Senior Backend Engineer (Java / Go)
Binance · Remote · Taipei +1 · 4y ago
SeniorRemoteSoftware Engineering
Binance is a leading global blockchain ecosystem behind the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume and registered users. We are trusted by 300+ million people in 100+ countries for our industry-leading security, user fund transparency, trading engine speed, deep liquidity, and an unmatched portfolio of digital-asset products. Binance offerings range from trading and finance to education, research, payments, institutional services, Web3 features, and more. We leverage the power of digital assets and blockchain to build an inclusive financial ecosystem to advance the freedom of money and improve financial access for people around the world.
Responsibilities:
- Design, develop, and continuously evolve core backend systems for Social products.
- Improve system performance, stability, availability, and overall technical quality.
- Develop a deep understanding of product and operational goals, collaborating with product, operations, algorithm, and client engineering teams to deliver innovative projects.
- Translate complex business requirements into clear, reusable, and scalable system capabilities.
- Improve service governance, data pipelines, monitoring and alerting, incident response, and engineering productivity.
- Identify technical bottlenecks as the business evolves and drive medium- to long-term technical planning.
- Explore a Human + AI collaborative development model, using AI to improve requirements analysis, coding, testing, troubleshooting, and delivery efficiency.
- Participate in technical design reviews, code reviews, and engineering capability building to continuously improve software quality.
Requirements:
- Proficiency in Java or Go, with strong computer science fundamentals and software engineering skills.
- Solid knowledge of distributed systems, microservices, message queues, caching, databases, and service governance.
- Experience designing and building large-scale, highly concurrent, highly available online systems.
- Strong technical judgment and business acumen, with the ability to balance business value, user experience, and technical cost.
- Results-oriented, with strong problem-solving and cross-functional project execution skills.
- Proficiency with AI-powered coding and development tools, with the ability to integrate AI effectively into engineering workflows while maintaining code quality, security, and maintainability.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience with social platforms, content communities, instant messaging, recommendation systems, or user growth.
- Experience building feeds, comments and interactions, social graphs, messaging, or real-time communication systems.
- Experience with global, large-scale internet products or cross-region systems.
- Experience in complex system architecture, technical planning, or cross-functional collaboration.
Why Binance
• Shape the future with the world’s leading blockchain ecosystem
• Collaborate with world-class talent in a user-centric global organization with a flat structure
• Tackle unique, fast-paced projects with autonomy in an innovative environment
• Thrive in a results-driven workplace with opportunities for career growth and continuous learning
• Competitive salary and company benefits
• Work-from-home arrangement (the arrangement may vary depending on the work nature of the business team)
Binance is committed to being an equal opportunity employer. We believe that having a diverse workforce is fundamental to our success.
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