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Lead Backend Engineer, Trading Risk

Unlock employer Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Direct to Company 1 hour ago · 19 Oct 2026

Financial

  • Estimate: $80k - $150k*
  • Zero income tax location

Accessibility

  • Office Only
  • Visa Provided

Requirements

  • Experience: Senior
  • English: Professional

Position

About the Role
Join a leading cryptocurrency exchange and digital financial platform, where you will play a crucial role in the design, development, and maintenance of backend systems for Trading Risk. You will be responsible for implementing risk monitoring, alerting, data services, and enhancing risk platform capabilities. Your contributions will ensure system reliability, performance, observability, and data consistency while owning projects from technical design to production troubleshooting.

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Responsibilities

  • Design, develop, and maintain backend systems for Trading Risk, including risk monitoring, alerting, data services, and risk platform capabilities.
  • Build and optimize real-time data processing pipelines, focusing on system reliability, performance, observability, and data consistency.
  • Independently own projects from technical design and development through integration, rollout, and production troubleshooting.
  • Collaborate with Risk, Data Platform, and other engineering teams to deliver cross-functional projects.
  • Participate in technical design reviews, code reviews, and continuous improvements in engineering quality and development efficiency.

Requirements

  • Strong backend engineering fundamentals and a solid understanding of distributed systems.
  • Proficiency in Go, or strong experience in C++ / Java with a willingness to work primarily in Go.
  • Hands-on experience with Kafka, databases, caching, concurrency, and data consistency.
  • Strong problem-solving, system design, project ownership, and production troubleshooting skills.
  • Good communication and cross-functional collaboration skills.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience with real-time data processing or data infrastructure, such as CDC / Binlog, Flink, Doris, or ClickHouse.
  • Experience designing and building large-scale, high-throughput, or low-latency systems.
  • Experience in Trading, Risk, Asset, Market Data, Clearing / Settlement, or related financial systems.

Why Join Us
At the company, we are committed to fostering a supportive and enriching work environment. Our benefits include:

  • Study Growth Fund: We support your professional development and continuous learning.
  • Internal Events: Participate in regular team-building activities, workshops, and events designed to promote collaboration and innovation.
  • Global Collaboration: Be part of a diverse, international team, working alongside colleagues from around the world.
  • Career Advancement: Access opportunities for growth and advancement within a rapidly expanding global company.
  • Internal Mobility: Grow with us - your long-term development is important to us. We offer internal job opportunities to help build your career path.
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