Senior Backend Engineer (Golang) - Asian Timezones

Hermeneutic Investments is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to build high-performance, cloud-native infrastructure supporting research, trading, and data pipelines. This role is central to enabling real-time data processing and maintaining low-latency trading systems. The position requires deep expertise in Go and modern distributed systems, with a focus on production-grade system design and operational excellence.

The ideal candidate will work at the technical core of the firm, collaborating closely with trading, infrastructure, and data teams. They'll be responsible for designing and maintaining fast, reliable, and observable systems that power critical trading operations. The role demands strong skills in performance optimization, system reliability, and continuous improvement.

Key technical areas include Go development, microservice architectures, message queues, containerization, and cloud-native applications. The engineer will work with technologies like PostgreSQL, Redis, Kafka, and Kubernetes while implementing best practices in CI/CD, monitoring, and system observability.

The position offers the opportunity to work in a fast-paced trading environment where performance and reliability are crucial. The company values drive, ownership, judgment, openness, competence, and resilience. The role is available in major Asian financial centers including Singapore, Hong Kong, and Taipei, with a hybrid work arrangement.