Senior Backend Engineer - Real-Time Trading Platform (Remote)

Startup Talents; France; Remote; EUR 129,679 - 172,906; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary including equity

Stipend for remote setup

Flexible vacation policy

Learning and development budget

Job summary

A remote tech startup is seeking a Senior Backend Developer to own the infrastructure for data pipelines and APIs. This role focuses on building systems used by millions of traders while ensuring high performance and reliability. Candidates should have extensive experience in backend development, especially with TypeScript, along with knowledge of real-time systems and trading concepts. The position offers a competitive salary, equity, and a flexible work environment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of production backend experience, ideally in TypeScript.
• Strong experience with real-time systems: WebSockets, event streaming, pub/sub.
• Deep familiarity with PostgreSQL and Redis; ClickHouse or similar columnar databases a plus.

Responsibilities

• Own architecture decisions for the company's backend systems.
• Build and operate real-time data pipelines for order book updates, trades, and market events.
• Design and maintain the API layer serving web and mobile clients.

Skills

Production backend experience in TypeScript

Real-time systems experience

Familiarity with PostgreSQL and Redis

API design for latency-sensitive clients

Solid debugging skills

Tools

Kafka

ClickHouse

Typescript

Job description

A remote tech startup is seeking a Senior Backend Developer to own the infrastructure for data pipelines and APIs. This role focuses on building systems used by millions of traders while ensuring high performance and reliability. Candidates should have extensive experience in backend development, especially with TypeScript, along with knowledge of real-time systems and trading concepts. The position offers a competitive salary, equity, and a flexible work environment.