Senior Backend Developer - NodeJS (100% Remote 8)

Senior Backend Developer - NodeJS (100% Remote)

Bitfinex is a digital asset trading platform offering state-of-the-art services for digital currency traders and global liquidity providers.

Founded in 2012, Bitfinex was one of the first professional platforms set up to accommodate for the booming interest in cryptocurrency trading. Since then, our team has gained invaluable experience whilst cementing our spot as the go-to platform for digital asset traders and institutions.

Our Mission

Our aim is to create a free and accessible global digital economy by disrupting the current financial services industry.

Our team is entirely remote, composed of individuals with an ownership mentality; no one waits to be told what to do. Each member of the team is a highly motivated self-starter that is comfortable with autonomy and believes in lifelong learning.

At Bitfinex you have the freedom to work as you please - all that matters is execution.

Join us and help lay the foundation for a decentralized future.

Key Responsibilities

As a Senior Backend Developer, you will be a part of the team that works on the development of the backend components of all Bitfinex Services (main trading application, Bitfinex Pay, Lightning Network support, Blockchain integrations, etc.). This includes:

1. New Products and Features: Developing and deploying innovative new features using agile methodologies.
2. Scalability: Ensuring backend services remain smooth and responsive as the platform scales.
3. Security: Building API services and backend processes with the highest security principles and standards.
4. Microservices architecture knowledge.
5. Good experience in interacting with databases (MySQL, MongoDB).
6. Active participation in the development of a complex platform.
7. Ability to quickly learn new technologies.
8. Good understanding of security practices.

Nice to Have

1. Experience with blockchain integration.
2. Comfortable with high-availability concepts.
3. Ruby, Rust or C++ skills are a good plus.
4. Other technologies of interest: Message queues (Redis), Caches and Job Queues.