Staff Backend Engineer

Staff Backend Engineer: High-Frequency Trading Systems

Location: Remote - Fully remote in Asia

Compensation: $70K - $80K

We are a high-growth fintech powerhouse operating at the intersection of Prediction Markets, AI, and Blockchain technology. With over $200M in annualized volume and a 100% weekly growth rate, we are rapidly redefining how decentralized markets operate. We are backed by world-class investors, including CMT Digital and AllianceDAO, the premier accelerator for the crypto and AI ecosystem.

We are seeking a Staff Backend Engineer to own and scale the low-latency, high-throughput systems that sit directly in our trade execution path. This is not a "standard" backend role; you will build performance-critical infrastructure where micro-optimizations, architectural correctness, and extreme reliability are the difference between success and failure. You will work in a high-stakes environment where your code manages real money and real volume every second.

Responsibilities

• Core Trading Systems: Design and architect robust backend systems for order routing, real-time execution, pricing engines, and financial reconciliation.
• Performance Engineering: Optimize services for sub-millisecond latency, high throughput, and maximum fault tolerance across a distributed architecture.
• Architecture & Strategy: Take full ownership of architectural decisions with immediate production impact, working directly with the CEO, COO, and founding engineering team.
• Production Excellence: Operate close to the "money flow," ensuring system integrity during periods of extreme market volatility and high-volume bursts.
• Foundational Impact: Act as a technical leader, mentoring founding engineers and setting the standard for engineering excellence as we scale from 100% weekly growth to global dominance.

• Trading/Fintech Expertise: Significant experience building or scaling trading platforms, digital asset exchanges, or high-frequency financial infrastructure.
• Systems Intuition: A deep understanding of systems performance, memory management, and how to debug complex issues in high-load environments.
• Tech Stack Mastery: Proficiency in Node.js and Python, with experience managing large-scale data in MongoDB and architecting within AWS Serverless environments.
• Operational Grit: High ownership mindset with the ability to "grind" through hard problems. You thrive in startup environments where speed and correctness are prioritized equally.
• Geographic Focus: Must be based in Asia or Europe to ensure timezone alignment with our core execution team.

• Direct Impact: Work at the center of the "execution path" in one of the fastest-growing startups in the prediction market space.
• Elite Backing: Join a team vetted by the industry’s most selective accelerators and investors.
• Equity & Upside: Competitive compensation package including significant equity in a high-growth venture.
• Founding Culture: Help shape the culture and technical direction of a company growing 100% week-over-week.
• Challenging Problems: Solve genuinely difficult engineering hurdles involving AI-driven markets and blockchain finality.

Due to the high volume of applications we anticipate, we regret that we are unable to provide individual feedback to all candidates. If you do not hear back from us within 4 weeks of your application, please assume that you have not been successful on this occasion. We genuinely appreciate your interest and wish you the best in your job search.

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