Principal / Senior Backend Engineer Decentralized Trading Platform

Principal / Senior Backend Engineer Decentralized Trading Platform

Compensation: $160K-$250K USD base + equity
Location: Remote (U.S. only)

About the Company

A fast-growing Web3 trading infrastructure company is reimagining the way users interact with decentralized exchanges. In a fragmented landscape of chains, liquidity sources, and analytics tools, the company is building a unified platform that delivers cross-market visibility, real-time data, and seamless trading execution all in one elegant, high-performance interface.

Their mission is to empower traders with clarity, precision, and speed across all major blockchain ecosystems. Backed by leading venture investors and a proven team of fintech and crypto veterans, the company is developing the foundation for next-generation on-chain trading.

About the Role

We are looking for a Principal or Senior Backend Engineer to join the founding engineering team. This is a hands-on, high-impact role focused on designing and implementing backend systems for a real-time, multi-chain trading platform. You'll play a key role in building scalable infrastructure, shaping product architecture, and ensuring exceptional performance across all components of the trading experience.

You'll work within a modern TypeScript-based stack, collaborating closely with product, frontend, and research teams to deliver a world-class trading experience for crypto-native users.

Key Responsibilities

• Architect and develop backend systems for a multi-chain trading and liquidity aggregation platform.

• Design, implement, and maintain APIs, real-time data pipelines, and microservices supporting core trading features.

• Ensure scalability, reliability, and performance across high-throughput trading workflows.

• Collaborate with frontend and product teams to define and deliver customer-facing functionality.

• Lead and contribute to systems design, code reviews, and technical decision-making.

• Build robust integrations with blockchain data sources and smart contracts.

• Participate in optimizing DevOps processes and cloud infrastructure for secure, efficient deployment.

Required Qualifications

• 510+ years of professional software engineering experience, ideally in backend or distributed systems roles.

• Advanced proficiency in TypeScript (primary language) and experience with Node.js.

• Deep understanding of backend architecture, data modelling, and system design.

• Experience building production applications from scratch in high-growth environments.

• Strong familiarity with real-time data pipelines and technologies such as PostgreSQL, Python, Kafka, and Kubernetes/Helm.

• Proven experience with modern cloud infrastructure (AWS preferred).

• Strong crypto-native background comfortable working with smart contracts, trading systems, and on-chain data.

• Practical knowledge of Solana or similar high-performance blockchain environments.

 Bonus Skills

• Proficiency in Rust (strongly preferred).

• Prior experience in financial or trading technology environments.

• Familiarity with Web3 protocols, on-chain liquidity aggregation, or decentralized exchange architecture.

Compensation & Logistics

• Salary: $160K-$250K USD base + equity

• Location: Remote (U.S. only, preferably California or New York)

• Visa: No sponsorship available at this time.