Trading Services Engineering team powers OKX's core trading infrastructure — the systems that keep millions of users trading reliably, 24/7, at global scale. You'll build the backbone that other engineering teams depend on.
What You'll Be Doing
- Design and build high-availability, low-latency distributed services that power core trading flows
- Own service reliability end-to-end: architecture, performance tuning, monitoring, and incident response
- Partner with Product and cross-functional engineering teams to translate trading requirements into scalable system design
- Drive technical best practices through code reviews, design reviews, and mentorship of peers
- Contribute to Kafka-based messaging architecture and event-driven system design at scale
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams including Product, Design, and Marketing to drive innovation and execution
- Design and implement high availability, high-performance distributed services
- Contribute to technology best practices and perform code reviews for peers
What We Look For In You
- Bachelor's degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics
- Demonstrated experience adopting AI tools in the engineering workflow, able to evaluate and integrate AI capabilities into day-to-day development
- Hands-on experience in Microservice/API development using Java/SpringBoot/SpringCloud
- Strong knowledge of multi-threading and distributed architecture, and understanding of messaging frameworks such as Kafka
- Proficient in relational database design and development
- Comfortable working in a cloud-based Linux environment
- Proven experience in automated testing and continuous integration
- Knowledge of integrating with 3rd party software via APIs/SDKs
Perks & Benefits
- Competitive total compensation package
- L&D programs and education subsidy for employees' growth and development
- Various team building programs and company events
- Wellness and meal allowances
- Comprehensive healthcare schemes for employees and dependants
- More that we love to tell you along the process!
OKX Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about OKX and has not been reviewed or approved by OKX.
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Pay is considered competitive or above market, especially in engineering, product, and legal roles across major hubs. This positioning is consistently cited as a major attraction for candidates.
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Healthcare Strength — Role descriptions indicate comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life, and disability coverage, with employer-paid premiums in some cases. Health coverage is highlighted alongside core benefits like PTO and parental leave.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Allowances for education and fitness, meal perks and snacks, team-building budgets, and structured learning programs are described across locations. These extras enhance the total rewards package beyond base pay.
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What We Do
Founded in 2017, OKX is one of the world’s leading cryptocurrency spot and derivatives exchanges. OKX innovatively adopted blockchain technology to reshape the financial ecosystem by offering some of the most diverse and sophisticated products, solutions, and trading tools on the market. Trusted by more than 20 million users in over 180 regions globally, OKX strives to provide an engaging platform that empowers every individual to explore the world of crypto. In addition to its world-class DeFi exchange, OKX serves its users with OKX Insights, a research arm that is at the cutting edge of the latest trends in the cryptocurrency industry. With its extensive range of crypto products and services, and unwavering commitment to innovation, OKX’s vision is a world of financial access backed by blockchain and the power of decentralized finance.
