About Hytech
Hytech is a leading management consulting firm headquartered in Australia and Singapore, specialising in digital transformation for fintech and financial services organisations. We deliver end-to-end consulting services and provide robust middle- and back-office solutions that enable our clients to optimise operations, enhance efficiency, and stay ahead in a fast-evolving digital landscape.
With more than 2,000 professionals worldwide, Hytech has a strong and growing international presence, with offices across Australia, Singapore, Malaysia, Taiwan, the Philippines, Thailand, Morocco, Cyprus, Dubai, and beyond.
About the Role
We are looking for a Senior Java Engineer to design and build the core backend infrastructure powering a global trading platform. This role focuses on architecting high-performance, low-latency distributed systems capable of supporting large-scale concurrent trading while driving the long-term technical direction of the platform.
Job Responsibilities
- Design and evolve scalable distributed architectures with high availability, disaster recovery, and multi-region active-active deployment.
- Collaborate with Product and QA teams to design, develop, and deliver core backend services.
- Lead architecture design and develop critical system components.
- Drive performance optimization across JVM, databases, middleware, and application code.
- Define technical roadmaps, architecture standards, and engineering best practices.
- Research and introduce emerging technologies such as AI and Web3 where applicable.
Job Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
- 5+ years of Java development experience with at least 2 years in large-scale distributed system architecture.
- Strong expertise in Java concurrency, JVM tuning, performance optimization, and troubleshooting.
- Hands-on experience with Spring Boot, microservices, Dubbo, Kafka/RocketMQ, Redis, Elasticsearch, Netty, and WebSocket.
- Solid understanding of distributed systems, CAP/BASE theory, service governance, and high availability architecture.
- Proven experience building high-concurrency systems handling 10,000+ TPS/QPS.
- Deep understanding of trading platform architecture, including matching engines, market data, low-latency communication, and financial-grade consistency.
- Strong communication, collaboration, and technical leadership skills.
Mandatory Requirement
- Experience building core systems for securities, derivatives, or cryptocurrency trading platforms, supporting 10,000+ TPS in production.
Nice to Have
- Experience designing end-to-end architecture for trading platform modules such as Order Management, Matching Engine, Risk Control, Clearing & Settlement, Market Data, or Real-time Push Services.
What We Offer
- Easy access to public transportation (LRT & KTM).
- Transportation allowance.
- Corporate insurance coverage, including dental, optical, and outpatient claims.
- Gym and fitness claims.
- Ongoing training and development opportunities.
- Exposure to exciting projects that support career growth and professional development.