Senior Backend Engineer - Real-Time Trade Platforms

Blueberry

Makati

On-site

PHP 6,321,000 - 9,481,000

Full time

7 days ago

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Job summary

Blueberry is seeking an experienced Senior Software Engineer for the Operate squad to design, build, and maintain systems powering real-time trade processing and operational workflows. You will own features from database design through APIs, services, and frontend applications, collaborating with Operations, Finance, Support, and Engineering.

You will work across C#/.NET, PostgreSQL, React, and modern cloud technologies to deliver reliable, scalable software and drive improvements in

Qualifications

5+ years of professional software engineering experience with strong commercial experience in C#/.NET.
Strong experience designing relational databases, schema modelling, database migrations, and PostgreSQL performance optimisation.
Experience building asynchronous or event-driven systems using queues, streams, or workflow engines.
Commercial experience developing modern frontend applications using React, Vue, Angular, or similar frameworks.
Experience building and supporting cloud-based applications, deployment pipelines, and production infrastructure.
Strong understanding of software engineering fundamentals, including testing, debugging, version control, and system design.
Experience delivering end-to-end software solutions across backend, frontend, databases, and deployment.
Proven ability to troubleshoot production issues using logs, monitoring, tracing, and observability tools.
Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively across technical and business teams.
Comfortable taking ownership, navigating ambiguity, and delivering practical solutions to complex business challenges.

Responsibilities

Design, build, and maintain backend services and APIs supporting real-time trade processing and operational workflows.
Develop reliable background services and long-running processes that handle high transaction volumes with resilience and accuracy.
Design and optimise PostgreSQL databases, schema structures, and query performance to ensure data integrity and scalability.
Build systems that prioritise correctness, reliability, and operational efficiency.
Develop and enhance internal business applications and back-office portals using React and TypeScript.
Deliver end-to-end features spanning database design, backend APIs, background processing, frontend development, and deployment.
Build reporting capabilities and operational dashboards that provide timely, accurate business insights.
Continuously improve internal tools that support Operations, Finance, and Support teams.
Investigate and resolve production issues using logs, metrics, traces, and monitoring tools.
Identify performance bottlenecks and reliability risks before they become business problems.
Improve observability, monitoring, deployment practices, and platform resilience.
Help ensure business-critical systems remain stable under production workloads.
Write clean, maintainable, and thoroughly tested production code.
Participate in code reviews and contribute to raising engineering standards across the squad.
Mentor fellow engineers through knowledge sharing and technical guidance.
Partner closely with Operations, Finance, Product, and Support teams to build practical solutions that solve real business problems.