Senior Backend Engineer (Blockchain & Trading Infra)

AGENSI PEKERJAAN STAR GLOBAL SDN. BHD.; Hong Kong; On-site; HKD 900,000 - 1,400,000; Full time

Job summary

AGENSI PEKERJAAN STAR GLOBAL SDN. BHD. is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to design and optimize resilient, low-latency backends for central trading platform infrastructure and crypto-related channels.

You will own end-to-end designs and drive architectural decisions in a high-stakes financial tech environment. The role requires 3+ years of backend experience with Go, plus familiarity with Java, Rust, or C++.

Qualifications

• 3+ years backend mastery with strong proficiency in Go (Golang).
• Experience in Java, Rust, or C++ with willingness to transition to Go.
• Hands-on experience with high concurrency, distributed locks, state machines, and data consistency in production.
• Ability to articulate architecture choices, trade-offs, and post-mortem lessons from previous systems.
• Solid CS foundations and learning agility.
• Direct exposure to high-reliability financial systems: trading engines, payment gateways, or wallets.
• Background in central crypto exchanges, prime brokerages, or market-making firms.
• Familiarity with custody solutions, MPC, HD wallets, or smart contract interactions.
• Public code repos, OSS contributions, or technical blogs showcasing depth.
• Proficiency in Mandarin and English to communicate with stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Design, optimize, and maintain high-throughput engine components including order routing, fund movement pipelines, risk control rulesets, clearing, and settlement.
• Engineer reliable infrastructure for asset scanning, withdrawal and payout processing, wallet integrations, and automated reconciliation.
• Build critical-path failure recovery mechanisms ensuring transactional consistency, fast state recovery, and fault isolation.
• Own end-to-end technical solution designs, drive technical decisions, evaluate trade-offs, and establish system benchmarks.

Skills

Go (Golang)

Java

Rust

C++

Distributed systems

Concurrency control

System design

Mandarin/English

Job description

We are seeking a highly skilled and system-minded Senior Backend Engineer to join our high-frequency core engineering team. In this role, you will be architecting resilient, low-latency backends for central trading platform infrastructure and chain-level financial channels. If you have an obsession for execution precision, data consistency, and modern AI-augmented workflows, this role offers an unprecedented opportunity to build mission-critical financial systems.

Key responsibilities

Design, optimize, and maintain high-throughput engine components including order routing, fund movement pipelines, risk control rulesets, clearing, and settlement

Engineer reliable infrastructure for asset scanning, automated withdrawal and payout processing, wallet integrations (Hot/Cold/MPC), and automated reconciliation.

Build critical-path failure recovery mechanisms, ensuring strict transactional consistency, rapid state recovery, and continuous fault isolation

Own end-to-end technical solution designs, drive technical decision-making, evaluate trade-offs, and establish system benchmarks

About you

3+ years backend mastery with strong proficiency in Go (Golang)

Candidates with deep experience in Java, Rust, or C++ willing to transition to Go are strongly encouraged

Proven hands-on experience dealing with high concurrency, distributed locks, state machines, and data consistency in production

Ability to clearly articulate architecture choices, trade-offs, and post-mortem lessons from previous systems

Solid computer science foundations and learning agility

Direct exposure to high-reliability financial systems: trading engines, payment gateways, clearing houses, general ledgers, or wallet custodians

Background in central crypto exchanges, prime brokerages, payment processors, quantitative trading desks, or market-making firms

Familiarity with custody solutions, Multi-Party Computation (MPC), Hierarchical Deterministic (HD) wallets, or smart contract interactions

Public code repositories, open-source contributions, or technical blog posts showcasing technical depth

Proficiency in both Mandarin and English is required due to the company’s background and the need to communicate effectively with key stakeholders.