Senior BE Engineer

VDEX is a rapidly-growing perpetual exchange powered by zero knowledge state channels. The exchange recently surpassed $2 billion in volume and is backed by Binance Labs.

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Responsibilities and Requirements:

• Design and develop backend exchange-related services such as trade execution, order management, and liquidation.


• 5+ years of experience in Golang and Typescript


• Understanding of blockchain fundamentals and DeFi concepts like EVM, tokens, yields.


• Solid understanding of distributed systems and microservices.


• Familiarity with SQL (postgres), RESTful APIs, Event-driven architecture, Kafka, and microservices.


• Knowledge of basic cryptographic principles and key management.


• Comfortable using Git, Docker, AWS and CI/CD tools.


• Good communication and collaboration skills.


• Understanding of traditional finance concepts like order books, perpetuals and trading concepts.


• Experience working in small teams and in a fast-paced startup.

Nice To Have:

• Experience working with smart contracts (Solidity).


• Familiarity with Ethereum and etherjs library.


• Contributions to other open-source projects or previous work in DeFi and crypto.


• Ability to reason in mathematical terms and provide formal arguments of correctness and security of a system.


• Background in cryptography and willingness to contribute to the development of zero knowledge primitavites.

Compensation includes competitive salary and equity.