Senior Software Engineer at Bluefin

We’re building cutting-edge, decentralized exchange infrastructure in our vision to advance derivatives trading, the largest market by trading volume

Bluefin is backed by Polychain Capital, Susquehanna, Cumberland DRW, Brevan Howard, Alliance and other leading investors

We are a team of doers that trust each other and value kindness. Our shared passion for learning and relentless drive to make everything better bring us together. We love what we do and are constantly trying new things with a bias to action and healthy debate.

Work closely with leadership to understand the organization's goals and set technical direction

Solve challenging distributed systems problems around scalability, reliability, high availability for the core trading API, web sockets, datastore services, and new initiatives

Continually iterate on the security measures taken to ensure the resiliency of the protocol through threat modeling brainstorms and internal security reviews

Lead the effort on exploring ambiguous and novel solutions to complex problems that are inherent to the company’s success

Review and be the primary author of documentation for the undertakings, services, and code that you produce

Be a steward of the engineering culture at Bluefin by coaching and mentoring engineers, participating in code & architectural reviews, and spearheading initiatives for higher developer productivity and team efficiency

8+ years of professional software engineering experience and recent experience with at least one modern language such as TypeScript, Go, or Rust

2+ years of experience being a technical lead and/or mentoring others

Experience scaling up teams/organizations to deliver technical solutions to business goals

Deep understanding of data structures, algorithms, and software design principles

Expertise in SQL queries, database performance tuning, and scalable schema design

Hands-on experience with data-processing systems (e.g., Lambda architecture, Kafka, RabbitMQ, ELK)

Storage solutions (Cassandra, Postgres, Redis, Zookeeper)

VMs and container technologies (Docker, Kubernetes)

You believe data is the most powerful tool for informed decision-making

You thrive in ambiguity; complex and fuzzy requirements are more common than clearly defined customer expectations

You have strong verbal and written communication skills. You understand the importance of good technical documentation and well-structured design proposals.

Competitive salary and equity

Employee-friendly equity terms (early exercise, extended exercise)

Annual ski trips, events, and travel

Company paid co-working space/desk at an office

Health, Dental & Vision Insurance in US (stipend if remote)

Take as much time off as you need to be productive

Parental leave

Stipend to set up your home office (4k display, desk, chair etc.)

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