Java Backend Engineer, Global Travel Rule (GTR)

Binance; United States; Remote; USD 130,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Binance is hiring a backend engineer to design, build, and maintain backend services and RESTful APIs powering compliance and analytics products in a remote-friendly setup. You will own features end to end from design through deployment and monitoring, and build data pipelines across multiple blockchains.

You will work closely with compliance and product teams to translate regulatory requirements into scalable technical solutions, improve reliability and performance, and leverage AI-assisted

Qualifications

• 3+ years of production backend experience in Java.
• Strong Spring Boot and JVM fundamentals with concurrency and memory knowledge.
• Solid SQL and data modelling with experience diagnosing slow queries.
• Experience designing and operating web-facing services at scale.
• Bilingual in English and Chinese (written and spoken).
• Familiar with AI coding agents and how to supervise their output.
• Able to read unfamiliar codebases quickly and own code end-to-end.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain backend services and RESTful APIs powering compliance and analytics products
• Own features end to end, from technical design through deployment and monitoring
• Build data pipelines that ingest, normalise, and index on-chain activity across multiple blockchains
• Contribute to the architecture of new compliance capabilities — you’ll be in the room where the approach gets decided, not handed the outcome
• Model data and optimise queries against relational and NoSQL stores at scale
• Work directly with compliance and product specialists to translate regulatory requirements into technical design
• Improve reliability, observability, and performance of services already in production
• Use AI-assisted development tooling as part of your normal workflow to raise output quality and speed

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

JVM fundamentals

Concurrency

Memory management

SQL

Data modelling

NoSQL

Web services

Caching

Rate limiting

Idempotency

Bilingual English/Chinese

AI coding tools

Code comprehension

Regulatory/compliance domain

Tools

REST APIs

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.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain backend services and RESTful APIs powering compliance and analytics products
• Own features end to end, from technical design through deployment and monitoring
• Build data pipelines that ingest, normalise, and index on-chain activity across multiple blockchains
• Contribute to the architecture of new compliance capabilities — you’ll be in the room where the approach gets decided, not handed the outcome
• Model data and optimise queries against relational and NoSQL stores at scale
• Work directly with compliance and product specialists to translate regulatory requirements into technical design
• Improve reliability, observability, and performance of services already in production
• Use AI-assisted development tooling as part of your normal workflow to raise output quality and speed

Requirements:

• 3+ years building production backend systems in Java
• Strong command of Spring Boot, JVM fundamentals, concurrency, and memory behaviour
• Solid SQL and data modelling; practical experience diagnosing slow queries
• Experience designing and operating web-facing services at scale — request handling, caching, rate limiting, idempotency
• Working proficiency in both Chinese and English, spoken and written
• Fluent, daily use of AI coding agents such as Claude Code or Codex, with a clear view of where they help and where they need supervision
• Comfortable owning code you did not write, and reading unfamiliar codebases quickly
• Genuine interest in the problem space — compliance products reward engineers who care why a rule exists, not only what it says

Preferred:

• A self-starting, exploratory mindset — you investigate problems before being asked to, and you go looking for the answer rather than waiting for a ticket
• A willingness to contribute to how the industry develops, and to speak up with constructive proposals when you see a better way — we want engineers who challenge the design, not only implement it
• AWS in production: ECS/EKS, RDS, S3, SQS, IAM, CloudWatch
• Blockchain or crypto exposure — node RPC integration, on-chain data indexing, wallet or transaction infrastructure
• Kafka or similar streaming platforms
• Prior work in a regulated environment: financial services, payments, AML/KYC, or RegTech
• Familiarity with FATF Travel Rule, sanctions screening, or transaction monitoring concepts

Why this role

Web3 compliance is one of the few areas where the engineering problem and the regulatory problem are genuinely unsolved together. The products you build here are used by exchanges, VASPs, and regulators, and the design choices you make have reach well beyond a single codebase. If you want work where the technical difficulty and the significance are both real, this is that.

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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