VP/ Senior Engineering Director, Trading Services

The role

You will design and build high-availability, low-latency distributed services for core trading flows. You will own service reliability, partner with cross-functional teams, and drive technical best practices.

What you will do

• Design and build high-availability, low-latency distributed services that power core trading flows
• Own service reliability end-to-end including architecture, performance tuning, monitoring, and incident response
• Partner with Product and cross-functional engineering teams to translate trading requirements into scalable system design
• Drive technical best practices through code reviews, design reviews, and mentorship of peers
• Contribute to Kafka-based messaging architecture and event-driven system design at scale
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including Product, Design, and Marketing to drive innovation and execution
• Design and implement high availability, high-performance distributed services
• Contribute to technology best practices and perform code reviews for peers

Required qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics
• Demonstrated experience adopting AI tools in the engineering workflow, able to evaluate and integrate AI capabilities into day-to-day development
• Hands-on experience in Microservice/API development using Java/SpringBoot/SpringCloud
• Strong knowledge of multi-threading and distributed architecture, and understanding of messaging frameworks such as Kafka
• Proficient in relational database design and development
• Comfortable working in a cloud-based Linux environment
• Proven experience in automated testing and continuous integration
• Knowledge of integrating with 3rd party software via APIs/SDKs

Benefits

• Competitive total compensation package
• L&D programs and education subsidy for employees' growth and development
• Various team building programs and company events
• Wellness and meal allowances
• Comprehensive healthcare schemes for employees and dependants

Before you apply

• Applicants who have a current right to work in Singapore, and do not require OKX's sponsorship of a visa, will be prioritised

About the company

OKX is a crypto exchange and one of the largest platforms in the world. It has developed a Web3 wallet used by millions to access decentralized crypto applications.