Senior/Principal Backend Engineer, Integrations
Paradigm
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Posted:
May 3, 2023
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Hybrid
About the position
At Paradigm, we are seeking a core member for our backend team who will be responsible for building and maintaining major features of our cutting-edge, distributed financial service infrastructure. This role involves collaborating closely with product and engineering teams to deliver value to our customers, as well as working on internal projects related to integrations, scalability, and performance. The ideal candidate should have at least 5 years of backend engineering experience, with expertise in building scalable web services and distributed systems. Additionally, familiarity with websocket architecture, Python or Go programming languages, and knowledge of Django framework, PostGres DB, Redis Cache, and Kafka is required.
Responsibilities
- Design, build and maintain scalable, secure web services and distributed systems
- Design and develop robust solutions for trade negotiation and execution, real-time market data, chat messaging, authentication, and security
- Help maintain existing codebase, infrastructure, test coverage, and documentation
- Communicate requirements effectively within and across teams
Requirements
- 5+ years of backend engineering experience, ideally building products from ideation to launch with a strong engineering team
- Experience monitoring and scaling microservice-oriented systems
- Familiarity with websocket architecture and implementation
- Team-building and technical leadership experience
- Working knowledge of Python or Go
- Working knowledge of Django framework, PostGres DB, Redis Cache and Kafka
Benefits
- Competitive pay and transparent pay bands
- Flexible work environment
- Unlimited vacation with a minimum required PTO of 10 days annually.
- Celebrate your national holidays, in addition to floating holidays, to honor what matters to you, not HQ.
- Full benefits (benefits vary by country)
- We offer the highest benefits package offered by our Employment of Record partners; insurance carriers and plans vary by country
- Generous technology and learning allowances
- $5000 first-year budget to spend on your computer, peripherals, office essentials...whatever makes you most efficient and comfortable. You'll receive a $2000 refresh each anniversary.
- $1000 budget to spend on learning and development materials, courses or conferences.