Staff Backend Engineer - Asia/Europe

Please Read Before Applying This is not a Web3 experiment. This is not a feature-factory backend role. This is not a 9–5 maintenance job. We are looking for a Staff-level Backend Engineer with real experience building low-latency, high-throughput trading or financial systems . If youve worked close to execution engines, exchanges, pricing systems, or financial infrastructure — we want to talk. Candidates must be based in Asia (Europe may be considered). The Role Were hiring a Staff Backend Engineer to own and scale performance-critical trading systems that sit directly in the execution path. Youll be working where: Latency matters Correctness matters Reliability matters And mistakes cost real money This is production-grade infrastructure with real volume and real risk. Youll work directly with the CEO, COO, and founding engineers , making architectural decisions that immediately impact live systems. What Youll Do Design and build backend systems for: Order routing Execution engines Pricing services Trade reconciliation Optimize services for: Low latency High throughput Fault tolerance Deterministic correctness Make architectural decisions affecting production trading flows Build and maintain systems operating under real capital exposure Tech Stack Node.js Python MongoDB AWS (Serverless Infrastructure) What Were Looking For Proven experience building: Trading systems Exchange infrastructure Order matching engines Financial execution systems Strong systems-thinking and performance intuition Deep understanding of: Concurrency Throughput bottlenecks Latency profiling Production observability Comfortable operating in a high-ownership, high-accountability environment Willing to work hard on complex, high-impact problems Based in Asia (Europe may be considered) Preferred (Not Required) Web3 / crypto trading exposure Experience operating at meaningful trading volumes Experience scaling infrastructure under volatility spikes Why This Role Is Different This is not just backend engineering. Youll be: Building systems that sit directly in trade execution paths Working alongside leadership Owning real infrastructure Influencing architecture at the highest level If you want comfort, this isnt it. If you want ownership and impact, this is the seat.