Staff Software Engineer, Backend

November 22

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Binance.US

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Crypto • Fintech • eCommerce

Binance. US is a licensed and regulated cryptocurrency exchange in the United States, allowing users to securely buy, sell, and trade over 160 cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin and Ethereum. With features such as deep liquidity, low trading fees, and a robust staking platform, Binance. US provides users with the tools to manage their crypto assets efficiently and confidently. The platform supports a variety of payment methods, making it easy for users to deposit and withdraw USD, while prioritizing the security of customer funds.

201 - 500 employees

Founded 2019

₿ Crypto

💳 Fintech

🛍️ eCommerce

💰 $200M Seed Round on 2022-04

📋 Description

• Architect, design, implement, and maintain high-throughput backend services using Java and Spring Boot frameworks • Lead the modernization of our technology stack: identify technical debt, propose upgrade paths, manage migrations, and improve system observability, monitoring, and tooling • Collaborate with cross-functional groups (product, security, DevOps/infrastructure, compliance) to ensure services meet business needs, regulatory requirements, and operational excellence • Set and enforce high engineering standards: code quality, test coverage, performance optimization, scalability, resiliency, and observability • Mentor and guide other engineers: provide technical leadership, review designs and code, promote best practices and knowledge sharing across the team • Participate in architecture discussions, drive decisions around microservices, API design, data layer strategy, caching, messaging, high-availability systems, and cloud infrastructure • Proactively identify bottlenecks or areas for improvement, propose and implement solutions to improve reliability, performance, developer productivity, and cost efficiency • Balance feature delivery with infrastructure evolution: ensure that new functionality is built on maintainable, future-proof foundations

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical discipline (or equivalent work experience) • 10+ years of professional backend development experience (or equivalent) with deep hands-on expertise in Java and Spring Boot • Proven experience designing and delivering production-grade microservices and APIs at scale • Strong understanding of backend system architecture: messaging systems (e.g., Kafka, RabbitMQ), caching (Redis, Memcached), relational and NoSQL databases, distributed systems, service discovery, resiliency patterns, and performance tuning • Experience driving migrations and technology-stack upgrades: identifying legacy systems, defining roadmap, executing cut-over, ensuring minimal disruption • Familiarity with cloud environments (AWS, GCP, Azure) and infrastructure as code, containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), CI/CD, logging/monitoring/alerting tools • Excellent communication and collaboration skills; able to operate effectively across a fast-moving, regulated environment (finance/crypto) with security, compliance, and product teams • Demonstrated ability to mentor peers and raise the technical bar of an engineering organization

🏖️ Benefits

• Unlimited PTO (for salaried FTE roles) • 12 weeks fully paid Parental Bonding Leave • Mental wellness benefits • free 1:1 virtual visits with a licensed mental wellness professional • comprehensive competitive health benefits • Fully remote, cameras-on culture with work-from-home equipment reimbursements available to new hires • Annual professional development budget • free 1:1 virtual visits with a career coach • 401k plan with employer match