Binance Accelerator Program - Backend Engineer, Pay & Card

Binance; United Arab Emirates; Remote; AED 120.000 - 180.000; Teilzeit

Zusammenfassung

Binance is seeking a Backend Engineer intern on the Pay & Card team to build backend services powering crypto and fiat payments globally. You will work with backend engineers, product managers, QA, and cross-functional teams to deliver reliable, secure services for Binance Pay and Card products.

You will gain hands-on experience with high-throughput transaction systems, distributed architectures, and financial infrastructure while contributing to system reliability and security in a fast-paced,

Qualifikationen

• Pursuing a Bachelor’s or Master’s in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field.
• Strong CS fundamentals: data structures, algorithms.
• Proficiency in at least one backend language (Java/Go/Python/C++).
• Knowledge of relational databases, SQL, transactions.
• Familiarity with RESTful APIs and client-server architecture.
• Understanding of operating systems, concurrency, and backend concepts.
• Ability to write clear, maintainable code and learn quickly.
• Strong communication in a fast-moving engineering environment.

Aufgaben

• Design, develop, test, and maintain backend services for Binance Pay and Card products.
• Build scalable APIs and microservices for payment processing, transaction mgmt, and merchant services.
• Develop distributed systems for high-volume, latency-sensitive transactions.
• Work with databases, caching, message queues to improve performance and reliability.
• Implement robust transaction workflows with retries, idempotency, concurrency handling.
• Troubleshoot production issues via logs, metrics, tracing, and root-cause analysis.
• Write clean, well-tested code and participate in code reviews.
• Collaborate with product and engineering to translate business needs into technical solutions.
• Contribute to reliability, observability, security and engineering practices.

Kenntnisse

Backend programming

REST APIs

Distributed systems

Communication

Ausbildung

Bachelor's or Master's in CS/SE/CE

Tools

Java

Go

Python

SQL

REST APIs

Jobbeschreibung

Binance is a leading global blockchain ecosystem behind the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume and registered users. We are trusted by 300+ million people in 100+ countries for our industry-leading security, user fund transparency, trading engine speed, deep liquidity, and an unmatched portfolio of digital-asset products.

Binance offerings range from trading and finance to education, research, payments, institutional services, and more. Our mission is to increase the freedom of money and financial access for people around the world.

About The Role

As a Backend Engineer on the Pay & Card team, you will work on backend systems powering crypto and fiat payment experiences for users and merchants globally. You will collaborate with backend engineers, product managers, QA engineers, and other cross-functional teams to build reliable, secure, and scalable payment services. You will gain hands‑on experience with high-throughput transaction systems, distributed architectures, payment processing, and financial infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, and maintain backend services supporting Binance Pay and Card products.
• Build scalable APIs and microservices for payment processing, transaction management, merchant services, and related financial workflows.
• Participate in the development of distributed systems handling high-volume and latency-sensitive transactions.
• Work with databases, caching systems, message queues, and other infrastructure components to improve system performance and reliability.
• Implement robust transaction workflows with appropriate handling for retries, idempotency, concurrency, and failure scenarios.
• Assist with troubleshooting production issues through logs, metrics, tracing, and root-cause analysis.
• Write clean, maintainable, well-tested code and participate in code reviews.
• Collaborate with product and engineering teams to translate business requirements into technical solutions.
• Contribute to improvements in system reliability, observability, security, and engineering practices.

Requirements

• Currently pursuing a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field.
• Strong foundation in data structures, algorithms, object-oriented programming, and computer science fundamentals.
• Proficiency in at least one backend programming language such as Java, Go, C++, Python, or a similar language.
• Understanding of relational databases and SQL, including indexes, transactions, and database design fundamentals.
• Familiarity with RESTful APIs, HTTP, networking, and client-server architecture.
• Understanding of operating systems, concurrency, and common backend engineering concepts.
• Ability to write clear, maintainable code and reason systematically about technical problems.
• Strong communication skills and willingness to learn in a fast-moving engineering environment.

Nice to Have

• Familiarity with MySQL/PostgreSQL, Redis, Kafka, or other message-queue technologies.
• Understanding of distributed-system concepts such as consistency, availability, replication, caching, asynchronous processing, and fault tolerance.
• Knowledge of payment concepts such as authorization, capture, settlement, refunds, reconciliation, chargebacks, and payment lifecycle management.
• Previous backend engineering internship, personal project, hackathon, or open-source experience.
• Interest in cryptocurrency, blockchain, fintech, and payment infrastructure.

Why Binance

• Shape the future of finance
• Collaborate with world-class talent in a user-centric global organization with a flat structure
• Tackle challenging projects in a fast-paced and innovative enviornment with autonomy
• Thrive in a results-driven workplace with opportunities for career growth and continuous learning
• Competitive salary and company benefits
• Remote-first, work-from-home arrangement (may vary depending on the nature of the role and team)

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