Staff Backend Engineer
At Raydar · Canada
Salary: US$225,000–300,000 a year
- Engineering
- Full-time
- Staff or principal
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- Posted
- 13 October 2026
- First seen by us
- 13 October 2026
- Last checked
- 35 hours ago
Job description
From Raydar’s job post, as they wrote it.
About the company
Our client is a fast-growing financial technology company.
The role
Raydar is recruiting for this role on behalf of our client. Lead the design and build of the core data platform behind a consumer mobile application, owning backend architecture from the ground up. You will be one of a very small group of founding engineers, setting technical direction and delivering systems that remain dependable under heavy load and sudden surges.
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What you'll do
- Integrate several third-party data providers and APIs into one dependable backend with fallback options.
- Build an in-house data indexing system to reduce reliance on outside providers.
- Develop real-time streaming infrastructure that delivers live updates to a large user base.
- Architect fast, economical data access and caching layers using a relational database and a major cloud platform, built to withstand demand surges.
- Lead platform feature development and architectural decisions in partnership with product and company leadership.
- Take ownership of backend systems from initial design through production operation.
Requirements
What we're looking for
- Experience building and owning backend platforms at well-known brokerage, wallet or mobile trading applications.
- Recent hands-on experience in the crypto domain, roughly 2 to 3 years or more.
- Expertise in Rust or Go.
- Experience indexing on-chain blockchain data.
- Working knowledge of a public cloud provider and a relational database such as PostgreSQL.
- Experience operating WebSocket systems at scale, including through traffic surges.
- Typically 6 to 15 years of engineering experience.
- Strong drive and a winning attitude.
- Legal eligibility to work for the company with no active non-compete agreements.
- Ability to work in North American or European time zones, with Eastern Time preferred.
Bonus points
- Background with consumer-facing products that see heavy daily usage, or with trading products.
Benefits
Compensation and benefits
- Base salary: USD 225,000 to 300,000 per year
- Equity
Location and work model
- Remote (Canada, US or Singapore)
- Full-time
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