Backend Engineer (NYC)
Location: New York, United States (Hybrid)
Hybrid | Full-time
Compensation: $180K - $320K
Our client is the largest decentralized perpetual exchange on Arbitrum, having processed over $20 billion in cumulative trading volume since its launch in late 2024. The platform enables leveraged trading of real-world assets, including commodities, forex, indices, and stocks—alongside cryptocurrency, bringing global markets on-chain with full self-custody.
A mid- to senior-level Backend Engineer is required to join an ambitious team focused on scaling a state-of-the-art infrastructure layer. This infrastructure is designed to allow engineering teams to self-serve 90% of their needs, enabling this role to focus entirely on high-level, high-impact projects. The successful candidate will collaborate closely with quants, infrastructure specialists, and data engineers to build a centralized pricing plane and an extremely dynamic pricing system that determines market competitiveness in real time.
Key Responsibilities