Senior Backend Engineer - Trading/Blockchain Infra

Star Global Recruitment Agency; Hong Kong; On-site; HKD 900,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Star Global Recruitment Agency seeks a Staff/Senior Backend Engineer to join our high-frequency core engineering team. You will architect resilient, low-latency backends for central trading platform infrastructure and on-chain financial channels, with a focus on precision, data consistency, and scalable AI-augmented workflows.

Responsibilities include designing high-throughput components for order routing and settlement, building on-chain wallet interfaces, and delivering robust disaster

Qualifications

• Expert level coding in Go, C++, or Rust with performance focus.

Responsibilities

• Design, optimize, and maintain high-throughput engine components for order routing, fund movement, risk controls, and settlement.
• Build infrastructure for deposit scanning, withdrawal/payout processing, wallet integrations, and automated reconciliation.
• Build critical-path failure recovery mechanisms, ensuring transactional consistency, rapid state recovery, and fault isolation.
• Own end-to-end technical solution designs, drive technical decision-making, evaluate trade-offs, and establish system benchmarks.

Skills

Go

C++

Rust

Java

Tools

Redis

Kafka

gRPC

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS/GCP

Job description

We are seeking a highly skilled and system-minded Staff/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.

Job Responsibilities

• Trading Core & Fund Pathways: Design, optimize, and maintain high-throughput engine components including order routing, fund movement pipelines, risk control rulesets, clearing, and settlement.
• On-Chain Financial Channels: Engineer reliable infrastructure for deposit scanning, automated withdrawal/payout processing, wallet integrations (Hot/Cold/MPC), and automated reconcillation.
• Resilience & Disaster Recovery: Build critical-path failure recovery mechanisms, ensuring strict transactional consistency, rapid state recovery, and continuous fault isolation.
• Architecture & Tech Selection: Own end-to-end technical solution designs, drive technical decision-making, evaluate trade-offs, and establish system benchmarks.

Requirements

• Programming: Expert proficiency in Go (Golang), C++, or Rust. Candidates with deep experience in Java, Rust, or C++ willing to transition to Go are strongly encouraged to apply.
• Domain Experience: Proven track record in building CEX matching engines, HFT platforms, or electronic brokerage systems.
• Infrastructure: Deep experience with Redis (in-memory data), Kafka (messaging), and low-latency gRPC communication.
• Database: Proficiency in PostgreSQL and time-series data management.
• DevOps: Hands-on experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and AWS/GCP cloud networking.
• Systems Design: Strong understanding of multi-threaded programming, memory management, and lock-free data structures.
• Proficiency in Chinese language is highly preferred (due to internal stakeholders)
• Open to consider relocation OR willing to travel on extended business trips would be an added advantage