Senior Backend Engineer, Trading Platform (Java)

OKX; Singapore; On-site; SGD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

L&D support

Team building events

Wellness allowance

Healthcare coverage

Job summary

OKX is seeking a Senior Staff Software Engineer for the Trading Service (Retail Trading) in Singapore. You will design and build backend systems delivering market insights to millions of retail users, while evolving architecture for scalability and reliability.

You will collaborate with product, frontend, and infrastructure teams to ship robust, scalable solutions and mentor other engineers. A deep background in internet-scale backend development and Java is highly valued.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of backend development in internet-scale environments.
• Strong Java fundamentals with emphasis on clean, scalable code.
• Experience designing and leading complex consumer-facing systems.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain backend systems for market analysis.
• Collaborate with product, frontend, and infra teams to deliver scalable solutions.
• Improve reliability, scalability, and maintainability through good design.
• Participate in code reviews and architecture discussions.
• Mentor engineers and share knowledge.

Skills

Java

System design

Microservices

Backend development

MySQL

Tools

Kafka

Elasticsearch

Redis

Docker

Kubernetes

Nacos

Sentinel

Gateway

Job description

OKX is seeking a Senior Staff Software Engineer for the Trading Service (Retail Trading) in Singapore. You will design and build backend systems delivering market insights to millions of retail users, while evolving architecture for scalability and reliability.

You will collaborate with product, frontend, and infrastructure teams to ship robust, scalable solutions and mentor other engineers. A deep background in internet-scale backend development and Java is highly valued.