Senior Backend Engineer (Trading)

Coins.ph, the pioneering crypto brand in the Philippines serving over 18 million users, is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to join their trading team. As a fully regulated entity by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), Coins.ph holds both Virtual Currency and Electronic Money Issuer licenses, making it the first crypto-based company in Asia to achieve this distinction.

The role focuses on building and optimizing core trading systems that handle high concurrency and low latency operations. You'll be working with sophisticated trading scenarios including spot and futures trading, utilizing Java technology stack to develop crucial components like order reception, matching engines, and fund settlement systems.

This position offers an exciting opportunity to work on challenging technical problems in the cryptocurrency trading space, requiring expertise in distributed systems, high-performance computing, and financial trading systems. You'll be responsible for ensuring system stability and security while maintaining millisecond-level response times for order processing.

The ideal candidate will bring strong Java development experience, deep understanding of concurrent programming, and familiarity with high-performance frameworks. You'll be joining a fast-growing organization with expansion plans beyond APAC, offering significant opportunities for career advancement. The role encourages innovation and data-driven decision-making, allowing you to make meaningful contributions to the platform's evolution.

Working in a cross-functional environment, you'll collaborate with various teams to improve customer experience and implement critical trading functionalities. The position offers a unique blend of financial technology and cryptocurrency expertise, making it an excellent opportunity for engineers interested in the intersection of trading systems and blockchain technology.