Trading Data Engineer, Trading Technology
Overview
The BitMEX Trading and Market Data team is in charge of generating and enabling access to a vast array of trading and market data through APIs for both internal and external users. BitMEX's clients interact with a substantial dataset encompassing public and private trading data, including real-time position and order book details, as well as time-series based information on execution and orders. This team offers a flexible, efficient API for users to access this data. They are also responsible for managing the Market Data infrastructure, which includes market data feed handlers, data capture and storage, analytics for various cryptocurrency exchanges, and the calculation of real-time index prices for client position valuation.
Responsibilities
- Development, maintenance, and support of fault-tolerant distributed, containerized microservices systems related to Trading Data, comprising market data feed handlers and data warehouse feed/read systems.
- Integrating new features/systems within existing and new projects.
- Assessing and implementing new technologies.
- Collaborating with colleagues, internal teams, and external users on technical strategies and frameworks.
Qualifications
- Holds a degree in Computer Science/Engineering.
- Over 3 years of experience developing Java components in a fault-tolerant distributed setting, integrating with data sources like relational databases and messaging middleware.
- Proficient in Spring framework.
- Experience in the finance sector.
- Demonstrated interest in crypto trading.
- Possesses strong engineering skills with a solid foundation in Computer Science principles and follows a test-driven software development approach with extensive automation.
- Familiarity with working in Linux/containerized environments and optimizing them.
- Ability to collaborate across teams and time zones to achieve optimal outcomes.
- Adaptable in quickly changing priorities in a fast-paced industry and startup environment.
- Nice to have:
- Exposure to Data Warehousing solutions, particularly AWS/RDS.
- Proficiency in PostgreSQL.
- Familiarity with Python.
Join the team at BitMEX as we contribute to building a thriving cryptocurrency ecosystem by investing strategically in emerging crypto technologies to shape the future of digital financial services.