Software Engineering Manager
Hawksman Technology is partnering with a leading global digital assets trading and infrastructure firm as they look to appoint an Engineering Manager to lead the development of their mission-critical matching engine platform.
Role: Engineering Manager (Matching Engine Platform) - JAVA Background
This is an opportunity to lead one of the most critical engineering functions within a high-performance trading environment. You'll be responsible for managing a team of approximately 20 engineers, driving the technical direction of the firm's low-latency matching engine, and partnering closely with senior engineering and business stakeholders to deliver highly resilient, scalable trading infrastructure.
This is a leadership-focused position rather than a hands-on coding role. Success will come from building and developing high-performing engineering teams, guiding architectural decisions, and ensuring the platform continues to meet the demanding performance and reliability standards required in modern electronic markets.
Responsibilities:
- Lead and develop a team of approximately 20 software engineers responsible for the firm's core matching engine platform.
- Drive technical strategy, system design, and architectural decisions across a mission-critical low-latency trading platform.
- Partner with senior engineering leadership and business stakeholders to align technical priorities with commercial objectives.
- Foster engineering excellence through strong delivery processes, mentoring, and technical leadership.
- Ensure the platform maintains exceptional levels of performance, scalability, resilience, and operational reliability.
- Balance long-term platform evolution with the demands of a fast-paced production trading environment.
- Support hiring, team growth, and ongoing development of engineering talent as the organisation continues to scale.
- Champion best practices across software engineering, system architecture, and platform operations.
Requirements:
- Proven experience leading software engineering teams within low-latency trading or high-performance distributed systems.
- Deep technical background in Java and modern distributed systems, with the ability to provide architectural guidance and make informed technical decisions.
- Strong understanding of matching engine architecture and the engineering principles required to build and maintain ultra-low latency platforms.
- Previous experience managing engineering teams of significant size, with a track record of mentoring and developing technical talent.
- Strong stakeholder management skills, with experience working across engineering leadership and business functions.
- Experience within buy-side firms, proprietary trading, market making, exchanges, or electronic trading environments. Crypto experience is beneficial but not essential.
- Excellent communication and leadership skills with the ability to operate effectively in fast-moving, technically demanding environments.
- Mandarin language skills are required.
This is an excellent opportunity to join a rapidly growing trading technology organisation in a senior leadership role, where you'll shape the evolution of a world-class matching engine platform while leading a talented engineering team responsible for some of the firm's most critical infrastructure.