API Engineer

About Us

BitMEX was one of the first crypto exchanges for derivatives
It exists to provide institutional and professional traders with a platform that caters to their needs

BitMEX created the Perpetual Swap, the most popular crypto trading product in history
It is the only major global exchange that continues to create new cryptocurrency derivative products, most recently, the ETH Staking Swap
 

On BitMEX, users can trade cryptocurrency derivatives on a professional trading platform that provides low latency, deep liquidity and constant availability
  Since 2014, no cryptocurrency has been lost through intrusion or hacking, allowing BitMEX users to trade safely in the knowledge that their funds are secure
Spot trading is also supported, as well as the purchase and conversion of cryptocurrency – BitMEX supports 45+ derivatives contracts, 11 pairs for spot trading and the ability for users to convert 30+ cryptocurrencies
 

We are looking for individuals who are determined, responsible and collaborative to join BitMEX as we continue to build a thriving cryptocurrency ecosystem
We value attention to detail, speed and simplicity
As a global business operating a 24/7 exchange, we seek out those who are independent, adaptable and want to work in a work-life integrated manner

 

For more information on BitMEX, company initiatives and our products, please visit the or, and follow,, and

Responsibilities

• Design and development of the public BitMEX APIs and internal library services
• New feature implementation, bug fixing, and performance tuning
• Working closely with the Frontend and Engine teams to integrate new features and unique consumer-facing products
• Exploring and evaluating new stack components and architecture ideas as necessary
• Regularly reviewing code

Requirements

• 4+ years of professional experience beyond your CS education (BS or advanced degree), including project responsibility
• Intimate experience with JS and JS performance characteristics
• Experience with NodeJS and WebSockets
• Experience building scalable systems
• Experience with containers, Redis, pub/sub, and NATS a plus
• Experience delivering real-time data over the web
• Ability to manage your workload and simultaneously develop several features and bugfixes
• Familiarity with current industry coding practices, design patterns, frameworks, and deployment and testing automation
• Experience with trading derivatives products, preferably bitcoin derivatives
• Understanding of Bitcoin’s value proposition, willingness to be paid in bitcoin

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