Backend Engineer (Go, NodeJS, Networking, Kafka)

What you’ll do as a Backend Engineer:

• Work on building critical trading infrastructure and components for our platform to support trade execution, order matching, risk management, settlements, and data analytics

• Write low-latency code that will process billions of dollars a day's worth of trading volume reliably

• Architect performant and reliable communication layers to enable networking between our internal exchange components

• Work on building and maintaining high-performance APIs(REST + Websockets)

• Optimise, test, maintain and improve our platform’s codebase and performance

• Maintain, Document, and add to our platform’s product and API documentation

• Work on implementing new features for our exchange

• Manage individual project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables with your technical expertise.

• Mentor and develop other team members on design techniques and coding standards.

• Work with pen-testing and software security audit firms

Essential Requirements

• 4+ years of real-world experience with programming in JavaScript, TypeScript, Node.js, Go, Python, Redis

• Familiarity with Linux on desktops and servers

• Strong understanding of git

• Experience building and scaling reliable data pipelines using Kafka

• Experienced using and integrating with cloud services, developing CI/CD pipelines, and using Docker

• Experience building/upgrading and using SQL-based databases

• Experience building and deploying high-performance APIs, both REST as well as Websockets

• Comfortable with owning the system design, architecture, and implementation, leaning on industry best practices

• Good with maths, statistics, and problem-solving

• You are a fast learner who can quickly master new technologies.

You will stand out if…

• You've worked on high-quality products in the finance or security space

• You have prior trading experience(in Traditional markets or crypto/DeFi), with knowledge of derivative products like futures, options, and perpetuals

• You have experience with other non-trading DeFi products like swaps, lending, etc.

• Experience working on trading systems and infrastructure

• CS Degree or equivalent experience

• Experience working with UDP

• Experience developing FIX APIs

Values & How we work?

The entire crypto space doesn't just move fast but is constantly accelerating. It’s hard building a DeFi product — it’s 24/7, 365 days a year, markets do not close, the ground beneath you can shift, assumptions can and do fail & risk of burning out is real.

• We take our product + brand very seriously.

  • If we see even a small flaw in our product, we always ask ourselves - Why isn't this perfect?

  • All members have perpetual autonomy to fix anything broken that we notice, and we do not wait for someone else to tell us what to do.

• We take extreme ownership of everything you do

  • If the team fails, everyone fails, so prioritize and execute.

  • We think long-term, set big goals, and communicate with clear directions and goals to achieve them. Everyone must understand not just what they're doing but also why they are doing it.

  • No Egos, lead by example, and mutual accountability.

• Strive for clear and simple communication - this is easier said than done but communicating the "why" of an issue is equally important as the "what.”

• All meetings have an agenda, with outcomes clearly defined as tasks and call-to-actions.

• Prioritize all tasks by - what is more important for our users without compromising on any of the above goals.