Senior Backend Engineer – Trading Infrastructure

Aptos Labs; New York (NY); On-site; USD 150,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Equipment provided

Flexible vacation

Holiday time

Token grants

401k matching

In-person & digital events

Job summary

Aptos is a people-first blockchain company building scalable trading infrastructure. We seek a Senior Software Engineer to design and implement backend services, APIs, indexers, and node infrastructure that power Aptos trading at scale.

You’ll work autonomously on distributed systems, with opportunities to guide others as the team grows. The role offers impact across APIs, data pipelines, and developer tools, with collaboration across protocol teams and product engineers in a fast-paced

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience building and shipping scalable backend systems.
• Strong experience with Rust, Go, C++, Java or Python.
• Deep understanding of distributed systems and API design.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and optimize backend services and platform infrastructure for the Aptos blockchain.
• Develop scalable APIs, indexing services, and data pipelines for trading data access.
• Build and maintain infrastructure for trading.
• Write clean, performant, well-tested production code.
• Collaborate with protocol engineers, infrastructure teams, and product engineers.

Skills

5+ years

Rust

Go

C++

Java

Python

Job description

Aptos is a people-first blockchain company building scalable trading infrastructure. We seek a Senior Software Engineer to design and implement backend services, APIs, indexers, and node infrastructure that power Aptos trading at scale.

You’ll work autonomously on distributed systems, with opportunities to guide others as the team grows. The role offers impact across APIs, data pipelines, and developer tools, with collaboration across protocol teams and product engineers in a fast-paced