Lead Backend Engineer – Matching Engine & OMS (C++ / Rust / Go)

Leadingnation; Hong Kong; On-site; HKD 1,200,000 - 1,900,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive Salary & KPI Bonuses

Be part of pioneer team

Leadership Opportunities

Job summary

Leadingnation is seeking an elite Backend Engineer in Hong Kong to architect and optimize a core matching engine and OMS for a fast-growing digital asset exchange. Drive sub-millisecond execution, multi-asset support, and precise state management in a high-throughput environment.

You will design and codify the engine, risk and margin logic, and liquidity interfaces, while maintaining data integrity and high availability. Join a pioneer team shaping the future of digital asset trading.

Qualifications

• Expert in Go, C++, or Rust with real‑world high‑throughput systems experience.
• Proven background in CEX matching engines or HFT components.
• Strong experience with Redis, Kafka, gRPC, and PostgreSQL.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain the core Matching Engine and Order Management System with low latency and high concurrency.
• Implement real-time risk controls, margin logic, and automated liquidation for leveraged trading.
• Profile, benchmark, and tune systems to minimize tail latency and maximize orders per second.
• Integrate high-speed liquidity connectors via FIX, WebSocket, and binary APIs.
• Ensure data integrity, with event-sourcing, WAL, and robust recovery.

Skills

Go (Golang)

C++

Rust

CEX matching engines

HFT execution components

electronic brokerage systems

Redis

Kafka

gRPC

PostgreSQL

Multi-threaded design

Memory management

Lock-free data structures

CPU cache optimization

Job description

• Competitive Salary & KPI Bonuses
• Be part of pioneer team
• Leadership Opportunities

Role Summary

On behalf of our client—a fast-growing, high-throughput digital asset exchange,we are seeking an elite Backend Engineer to architect and optimize their core matching engine and order management infrastructure. This role is pivotal in driving sub-millisecond execution, high concurrency, and absolute precision for their multi-asset trading platform.

Key Responsibilities

• Engine Architecture: Design, build, and maintain the core Matching Engine and Order Management System (OMS) utilizing low-latency, high-concurrency design patterns.
• Risk Logic & Margin Engines: Implement real-time risk controls, including margin calculation logic, dynamic unrealized PnL tracking, and automated liquidation engines for leveraged trading products.
• Performance Optimization: Profile, benchmark, and tune system components to minimize tail latencyand maximize throughput (orders per second).
• Liquidity Integration: Build and maintain high-speed market maker connectors via FIX protocol, WebSocket, and custom binary APIs.
• Data Integrity & Ledgering: Maintain absolute transaction atomicity and system recovery using event-sourcing, in-memory state machines, and write-ahead logging (WAL).

Requirements & Qualifications

• Core Programming: Expert-level proficiency in Go (Golang), C++, or Rust.
• Domain Expertise: Demonstrated experience developing CEX matching engines, HFT execution components, or electronic brokerage systems.
• Infrastructure & Messaging: Hands-on experience with in-memory data structures (Redis), event streaming platforms (Kafka), and high-performance RPC frameworks (gRPC).
• Databases: Strong proficiency with relational databases (PostgreSQL) and time-series data management.
• Systems Design: Deep knowledge of multi-threaded application design, memory management, lock-free data structures, and CPU cache optimization.

About the Client & Application Process

Our client offers competitive remuneration packages, performance-based bonuses, and the opportunity to build mission-critical infrastructure in a high-growth sector.