Senior Principal Backend Development Engineer

Senior Principal Backend Development Engineer at Bybit

About the role Bybit is seeking a technical leader to architect and build our core trading systems. You will address complex challenges related to high-concurrency environments, system stability, and low-latency performance.

Key facts

• Location: Abu Dhabi, UAE; Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
• Engagement: Full-time

What you'll do

• Design and develop the backend architecture for our primary trading engine.
• Maintain, upgrade, and optimize systems to handle high traffic while ensuring stability and minimal latency.
• Collaborate on business requirements to create actionable technical solutions and produce detailed documentation.
• Evaluate new technologies and define the long-term technical roadmap for the platform.

Requirements

• Bachelor degree or higher in Computer Science.
• Strong C++ proficiency, including familiarity with libraries such as Folly and Boost.
• Expertise in NoSQL caching, message queues, and search engines, specifically Redis, Kafka, and Elasticsearch.
• Proven ability in system analysis, design, and large-scale architectural refactoring.
• Experience building and tuning distributed systems designed for high performance and high concurrency.

Nice to have

• Experience with full-stack development.
• Background in constructing trading systems.
• Experience building memory-based systems.
• Demonstrated history of studying and contributing to open-source component source code.

Skills & tools

• C++
• Folly
• Boost
• Redis
• Kafka
• Elasticsearch
• Distributed Systems Architecture

Practical notes

Benefits include a study growth fund for professional development, internal career mobility programs, and regular team-building events.

You will work within a global, multicultural environment with opportunities for professional advancement.