Bluefin is a decentralized, orderbook-based exchange for financial products. You will be joining an experienced team at an early stage to develop infrastructure that will help bring millions to DeFi.

About Bluefin

We’re building cutting-edge, decentralized exchange infrastructure in our vision to advance derivatives trading, the largest market by trading volume
We’ve settled over $10 Billion in derivatives since January 1, 2024, and are backed by Susquehanna, Brevan Howard, Tower Research, Cumberland DRW, Polychain and other leading investors

Our Culture

We are a team of doers that trust each other and value kindness. Our shared passion for learning and relentless drive to make everything better bring us together. We love what we do and are constantly trying new things with a bias to action and healthy debate.

What you will do

Work closely with leadership to understand the organization''s goals and set technical direction
Solve challenging distributed systems problems around scalability, reliability, high availability for the core trading API, web sockets, datastore services, and new initiatives
Continually iterate on the security measures taken to ensure the resiliency of the protocol through threat modeling brainstorms and internal security reviews
Lead the effort on exploring ambiguous and novel solutions to complex problems that are inherent to the company’s success
Review and be the primary author of documentation for the undertakings, services, and code that you produce
Be a steward of the engineering culture at Bluefin by coaching and mentoring engineers, participating in code & architectural reviews, and spearheading initiatives for higher developer productivity and team efficiency

Requirements

What you will bring

4+ years of professional software engineering experience and recent experience with at least one modern language such as TypeScript, Go, or Rust
You have architected and implemented distributed, low-latency, high-volume services and know how to deploy and monitor them in production
Deep understanding of data structures, algorithms, and software design principles
Expertise in SQL queries, database performance tuning, and scalable schema design
Hands-on experience with data-processing systems (e.g., Lambda architecture, Kafka, RabbitMQ, ELK)
Storage solutions (Cassandra, Postgres, Redis, Zookeeper)
VMs and container technologies (Docker, Kubernetes)
You believe data is the most powerful tool for informed decision-making
You thrive in ambiguity; complex and fuzzy requirements are more common than clearly defined customer expectations
You have strong verbal and written communication skills. You understand the importance of good technical documentation and well-structured design proposals.

Benefits

What we offer

Competitive salary and equity
Employee-friendly equity terms (early exercise, extended exercise)
Annual ski trips, events, and travel
Health Insurance in the US (stipend if remote)
Take as much time off as you need to be productive
Parental leave
Latest productivity software like Notion and Linear