Backend Messaging Engineer - High-Scale Platforms (Go/Java)

Blockchain Academics Ltd.; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 350,000 - 650,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Study Growth Fund

Internal Events

Global Collaboration

Career Advancement

Internal Mobility

Job summary

Bybit is recruiting a Backend Engineer to develop and maintain the Reach Platform across push, SMS, email, WhatsApp, and other channels. You will partner with Compliance, Security, Product, Frontend, QA, and external providers to ensure reliable, scalable delivery for users worldwide.

The role requires five+ years in backend development, strong Go or Java skills, and experience with Kafka, Redis, MySQL, gRPC, and Kubernetes. Flexible location includes Abu Dhabi or Kuala Lumpur.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or above in computer science or related field, with at least five years of backend development experience.
• Strong proficiency in Go or Java, distributed systems design, and high-concurrency messaging experience.
• Proficiency with Kafka, including event-driven architectures and consumer lag monitoring.
• Familiarity with Redis caching, rate limiting, distributed locks, and hot-key management.
• Familiarity with MySQL schema design, optimization, and index tuning.
• Experience with gRPC-based microservices and service discovery using Nacos.
• Familiarity with Kubernetes deployments and horizontal pod autoscaling.
• Strong system design skills and ownership mindset.
• Experience using AI coding tools for coding and code review.

Responsibilities

• Develop the Reach Platform backend and core capabilities across messaging channels (push, SMS, email, WhatsApp, etc.).
• Own architecture design, feature development, performance optimization, reliability, and day-to-day operations.
• Build scalable messaging infrastructure for multiple sites and business lines with robust delivery guarantees.
• Improve platform observability with monitoring, logs, tracing, and SLOs; plan capacity and run load tests.
• Collaborate with Product, Frontend, QA, Data, Compliance, Security, and providers to enable compliant messaging globally.

Skills

Go

Java

Distributed systems

Kafka

Redis

MySQL

gRPC

Kubernetes

HPA

Ownership

AI coding tools

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science

Tools

Nacos

Docker

Job description

Bybit is recruiting a Backend Engineer to develop and maintain the Reach Platform across push, SMS, email, WhatsApp, and other channels. You will partner with Compliance, Security, Product, Frontend, QA, and external providers to ensure reliable, scalable delivery for users worldwide.

The role requires five+ years in backend development, strong Go or Java skills, and experience with Kafka, Redis, MySQL, gRPC, and Kubernetes. Flexible location includes Abu Dhabi or Kuala Lumpur.