Lead Backend Engineer – Matching Engine & OMS (C++ / Rust / Go) - Based in Kuala Lumpur

• Work Place in Malaysia, Welcome Hong Kong candidates to apply


• Relocation support provided - Flight, Visa, Accommodation


• Competitive Salary & KPI Bonuses, 5-day work week

Role Summary

On behalf of our client—a fast-growing, high-throughput digital asset exchange, we are seeking an elite Backend Engineer to architect and optimize their core matching engine and order management infrastructure. This role is pivotal in driving sub-millisecond execution, high concurrency, and absolute precision for their multi-asset trading platform.

Key Responsibilities

• Engine Architecture: Design, build, and maintain the core Matching Engine and Order Management System (OMS) utilizing low-latency, high-concurrency design patterns.


• Risk Logic & Margin Engines: Implement real-time risk controls, including margin calculation logic, dynamic unrealized PnL tracking, and automated liquidation engines for leveraged trading products.


• Performance Optimization: Profile, benchmark, and tune system components to minimize tail latency and maximize throughput (orders per second).


• Liquidity Integration: Build and maintain high-speed market maker connectors via FIX protocol, WebSocket, and custom binary APIs.


• Data Integrity & Ledgering: Maintain absolute transaction atomicity and system recovery using event-sourcing, in-memory state machines, and write-ahead logging (WAL).

Requirements & Qualifications

• Core Programming: Expert-level proficiency in Go (Golang), C++, or Rust.


• Domain Expertise: Demonstrated experience developing CEX matching engines, HFT execution components, or electronic brokerage systems.


• Infrastructure & Messaging: Hands-on experience with in-memory data structures (Redis), event streaming platforms (Kafka), and high-performance RPC frameworks (gRPC).


• Databases: Strong proficiency with relational databases (PostgreSQL) and time-series data management.


• Systems Design: Deep knowledge of multi-threaded application design, memory management, lock-free data structures, and CPU cache optimization.

Benefits

• Relocation support provided - flight, visa


• Accommodation provided


• Yearly flight back to home country


• KPI Incentive/Bonus

About the Client & Application Process

Our client offers competitive remuneration packages, performance-based bonuses, and the opportunity to build mission-critical infrastructure in a high-growth sector.