Binance Accelerator Program - System Performance Engineer (AI)

Binance; United States; Remote; USD 35,000 - 60,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote-first

Job summary

Binance is seeking motivated interns to join our engineering team and work on high-performance, low-latency systems that meet demanding throughput requirements.

You will collaborate with experienced engineers on performance-critical infrastructure, including messaging, memory optimization, and latency-sensitive software. Prior trading-system experience is not required; we value learning ability and first-principles reasoning.

Qualifications

• Pursuing or completed Master’s, MPhil, or PhD in CS/CE or related field.
• Strong foundations in data structures, OS, networking and concurrency.
• Proficiency in C++, Rust, or Java with strong analytical skills.
• Interest in understanding hardware interaction and system performance.

Responsibilities

• Design and optimize high-throughput, low-latency systems including messaging and networking.
• Identify and fix performance bottlenecks across CPU, memory, OS, and concurrency.
• Optimize memory allocation, data structures, and multithreaded processing.
• Explore lock-free architectures, CPU affinity, and memory management.
• Build benchmarking and profiling tools to measure throughput and latency.
• Collaborate with engineers to investigate performance issues and implement improvements.

Skills

C++

Rust

Java

Data structures

Operating systems

Networking

Memory management

Concurrency

Analytical thinking

Learning agility

Education

Master's/MPhil/PhD in Computer Science/Engineering

Job description

Binance is a leading global blockchain ecosystem behind the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume and registered users. We are trusted by 300+ million people in 100+ countries for our industry-leading security, user fund transparency, trading engine speed, deep liquidity, and an unmatched portfolio of digital-asset products. Binance offerings range from trading and finance to education, research, payments, institutional services, and more. Our mission is to increase the freedom of money and financial access for people around the world.

About the Role

We are looking for highly motivated interns to join our engineering team and work on high-performance, low-latency systems that operate under demanding throughput and latency requirements.

You will work closely with experienced engineers on performance-critical infrastructure, including high-throughput messaging, concurrent processing pipelines, networking, memory optimization, and latency-sensitive systems.

This internship is designed for candidates with strong fundamentals and exceptional learning potential. Prior experience in low-latency or trading systems is not required. We care more about your ability to understand complex systems, reason from first principles, and systematically make software faster and more efficient.

Responsibilities

• Design and optimize high-throughput, low-latency systems, including messaging infrastructure, concurrent processing pipelines, and networking.

• Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks across CPU, memory, operating systems, networking, and concurrency.

• Optimize memory allocation, data structures, serialization, and multithreaded processing to improve system efficiency.

• Explore advanced optimization techniques, including lock-free architectures, CPU affinity, and memory management.

• Build benchmarking and profiling tools to measure throughput, CPU efficiency, and latency (p50/p99/p999).

• Collaborate with experienced engineers to investigate complex system performance issues and deliver measurable improvements.

Requirements

• Currently pursuing or recently completed a Master’s, MPhil, or PhD in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Computer Systems, or a related technical field.

• Strong foundation in data structures, algorithms, operating systems, networking, memory management, and concurrency.

• Proficiency in at least one programming language, preferably C++, Rust, or Java.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to break complex problems into measurable hypotheses.

• Interest in understanding how software interacts with hardware and how system performance can be improved.

• Strong learning agility, curiosity, and the ability to quickly understand unfamiliar systems and technologies.

• Prior experience in low-latency or trading systems is not required.

Nice to Have

• Experience with high-performance computing, low-latency systems, multithreaded programming, or distributed systems.

• Knowledge of lock-free data structures, CPU caches, NUMA, SIMD, memory pools, or CPU affinity.

• Experience with Linux systems programming, network programming, RDMA, DPDK, io_uring, or eBPF.

• Familiarity with profiling, benchmarking, and performance analysis tools, such as perf or FlameGraph.

• Exposure to compiler/runtime optimization, database or storage internals, or high-performance serialization.

• Contributions to open-source systems projects or relevant academic research.

• Strong competitive programming background, such as ICPC, IOI, NOI, CCPC, or Codeforces.

Why Binance

• Shape the future of finance
• Collaborate with world-class talent in a user-centric global organization with a flat structure
• Tackle challenging projects in a fast-paced and innovative enviornment with autonomy
• Thrive in a results-driven workplace with opportunities for career growth and continuous learning
• Competitive salary and company benefits
• Remote-first, work-from-home arrangement (may vary depending on the nature of the role and team)

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