Trading Engineer

Summary

Join BitMEX's best-in-class Wallets & Funds team and contribute to the security and efficiency of cryptocurrency deposits. This role involves developing and maintaining software for handling customer deposits and withdrawals in a high-uptime environment. You will improve test coverage, participate in test-driven development, and assist in architecting new cryptocurrency and wallet infrastructure. The ideal candidate possesses several years of Python development experience, familiarity with code review workflows, and experience with network protocols. BitMEX offers a comprehensive benefits package including remote work options, generous paid time off, top-tier medical coverage, professional development allowance, wellness benefits, and life insurance.

Requirements

• Several years experience working as a team on a python codebase
• Familiarity with a code-review and pull-request based workflow
• Experienced with writing software that speaks a variety of network protocols, with awareness of appropriate threading/locking models, or asynchronous design to ensure correctness

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain software to credit customer’s cryptocurrency deposits and prepare withdrawals in a safety-critical and high-uptime environment
• Improve test coverage of existing codebases as well as engage in test-driven development practices with the team
• Assist in architecting new cryptocurrency and wallet infrastructure relying on modern standards and practices

Preferred Qualifications

• Shipping and deploying container-based software
• Experience of handling large datasets in python, perhaps with numpy or scipy tooling
• Transaction-level awareness of cryptocurrencies (scripts, signatures, utxo set, proof of work, fees, blocks)
• Use of type checked and code-formatted python, pytest and similar, CI/CD
• Awareness of defensive software security practices

Benefits

• Work from home to help you find the perfect balance between work, family and personal life
• 25 days of annual leave , on top of public holidays, as well as maternity, paternity and childcare leave… etc to accommodate your growing responsibilities
• A top tier & comprehensive medical, dental and vision policy for you and your dependents
• Professional development allowance to support your career advancement
• Access to our annual wellness benefits to cultivate your physical and mental growth
• Don’t forget the advantage of our Beyond Border Remote Working policy, where you get to work away from your home country
• Team building & offsite events to bring our global team closer
• Life insurance coverage to provide a safety net for your family’s future