Senior Middleware Architect — Distributed Systems

P2P; Hong Kong; On-site; HKD 1,100,917 - 1,590,214; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Education subsidy

Team events

Healthcare coverage

Job summary

OKX is seeking a seasoned Middleware Architect to lead the architecture and optimization of microservice governance, RPC frameworks, and data middleware. You will drive technology selection for high availability, scalability, and security across distributed systems.

Candidate should bring 6+ years in software development with 4+ years in middleware or distributed architecture, plus hands-on experience with Spring Cloud, Kafka, Redis, MongoDB, and Kubernetes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or above in Computer Science or related field.
• Over 6 years of software development experience with 4+ years in middleware or distributed systems architecture.
• Proficient in microservice design and implementations; familiar with RPC frameworks and messaging middlewares.
• Deep understanding of NoSQL/SQL databases and search engines; practical experience with data storage optimization.
• Experience with configuration centers and container orchestration technologies; awareness of Service Mesh and eBPF.

Responsibilities

• Design and optimize microservice governance frameworks (e.g., SpringCloud) and RPC frameworks.
• Research and select middleware tech stacks to ensure availability, scalability, and security.
• Develop and tune microservice frameworks (Spring Boot/Spring Cloud).
• Understand RPC mechanisms and messaging queues to optimize distribution and data consistency.
• Design efficient data storage solutions for performance and cost efficiency.
• Handle deployment, monitoring, alerting, troubleshooting, and incident response for middleware.
• Stay updated on industry trends and promote tech capability within the team.

Skills

Microservice architecture

RPC frameworks (Spring Cloud, Dubbo)

Kafka & RabbitMQ messaging

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Tools

Redis

MongoDB

MySQL

ElasticSearch

Kubernetes

Nacos

Apollo

Zookeeper

etcd

Kong API Gateway

Job description

OKX is seeking a seasoned Middleware Architect to lead the architecture and optimization of microservice governance, RPC frameworks, and data middleware. You will drive technology selection for high availability, scalability, and security across distributed systems.

Candidate should bring 6+ years in software development with 4+ years in middleware or distributed architecture, plus hands-on experience with Spring Cloud, Kafka, Redis, MongoDB, and Kubernetes.