Lead Full Stack Engineer, Media Products

The Bullish Group has built an ecosystem focused on developing financial services for the digital assets sector through technology and investment businesses. These include: Bullish Exchange - digital asset trading services that utilize central limit order matching and proprietary market making technology to deliver deep liquidity and tight spreads within a compliant framework. The business is licensed by the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission, German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority, and the Gibraltar Financial Services Commission. Since its launch in November 2021, Bullish Exchange has surpassed US$1.3 trillion in total trading volume, with 2H 2024 average daily volume exceeding US$2 billion. Bullish Capital - an investment company which offers strategic capital, industry expertise and an extensive network of resources to support initiatives that connect conventional finance with the revolutionary possibilities of the digital economy. CoinDesk - an award-winning media, events, indices and data business servicing the global crypto economy.

Reports to:

Manager, Engineering, CoinDesk

The Opportunity

Are you passionate about building high-performance systems that power media and content distribution at scale? We're looking for Lead Software Engineers with expertise in Node.js and React to lead the development of our next-generation media platforms. This role is all about designing and building fast, scalable, and reliable systems that deliver real-time content and data to millions of users.

You'll be working on products that distribute, aggregate, and personalize content, ensuring our users have access to the latest insights and information whenever they need it. This includes building robust APIs, developing engaging front-end experiences, and optimizing infrastructure for performance and scalability.

If you love working across the stack, enjoy tackling complex engineering challenges, and want to make an impact in the media and content space, we'd love to hear from you.

What You’ll Do:

• Architect, build, and maintain scalable back-end services and React front-end applications that deliver real-time content, data, and interactive features to millions of users.

• Develop highly available and high-performance systems capable of handling large volumes of traffic and data.

• Work closely with product teams to improve SEO strategies, optimize page speed, and ensure best practices for web performance and indexing.

• Design and maintain high-performance APIs and integrate with various data sources to serve real-time media and content.

• Develop and enhance systems for content aggregation, distribution, and monetization, ensuring optimal user experience and business impact.

• Work closely with designers, content strategists, and data engineers to develop data-driven and user-centric products.

What You Have:

• 7+ years of software engineering experience with hands-on expertise in front end and back end development; React.js, Node.js, and RESTful APIs.

• Hands-on experience with AWS or GCP, including services like Lambda, EC2, S3, CloudFront, Kubernetes, and Terraform.

• Deep understanding of JavaScript, TypeScript, and frameworks like Next.js for server-side rendering and improved performance. Deep understanding of modern UI/UX best practices and responsive web development.

• Experience with REST APIs, content caching, and server-side rendering.

• Expertise in secure coding practices, CI/CD pipelines, and DevSecOps best practices for high-scale applications.

• Experience in handling large-scale content platforms, streaming media, or digital asset management.

• Strong ability to work across teams, engage stakeholders, and contribute to product vision.

Bonus Points For:

• Experience with React Native for building mobile applications.

• Familiarity with Sanity CMS, or headless CMS solutions for content management.

• Understanding of web performance, Core Web Vitals, and SEO best practices.

• Experience integrating ad management systems, paywalls, or data analytics tools into content platforms.

• Exposure to data pipelines, analytics dashboards, or real-time media metrics.

Bullish US LLC & CoinDesk Inc. are committed to offering competitive compensation and benefits. The anticipated base salary for this position is $180,000 - $250,000 + discretionary annual target bonus + performance incentives/benefits. Offered salary will be reflective of job related knowledge, skills and commensurate experience.

Bullish is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are fast evolving and striving towards being a globally-diverse community. With integrity at our core, our success is driven by a talented team of individuals and the different perspectives they are encouraged to bring to work every day.