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Job Description
We are looking for a skilled Backend Engineer who is passionate about building high-quality systems. The ideal candidate will have a solid background in backend development and will be responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining robust applications.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain Java applications.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship new features.
• Ensure optimal performance, quality, and responsiveness of applications.
• Identify and correct bottlenecks and fix bugs.
• Help maintain code quality, organization, and automation.

Requirements

• Degree in IT or above
• 4-8 years hands-on development experience for Java programming
• Experience in IT / Finance / Government projects is a significant advantage.
• Experience in System design, microservices and system architect is preferable
• Familiarity with Java Spring Boot, RESTful APIs, microservices, Openshift, Kubernetes and web services.
• Experience in leading a team of Programmer in troubleshooting, debugging and implementation of enhancements
• Good technical documentation and communication skills
• Ability to quickly adapt and learn new technologies and systems
• Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
• Excellent spoken and written communication skills in both English and Chinese.

EQ Real-Time PL & Risk is a front office team responsible for the design, development and support of various technology platforms that enable our businesses to view, evaluate, hedge and trade the live position, PL and risk. We build and own the platforms that provide the entire firm with T0 unofficial and live risk and PL.

Responsibilities

• Work with the R & D and application development teams to assist in design, prototype and implementation of next generation high-performance real time analytics solutions in the industry to scale with the business
• Assist the team in building out a market leading portfolio PL and Risk platform for latency critical processes with high visibility among trading teams as well as management teams.
• Work with different technologies to provide the state-of-the-art intraday analytics platforms used in various risk and portfolio management systems across the entire firm
• Contribute to application development and architecture of highly scalable real time platforms

Qualifications, Skills And Requirements

• 4+ years of experience in KDB+ q application development on Linux along with good understanding of the Linux operating system.
• Experience in writing and maintaining Feed handlers, real-time and historical databases with exploring optimization opportunities in the way we store/query/process data
• Experience in working with multiple q processes interacting with each other in tandem and with routines written in C/C++/Python via IPC/WS/HTTP.
• Experience in writing clean testable code
• Basic understanding of Computer Networking
• Experience working with various monitoring tools like Datadog, ELK stack etc.
• A strong interest in financial markets and a desire to work directly with investment professionals
• Good team player with a strong willingness to participate and help others
• Drive to learn and experiment

Nice-to-have

• Experience building large-scale real-time portfolio risk and PL engines
• Experience re-building platforms to scale horizontally with the business
• Experience with KDB+ q or interfacing C/C++ with KDB

Job Description

• Designing and implementing data acquisition systems via APIs (e.g., Bloomberg, Binance, Deribit) or web scraping to collect financial market data
• Developing and optimizing database architectures to ensure efficient storage and retrieval of financial information
• Building secure and scalable RESTful APIs to support frontend applications
• Ensuring data integrity and security across all systems
• Collaborating with frontend developers and internal stakeholders to refine project requirements
• Writing clean, maintainable, and testable code

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or above in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related disciplines
• Strong programming skills with solid understanding of data structures and algorithms
• Proficiency in Python
• Familiarity with databases and storage technologies such as Redis, PostgreSQL/MySQL, and MongoDB
• Understanding of common architectural principles including but not limited to microservices, asynchronous processing, high availability, and scalability
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills, with a strong sense of responsibility
• Self-motivated with a proactive attitude toward learning and problem-solving

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior experience in financial domains such as equities, futures, options, or cryptocurrencies
• Familiarity with financial market data formats including candlestick charts (K-line), order books, etc.
• Experience with web scraping and a strong product-oriented mindset

About the role

We're looking for a hands-on Backend Engineer to help us build and maintain reliable backend services on AWS. You'll focus on APIs, data flows, and integrations that power our web and mobile experiences. Ideal if you've connected third-party platforms like Salesforce, Shopify, and push notification providers.

What you'll do

• Build and maintain backend services and APIs on AWS (Lambda, API Gateway, S3, CloudFront, RDS/Postgres or DynamoDB, SQS).
• Implement integrations with Salesforce (REST/Bulk APIs), Shopify, and push notifications (OneSignal or similar).
• Write clean, well-documented API endpoints (REST/GraphQL) and maintain clear schema/contracts.
• Set up basic CI/CD and monitoring; contribute to Infrastructure as Code (CloudFormation/Terraform) with guidance.
• Ensure security, reliability, and performance basics: authentication/authorization, input validation, caching, logs/metrics/alerts.
• Collaborate with frontend/mobile teams to deliver features on time and with quality.

Requirements

• 3+ years of backend development experience preferred; PHP or Python a plus).
• Practical experience building on AWS (API Gateway, Lambda, S3, CloudFront; RDS/Postgres or DynamoDB; SQS).
• Comfortable with REST APIs; exposure to GraphQL helpful.
• Experience integrating at least one of: Salesforce, Shopify, or OneSignal (or similar).
• Understanding of authentication best practices (OAuth/JWT, IAM basics) and OWASP fundamentals.
• Clear communication in English and a collaborative, problem-solving mindset.

Nice to have

• Experience with webhooks, event-driven patterns (SNS/SQS, Redis), and rate limiting.
• Familiarity with headless CMS (Strapi, Contentful, Sanity, Prismic, Hygraph, WordPress headless).
• Exposure to integrations and preview environments.
• Terraform basics and setting up simple CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI).

About Us

We are a crypto-native quant team, building and operating internal trading systems that span both
on-chain and off-chain
markets. Our work focuses on
proprietary trading strategies
,
fund operations
, and
risk management
, designed specifically for the evolving digital asset landscape.

We're a focused team of
20–30 people
, operating across engineering, research, and operations. We move fast, think critically, and build with intent. If you're excited to work at the core of
crypto, trading, and infrastructure
, this is where meaningful impact happens.

About the Role

Work with a senior engineer to build reliable cross-exchange liquidity movement (off-chain/on-chain) and grow into low-latency order placement. You'll convert designs into clean, tested code and learn production reliability practices.

What You'll Do

• Implement
  routing algorithms
  for cross-exchange transfers with failover, retries, and idempotency.
• Improve
  latency, throughput, and error handling
  in capital movement pipelines.
• Extend the stack to
  low-latency order entry
  : session management, rate-limit awareness, and smart routing.
• Build monitoring & alerts with clear
  SLOs
  for success rate and latency.
• Collaborate on runbooks, testing, and incremental rollouts.

Must-Haves

• 0–2 years backend experience in
  TypeScript/Node, Python, Go, or Rust
  .
• Strong grasp of
  async/concurrency
  , networking (HTTP/WebSocket), and resilience patterns.
• Care for code quality; willingness to learn quickly and own small services.

Nice to Have

• Worked with
  exchange or blockchain APIs
  .
• Familiarity with
  routing/ordering logic
  and latency-aware systems.
• Reliability patterns (circuit breaker, backoff, dedupe) and event-driven design.

About Us

We are a crypto-native quant team, building and operating internal trading systems that span both on-chain and off-chain markets. Our work focuses on proprietary trading strategies, fund operations, and risk management, designed specifically for the evolving digital asset landscape.

We're a focused team of 20–30 people, operating across engineering, research, and operations. We move fast, think critically, and build with intent. If you're excited to work at the core of crypto, trading, and infrastructure, this is where meaningful impact happens.

About the Role

Work with a senior engineer to build reliable cross-exchange liquidity movement (off-chain/on-chain) and grow into low-latency order placement. You'll convert designs into clean, tested code and learn production reliability practices.

What You'll Do

• Implement routing algorithms for cross-exchange transfers with failover, retries, and idempotency.
• Improve latency, throughput, and error handling in capital movement pipelines.
• Extend the stack to low-latency order entry: session management, rate-limit awareness, and smart routing.
• Build monitoring & alerts with clear SLOs for success rate and latency.
• Collaborate on runbooks, testing, and incremental rollouts.

Must-Haves

• 0–2 years backend experience in TypeScript/Node, Python, Go, or Rust.
• Strong grasp of async/concurrency, networking (HTTP/WebSocket), and resilience patterns.
• Care for code quality; willingness to learn quickly and own small services.

Nice to Have

• Worked with exchange or blockchain APIs.
• Familiarity with routing/ordering logic and latency-aware systems.
• Reliability patterns (circuit breaker, backoff, dedupe) and event-driven design.

About the role

We're looking for a hands-on Backend Engineer to help us build and maintain reliable backend services on AWS. You'll focus on APIs, data flows, and integrations that power our web and mobile experiences. Ideal if you've connected third-party platforms like Salesforce, Shopify, and push notification providers (e.g., OneSignal).

What you'll do

• Build and maintain backend services and APIs on AWS (Lambda, API Gateway, S3, CloudFront, RDS/Postgres or DynamoDB, SQS).
• Implement integrations with Salesforce (REST/Bulk APIs), Shopify, and push notifications (OneSignal or similar).
• Write clean, well-documented API endpoints (REST/GraphQL) and maintain clear schema/contracts.
• Set up basic CI/CD and monitoring; contribute to Infrastructure as Code (CloudFormation/Terraform) with guidance.
• Ensure security, reliability, and performance basics: authentication/authorization, input validation, caching, logs/metrics/alerts.
• Collaborate with frontend/mobile teams to deliver features on time and with quality.

Requirements

• 3+ years of backend development experience preferred; PHP or Python a plus).
• Practical experience building on AWS (API Gateway, Lambda, S3, CloudFront; RDS/Postgres or DynamoDB; SQS).
• Comfortable with REST APIs; exposure to GraphQL helpful.
• Experience integrating at least one of: Salesforce, Shopify, or OneSignal (or similar).
• Understanding of authentication best practices (OAuth/JWT, IAM basics) and OWASP fundamentals.
• Clear communication in English and a collaborative, problem-solving mindset.

Nice to have

• Experience with webhooks, event-driven patterns (SNS/SQS, Redis), and rate limiting.
• Familiarity with headless CMS (Strapi, Contentful, Sanity, Prismic, Hygraph, WordPress headless).
• Exposure to integrations and preview environments.
• Terraform basics and setting up simple CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI).

OVERVIEW

RESPONSIBILITIES

REQUIREMENTS

We are looking for a passionate back-end engineer willing to participate in development of the leading US-based freight analytics and transportation management company. Here, you'll be able to participate in the modernisation of technical infrastructure, helping our client match 'loads' to be delivered with available carriers, topping at $150B worth of transactions annually. You will work alongside Zoolatech's best engineers, embracing the technology-agnostic approach and back-end mindset. Additionally, this is your chance to be the real contributor and influencer for the client that has been on the forefront of US logistical market for nearly 50 years.

And then there's Zoolatech Just imagine a workplace and a team environment that you never want to leave once you have found it. Sound enticing? Apply to our position today, and we can get you there.

We are building a team of strong engineers who can build next-gen solutions for the best clients in the industry. Join us

An Engineer is part of a team of professionals that applies software engineering principles to design, build, and maintain technology products, systems, and solutions. These technology products and solutions provide exceptional customer experiences while meeting the growing needs of the business.

We are looking for engineers who are willing to take on new challenges and work in the technology-agnostic landscape. You will be tasked with modernising the legacy BE system to make it compatible with the modern stack of choice and introduce new business features. Your squad is to comprise of 5 engineers and a dedicated technical program manager.

High-level responsibilities:

• Participate and contribute to the high-paced delivery of critical projects.
• Build elegant, robust, scalable, 99% available, and extensible systems.
• Write highly maintainable clean code for web services, web apps, and cloud infrastructure following secure coding practices.
• Demonstrate a foundational understanding of standards, concepts, and principles of engineering to solve the practical needs of the business.
• Validate all scenarios and conform to code quality through the complete and automated unit, integration, and end-end testing.
• Identify performance issues and optimize solutions and infrastructure.
• Ensure adherence to Engineering best practices for all the solutions.
• Mentor junior members of the team and raise the bar for technical knowledge
• Collaborate with other software engineers on design, best practices and conduct code reviews.

KEY QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor's or master's degree in CS, Engineering or equivalent practical experience.
• Strong experience in operational excellence (health monitoring, operational metrics)
• Great design and problem-solving skills, with a strong bias for engineering excellence
• Good knowledge of software engineering practices, SDLC, build process and operations
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Always curious and passionate about learning newer and emerging technologies
• Commitment to deliver results by untangling ambiguity with great problem-solving and analytical skills

Must-have:

• Experience with JS, , TypeScript, any BE framework;
• Skilled at API development and best practices (testing, documenting, versioning, monitoring);
• Contributed to the design, development, validation, deployment, and monitoring of one or more features for a cloud service running at scale in production;
• Experience with GraphQL, preferably with Apollo Client;
• Experience with CI/CD including all kinds of automated testing.

Nice to have:

• Experience with event-driven solutions;
• Experience with FE development using Angular and possibly other frameworks;
• Experience with AWS cloud services (preferably Kinesis and EKS);
• Experience with mentoring junior team members.

Location:

Other, Central Europe

Seniority:

Middle

Technologies:

Benefits:

• Paid Vacation
• Sick Days
• Floating Holidays
• Sport/Insurance Compensation
• English Classes
• Charity
• Training Compensation

About The Company
Impact Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to creating positive social change through innovative technology solutions. We focus on empowering communities by providing access to essential resources and services. Our team is passionate about leveraging technology to address pressing global challenges and improve the quality of life for underserved populations. Join us in making a meaningful impact on the world.

Job Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable backend systems and APIs to support our web and mobile applications.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship new features.
• Optimize applications for maximum speed and scalability.
• Implement security and data protection measures.
• Troubleshoot and debug applications to ensure optimal performance.
• Participate in code reviews to maintain high-quality code standards.
• Stay up-to-date with emerging technologies and industry trends to continuously improve our backend infrastructure.

Job Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• Proven experience as a Backend Engineer or similar role.
• Strong proficiency in server-side languages such as Python, Java, or
• Experience with database management systems like MySQL, PostgreSQL, or MongoDB.
• Familiarity with RESTful APIs and web services.
• Understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
• Strong communication and teamwork abilities.

Job Benefits

• Competitive salary and performance-based bonuses.
• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance.
• Generous paid time off and holidays.
• Opportunities for professional development and career growth.
• Flexible work schedule and remote work options.
• Supportive and inclusive work environment.
• Chance to make a meaningful impact on global communities.