Java Data Engineer | Real-Time Market & Trading Data | Hong Kong or Shenzhen

Java Data Engineer | Market & Trading Data Platforms | Hong Kong or Shenzhen I’m working with a leading global digital asset trading firm that’s hiring two Java Data Engineers for its liquidity and market-making team. The key requirement is hands-on experience building Java-based market-data or proprietary trading-data pipelines and platforms. The current environment is heavily Java-based, supporting traders, quantitative researchers, and risk teams with real-time and historical data. What You’ll Be Doing - Build high-throughput Java pipelines for global market and proprietary trading data. - Process orders, executions, positions, balances, and risk data in real time. - Own data ingestion, validation, sequencing, recovery, storage, and access. - Develop platforms using Kafka, ClickHouse, Iceberg, and Parquet. - Build data services and APIs for traders, researchers, and risk teams. - Modernise existing Java platforms while improving performance, reliability, and data quality. - Monitor production systems and resolve critical incidents. What We’re Looking For - Three to five years of software or data engineering experience. - Strong Java experience across market-data, proprietary trading-data, or real-time data platforms. - Experience processing market data, orders, executions, positions, balances, or risk data. - Knowledge of streaming pipelines, concurrency, JVM performance, and distributed systems. - Hands-on Kafka and SQL experience. - Strong ownership with a focus on data accuracy, reliability, and performance. - Fluent Mandarin; English is not required. Relevant Backgrounds We welcome candidates from: - Hedge funds, proprietary trading firms, investment banks, or market makers. - Digital asset exchanges, fintech, or crypto platforms. - Leading technology firms building real-time, distributed, or data-intensive systems. Nice to Have - Knowledge of ClickHouse, Iceberg, Parquet, or time-series databases. - Experience with order books or REST/WebSocket exchange connectivity. - Exposure to Kubernetes, gRPC, Protobuf, Python, or service discovery. - Understanding of electronic trading or market microstructure. Why Join? - Build core data infrastructure for a global market-making business. - Work with extremely high-volume, real-time trading data. - Help deliver a major transformation using modern data technologies. - Build systems used directly by traders, researchers, and risk professionals. - Receive a competitive salary, discretionary bonus, comprehensive healthcare, and 20 days’ annual leave. - Work onsite in Hong Kong or remotely from Shenzhen. If you’re ready to accelerate your career and build real-time Java data platforms at global scale, please apply with your latest resume and get in touch for a confidential conversation. BAH Partners specialises in placing world-class technology and quantitative talent across Asia-Pacific’s leading financial institutions and technology-driven organisations.

• Senior Market & Trading Data Engineer (Java)

  OKX · Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR