Senior Backend Engineer - Trading Desk (Low-Latency)

Coinhako Group; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Annual leaves

Wellness programs

Vibrant office

Job summary

Coinhako is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to design, build and maintain backend services powering the Trading Desk. You will integrate with exchanges, venues and internal systems via REST, WebSocket and FIX.

You will improve reliability, latency, and observability while automating operations and reducing risk through strong tooling and scalable architectures. Experience in cryptofintech trading is highly valued.

Qualifications

• 5–6 years of professional experience in designing and building trading systems.
• Strong background in Python or Go; C++ is a plus.
• Experience with REST APIs, WebSocket, and FIX connectivity.
• Familiarity with trade lifecycle, trading venues, risk controls, and execution workflows.
• Experience building trading infrastructure such as order management, execution, market data, risk, reconciliation, or post-trade workflows.
• Experience with cloud and infra tooling such as AWS, Docker, and Terraform.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain backend services and internal tools that support Coinhako’s Trading Desk operations.
• Integrate with exchanges, liquidity providers, trading venues, and internal systems using REST APIs, WebSocket, and FIX where applicable.
• Improve the reliability, scalability, latency, and observability of internal trading systems.
• Automate manual trading operations and reduce operational risk through better tooling and system design.
• Participate in all phases of the development life cycle such as developing, code review, testing, and debugging.

Skills

Python

Go

C++

REST APIs

WebSocket

FIX connectivity

Low-latency trading

High-throughput

Cloud tooling

Docker

Terraform

SQL

NoSQL

Communication

Tools

AWS

Docker

Terraform

Job description

Coinhako is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to design, build and maintain backend services powering the Trading Desk. You will integrate with exchanges, venues and internal systems via REST, WebSocket and FIX.

You will improve reliability, latency, and observability while automating operations and reducing risk through strong tooling and scalable architectures. Experience in cryptofintech trading is highly valued.