Senior / Principal Backend Engineer (Stealth DeFi Project)

At Paradigm, we are seeking a core member for our backend team who will be responsible for building and maintaining major features, collaborating with product and engineering teams. The ideal candidate should have at least 5 years of backend engineering experience and be proficient in designing and developing scalable web services and distributed systems. They should also have experience with monitoring and scaling microservice-oriented systems, as well as familiarity with websocket architecture. This role offers the opportunity to work on cross-functional feature teams and contribute to the future of finance by reshaping financial services across CeFi and DeFi markets.

• Design, build and maintain scalable, secure web services and distributed systems
• Design and develop robust solutions for trade negotiation and execution, real-time market data, chat messaging, authentication, and security
• Help maintain existing codebase, infrastructure, test coverage, and documentation
• Communicate requirements effectively within and across teams

• 5+ years of backend engineering experience, ideally building products from ideation to launch with a strong engineering team
• Experience monitoring and scaling microservice-oriented systems
• Familiarity with websocket architecture and implementation
• Team-building and technical leadership skills

• Competitive pay and transparent pay bands
• Flexible work environment
• Unlimited vacation with a minimum required PTO of 10 days annually.
• Celebrate your national holidays, in addition to floating holidays, to honor what matters to you, not HQ.
• Full benefits (benefits vary by country)
• We offer the highest benefits package offered by our Employment of Record partners; insurance carriers and plans vary by country
• Generous technology and learning allowances
• $5000 first-year budget to spend on your computer, peripherals, office essentials...whatever makes you most efficient and comfortable. You'll receive a $2000 refresh each anniversary.
• $1000 budget to spend on learning and development materials, courses or conferences.