[Hiring] Software Engineer @Binance.US

Role Description

As Software Engineer, Backend, you will be responsible for designing, developing, testing, and operating reliable backend services that support Binance.US products and platform capabilities.

• Partner with engineers, product managers, infrastructure, security, compliance, and other cross-functional stakeholders to translate business and technical requirements into secure, scalable, and maintainable solutions.
• Operate as a fully proficient individual contributor, independently owning projects and solving complex technical problems while contributing to the continued reliability and evolution of our platform.

Core Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, deploy, and maintain high-quality backend services and APIs using Java and related technologies.
• Own backend features and projects throughout the software development lifecycle, from technical design and implementation through deployment, monitoring, and ongoing maintenance.
• Design scalable, reliable, and performant services for high-throughput applications, applying sound principles for distributed systems, data integrity, security, and fault tolerance.
• Collaborate with Product, Infrastructure, Security, Compliance, and other Engineering teams to translate business and technical requirements into effective solutions.
• Develop and integrate RESTful APIs, microservices, databases, messaging systems, and other backend components supporting Binance.US products and internal platforms.
• Participate in technical design and code reviews, contributing to engineering standards and identifying opportunities to improve system architecture, code quality, and maintainability.
• Build appropriate automated testing, monitoring, logging, and observability into services to support reliable production operations.
• Investigate production issues, participate in incident response and root-cause analysis, and implement solutions that improve system reliability and prevent recurrence.
• Identify performance bottlenecks and technical debt and implement pragmatic improvements that increase scalability, resiliency, developer productivity, and operational efficiency.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, a related technical discipline, or equivalent practical experience.
• Typically 5+ years of professional software engineering experience, or approximately 3+ years with an advanced degree.
• Bilingual in English and Mandarin.
• Strong professional experience developing production backend applications using Java and common Java frameworks such as Spring/Spring Boot.
• Experience designing and maintaining RESTful APIs, microservices, and distributed systems.
• Experience with relational and/or NoSQL databases and a strong understanding of data modeling, transactions, and application-level data integrity.
• Familiarity with cloud infrastructure and modern deployment technologies such as AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, or comparable platforms.
• Experience with event-driven systems and messaging or streaming technologies such as Kafka or comparable technologies.
• Strong understanding of software engineering fundamentals, including data structures, algorithms, object-oriented design, concurrency, testing, and common design patterns.
• Experience building observability into production services and troubleshooting distributed applications using logs, metrics, monitoring, and tracing.
• Ability to independently manage moderately complex technical projects, make sound engineering tradeoffs, and communicate technical concepts effectively with engineering and cross-functional partners.
• Experience in cryptocurrency, fintech, payments, trading, or other high-availability financial systems is preferred.

Requirements

• The starting pay range for this role is between CAD $148,300 - $171,000 for all Canada remote locations.
• The actual base pay will vary, and is dependent upon many factors, such as transferable skill sets, work experience, business needs, and market demands.
• The base pay range is subject to change.

Benefits

• Unlimited PTO (for salaried FTE roles); 12 weeks fully paid Parental Bonding Leave.
• Mental wellness benefits; free 1:1 virtual visits with a licensed mental wellness professional; comprehensive competitive health benefits.
• Fully remote, cameras-on culture with work-from-home equipment reimbursements available to new hires.
• Annual professional development budget; free 1:1 virtual visits with a career coach; 401k plan with employer match.