Senior Backend Engineer

About Paradex

Paradex isn’t just another decentralized exchange—it’s a Super App. We’ve combined three powerful financial primitives: Exchange, Asset Management, and Borrow/Lend Markets, all seamlessly composable and accessible through one unified account that uses your entire portfolio as collateral, including any spot and derivative assets. Trade, earn, borrow, lend, and grow your on-chain identity—all in one place. Backed by top-tier investors and incubated by Paradigm, we are scaling rapidly. Come help us grow!

Quick Facts

• $40 Billion Lifetime Volume
• $100 Million Average Daily Volume
• $15 Million Total Value Locked
• Paradex is committed to building transparently in public 👉 key platform stats

Your mission 

As a key player on our backend team, you'll drive the development of major features from inception to launch, collaborating closely with product and engineering teams across the company. You'll be at the forefront of creating customer-focused solutions, working in cross-functional teams to deliver impactful features. Additionally, you'll contribute to projects that enhance our platform’s reliability, scalability, and performance, ensuring we stay ahead in the industry.

What You'll Do

• Build & Innovate: Develop secure and scalable web services & systems that power high-speed trading and real-time market data.
• Enhance & Support: Ensure our customers have stable access to our products both by crafting robust systems and fixing them when there are production issues.
• Collaborate & Lead: Drive the evolution of our platform, in collaboration with cross functional partners.

What You'll Bring

• Expertise: 5+ years in backend engineering, strong in Python/Golang, databases, and distributed systems.
• Microservices Mastery: Skilled in scaling microservices, with experience in websocket architecture.
• Leadership: Proven team-building and technical leadership skills, with a passion for learning new tech.
• Advanced Systems: Experience with Kafka, Redis, AWS and/or Kubernetes.

Your Perks & Benefits

• Competitive Pay: Top-tier compensation in the industry.
• Generous PTO: Unlimited vacation.
• Full Benefits: Comprehensive packages tailored by country.
• Technology & Learning Allowances: 3,500 USD for your first-year setup, $2,000 USD refresh every 2 years, plus $1,000 USD annually for learning and development