# Lead Software Engineer, Clearing Engineering

Hiring organization: [CoinDesk](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/coindesk)

Canonical page: https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/85f9f7ea-4a8c-4c3b-b9e0-1dff1068be7d

Listed on CoinDesk's own careers site. Applications go to them directly.

- Employment type: full time
- Seniority: Senior
- Location: New York, NY
- Salary: 235000 – 275000 USD per year

## Summary

This role leads the engineering team building clearing and risk infrastructure for a regulated digital assets exchange, requiring deep expertise in financial risk systems, Java development, and distributed systems architecture. It suits senior engineers with a background in front-office trading systems at financial institutions who want to apply their skills to the crypto industry.

_Our summary, not CoinDesk's wording._

## Skills named

Amazon Web Services (AWS), Apache Airflow, Apache Kafka, Apache Superset, Databricks, Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Docker, Google BigQuery, Java, Kubernetes, MongoDB, Redis, Snowflake, Tableau

## Required

- 10+ years of engineering experience at regulated financial institutions
- Deep knowledge of risk management frameworks (Initial Margin, Variation Margin, SPAN, VaR, default waterfall mechanics, Mark-to-Market valuation)
- Understanding of derivatives and Greeks (Delta, Gamma)
- Expert Java proficiency with fault-tolerant, high-throughput systems
- Performance tuning, garbage collection optimization, concurrency, and memory management
- Middleware experience with Aeron and Kafka
- Clean data structure and database design expertise
- SQL and NoSQL database management
- Testing methodologies and SDLC best practices including Twelve-Factor App and hexagonal architecture
- Large Language Model usage for development
- Strong ownership and outcome-oriented mindset
- Ability to thrive in a dynamic startup environment
- Collaborative culture with mentorship and knowledge sharing

## Nice to have

- Cloud and DevOps ecosystems (AWS, GCP, Kubernetes, Docker)
- Workflow orchestration (Airflow, DBT)
- FIX and FIXML protocols
- Big data management and data lake ecosystems (Databricks, Snowflake, BigQuery)
- BI tools for data visualization (Tableau, Superset)

Apply on CoinDesk's site: https://bullish.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/CoinDesk/job/New-York/Lead-Software-Engineer--Clearing-Engineering_JR2001144