform that provides market infrastructure and information services. These include: **Bullish** **Exchange** – a regulated and institutionally focused digital assets spot and derivatives exchange, integrating a high-performance central limit order book matching engine with automated market making to provide deep and predictable liquidity. Bullish Exchange is regulated in Germany, Hong Kong, and Gibraltar. **CoinDesk** **Indices** – a collection of tradable proprietary and single-asset benchmarks and indices that track the performance of digital assets for global institutions in the digital assets and traditional finance industries. **CoinDesk** **Data** \- a broad suite of digital assets market data and analytics, providing real-time insights into prices, trends, and market dynamics. **CoinDesk** **Insights** – a digital asset media and events provider and operator of [Coindesk.com](http://coindesk.com/), a digital media platform that covers news and insights about digital assets, the underlying markets, policy, and blockchain technology. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **Reports to:** Vice President, Engineering **Engineering Organization & Culture** At Bullish, we are engineering the institutional standard for the digital asset industry. Our mission is to build a platform centered on security and compliance, requiring a commitment to technical excellence that extends beyond delivering code. As a global organization, we set a high bar for those driven to do their best work alongside experienced, deeply specialized peers. Engineers here treat development as a craft and own the outcome from concept to deployment. Our teams bring structure to ambiguity and shape the frameworks that support a global organization. We refuse to compromise on quality and seek problem solvers who thrive on complex technical challenges with real market consequences. **The Team: Trading Product Engineering** The Trading Product Engineering team builds the core distributed systems that drive the global trading experience on Bullish Exchange. We own the end-to-end order lifecycle, orchestrating a hybrid matching engine that combines a Central Limit Order Book with proprietary Automated Market Making. Our high-throughput APIs enable trading across Spot, Futures, and Options. The work demands absolute correctness in managing complex financial state transitions, translating intricate market structures into scalable solutions. **The Role** We are looking for a Lead Engineer to drive backend development of the applications, frameworks, and tools at the core of Bullish Exchange. You will design and build high-performance trading engine components alongside a distributed team based primarily in Hong Kong and Singapore. This is a hands-on technical role with leadership expectations: setting the technical bar, mentoring engineers, and shaping how the team works. Bullish Engineering operates on an AI-first principle, using LLMs throughout the SDLC to speed up development, review, and automation. **What You'll Do** * Design and deliver reusable, reliable, low-latency Java code that powers the Exchange. * Apply deep TradFi product knowledge across Spot and Derivatives to ensure functional correctness and market fit. * Identify bottlenecks and engineer solutions that improve throughput, latency, and reliability. * Set the bar for code quality, automation, and design across the team. * Mentor engineers and define what good looks like across the organization. * Collaborate closely with engineers, product, and project management across Hong Kong, Singapore, and other Bullish hubs. **What You'll Bring** * 12+ years of Java backend engineering experience, with a focus on front-office execution and trading technologies. * Expert-level Java (17+), including the JVM, concurrency primitives, and collections. * Proven track record of architecting and building low-latency trading systems from the ground up. * Strong command of data structures, algorithms, and TDD/BDD practices, including thorough unit test coverage with JUnit and Mockito. * Hands-on experience with Spring or Micronaut, Docker, and Kubernetes. * Working knowledge of messaging technologies such as Kafka, RabbitMQ, or Solace. * Solid understanding of Spot, Futures, and Options markets. * Hands-on experience with agentic AI development: LLM integration, prompt engineering, and SDLC automation. * Familiarity with Git/GitHub, JIRA, Confluence, and CI/CD practices. * Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related technical field. **Nice to Haves** * Familiarity with TypeScript. * Familiarity with Google Cloud Platform (GCP). * Experience in the cryptocurrency or digital asset space. **Bullish is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are fast evolving and striving towards being a globally-diverse community. With integrity at our core, our success is driven by a talented team of individuals and the different perspectives they are encouraged to bring to work every day.**