Paradigm is hiring a

Web3 Senior Backend Engineer - Paradex

The Role

You will be joining an established Paradex team that has already delivered incredible accomplishments to date.

• Launched a high performing (low latency, high throughput) margin system for crypto derivatives with top crypto trading firms as users
• Efficient margin system that provides speed, low blockchain gas costs and security (100x increase in transactions per second, 5x decrease in smart contract steps)
• Advanced handling of data discrepancies between blockchain and paradex cloud services

The team is just getting started and each engineer is expected to play a key role in our upcoming projects

• Enabling trusted traders on the platform to pool funds and generate attractive returns
• Become the first DeFi platform to provide trader data privacy by default
• Increasing the ability for users to trade more efficiently across a large number of complex derivatives

We are ambitious and we have what it takes to become the #1 decentralized exchange (DEX) in the market. We just launched open beta in the beginning of 2024 and are already a top 10 DEX. You have a unique opportunity to join us early in our journey to achieve amazing results and incredible equity upside.

Responsibilities

• Play a key role in designing, developing, and maintaining the backend services
• Work effectively with other talented engineers (backend, frontend, fullstack, infra, quant, testops) to deliver and lead projects end to end
• Deliver meaningful impact and influence to the team and business
• Participate in on-call rotations to ensure platform integrity and stability

Requirements

• 8+ years of backend engineering experience
• Expert proficiency in working with Golang
• Professional experience working in SQL, Caching, Distributed Messaging Systems, Monitoring and Scaling Microservice Oriented Systems
• Experience working with websocket architecture and implementation
• Experience demonstrating high impact and influence in previous organizations
• Experience working effectively with team members across different time zones

Nice to have

• Experience with distributed systems: Kafka/Postgres/Redis
• Experience working with cloud-native AWS infrastructure and/or Kubernetes

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