Senior Backend Engineer (Blockchain & Trading Infra)
Summary
Senior Backend Engineer on a high-frequency core engineering team building low-latency, high-throughput backends for a central trading platform and chain-level financial channels — order routing, fund movement, clearing/settlement, and hot/cold/MPC wallet integrations. Core language is Go, with strong crypto-exchange and financial-systems focus.
We are seeking a highly skilled and system-minded Senior Backend Engineer to join our high-frequency core engineering team. In this role, you will be architecting resilient, low-latency backends for central trading platform infrastructure and chain-level financial channels. If you have an obsession for execution precision, data consistency, and modern AI-augmented workflows, this role offers an unprecedented opportunity to build mission-critical financial systems.
Key responsibilitiesDesign, optimize, and maintain high-throughput engine components including order routing, fund movement pipelines, risk control rulesets, clearing, and settlement
Engineer reliable infrastructure for asset scanning, automated withdrawal and payout processing, wallet integrations (Hot/Cold/MPC), and automated reconciliation.
Build critical-path failure recovery mechanisms, ensuring strict transactional consistency, rapid state recovery, and continuous fault isolation
Own end-to-end technical solution designs, drive technical decision-making, evaluate trade-offs, and establish system benchmarks
About you3+ years backend mastery with strong proficiency in Go (Golang)
Candidates with deep experience in Java, Rust, or C++ willing to transition to Go are strongly encouraged
Proven hands-on experience dealing with high concurrency, distributed locks, state machines, and data consistency in production
Ability to clearly articulate architecture choices, trade-offs, and post-mortem lessons from previous systems
Solid computer science foundations and learning agility
Direct exposure to high-reliability financial systems: trading engines, payment gateways, clearing houses, general ledgers, or wallet custodians
Background in central crypto exchanges, prime brokerages, payment processors, quantitative trading desks, or market-making firms
Familiarity with custody solutions, Multi-Party Computation (MPC), Hierarchical Deterministic (HD) wallets, or smart contract interactions
Public code repositories, open-source contributions, or technical blog posts showcasing technical depth
Proficiency in both Mandarin and English is required due to the company’s background and the need to communicate effectively with key stakeholders.