Back-End Engineer, Trading London

Blockchain Ventures; Greater London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

In-office four days/week

Work from Anywhere up to 20 days

ClassPass

Learning budgets

Unlimited vacation

Career growth at a global tech company

Job summary

Blockchain is seeking a Backend Engineer to help power its cryptocurrency trading platform in London. You will design, build, and operate backend services in Kotlin and Python, delivering robust order management, market data processing, and real-time streaming APIs for clients across web and mobile.

You will collaborate with product, frontend, and trading teams, focusing on latency, scalability, and observability.

Qualifications

• Backend experience building scalable services in Kotlin and/or Python.
• Designing REST APIs and real-time streams with WebSockets.
• Knowledge of SQL and cloud platforms (AWS).

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate backend services powering trading products.
• Develop order management, market data processing, and trade lifecycle handling.
• Build REST APIs and WebSocket streams for real-time data.
• Collaborate with product, frontend, trading teams to adapt platform features.
• Ensure high availability, low latency, and reliability of services.
• Contribute to architecture discussions and maintainable code.

Skills

Kotlin

Python

REST APIs

WebSockets

SQL

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

Latency optimization

Tools

NATS/JETSTREAM

Job description

Blockchain is connecting the world to the future of finance. As the most trusted and fastest-growing global crypto company, it helps millions of people worldwide safely access cryptocurrency. Since its inception in 2011, Blockchain has earned the trust of over 90 million wallet holders and more than 40 million verified users, facilitating over $1 trillion in crypto transactions.

As a Back-End Engineer on our Cryptocurrency Trading Platform, you will build the backend services that power our internal and external trading products — from order management and market data processing to the REST APIs and WebSocket streams that serve our web and mobile clients. You'll work closely with product, engineering, and trading teams, and contribute to our culture of engineering excellence. The role is based in London and the team is international.

WHAT YOU WILL DO

• Design, build, and operate backend services in Kotlin and Python that power our trading products, from core trading workflows to client-facing APIs.
• Develop and improve services for order management, market data processing, and trade lifecycle handling in a real-time, high-volume environment.
• Build and maintain REST APIs and WebSocket streams that deliver real-time prices, order updates, and account data.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams — product, frontend, trading — to adapt the platform quickly to new features and market conditions.
• Ensure high availability, reliability, and scalability of trading services, with a sharp focus on latency, observability, and testing.
• Contribute to architecture discussions and technical decisions, writing clean, maintainable code and sharing knowledge across the team.

WHAT YOU WILL NEED

• Professional experience building backend services, ideally in Kotlin and/or Python.
• Solid experience designing and building backend services and REST APIs; experience with WebSockets or other real-time streaming protocols such as NATS/JETSREAM is a plus.
• Working knowledge of SQL and experience integrating with multiple internal or third-party services.
• An understanding of performance fundamentals — identifying bottlenecks, managing latency, and building systems that stay responsive under load; experience with real-time or event-driven systems is a plus.
• Strong problem‑solving skills and clear communication with both technical and non‑technical colleagues.
• Curiosity and enthusiasm for learning new technologies; interest in financial markets or crypto is a plus, not a requirement.
• Familiarity with Docker/Kubernetes and cloud environments (AWS) is a plus.

COMPENSATION & PERKS

• Full‑time salary based on experience and meaningful equity in an industry‑leading company
• Role based in our London office, with a mandatory in‑office presence four days per week
• Work from Anywhere Policy - up to 20 days to work remotely
• ClassPass
• Budgets for learning & professional development
• Unlimited vacation policy; work hard and take time when you need it
• The opportunity to be a key player and build your career at a rapidly expanding, global technology company in an emerging field

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