Staff Backend Engineer

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Staff Backend Engineer

Location: London or New York City

Onsite | Full-time

Compensation: competitive

Our client is a high-performance technology development firm responsible for building and operating the infrastructure behind the world’s largest and most active digital asset launchpads. Processing approximately $1B in daily volume, the platform operates at the bleeding edge of crypto scale, requiring systems designed for ultra-low latency, high throughput, and constant high-concurrency load.

The organization is seeking a Lead Backend Engineer to own the most complex technical challenges across the system. This is a high-stakes, high-impact role within an intense, in-person environment. The team is composed of high-agency builders who value speed, immediate impact, and rigorous engineering judgment. This position is ideal for an engineer who thrives under pressure and is motivated by the opportunity to solve ambiguous, cross-cutting problems that others cannot.

Key Responsibilities

Job Skills

leadership operates high throughput reliability equity security policy cross functional system design operate code review design build requiring systems data modeling distributed systems solving complex maintainability massive backend high performance low latency financial technology problem solve rust long term accountability managed securely systems operating digital asset deep dive blockchain managing systems performance technology initial screening infrastructure interaction scale typescript applicable data operating systems operating stakes high level track

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Staff Backend Engineer