Principal Backend Engineer

At Paradigm, we are changing the future of finance! By joining us at this early stage, you’ll be building cutting-edge, distributed financial service infrastructure that will reshape financial services across CeFi and DeFi markets. 

About Paradigm

• Paradigm is a zero-fee, institutional liquidity network for derivatives traders across CeFi and DeFi. 
• We provide unified access to multi-asset, multi-protocol liquidity on demand without compromising on execution preferences, costs, and immediacy. 
• We’ve built the largest network of institutional counterparties in crypto, with over 1000 institutional clients trading over $10 B per month.
• We are a diverse, global team led by our organizational principles and united by our mission to bring on-demand liquidity for traders, anytime and anywhere, without compromises. We also strive to ship faster than anyone else in the industry!
• We are backed by the best traders and investors in the space, including Jump Capital, Genesis Trading, Dragonfly Capital, QCP Capital, Optiver US, IMC, GSR Markets, Akuna Capital, Fidelity Digital Assets CMT Digital, Goldentree Asset Management, Amber Group, OK Group, Bybit Fintech, and CoinShares.

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 Bring

• Expertise: 8+ 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.

Paradigm is an equal opportunity employer.