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VDEX

BE Engineer with Exchange Experience

VDEX · remote · senior · full-time
cryptodefidevweb3 GoTypeScriptSQLPostgresREST APIsKafkaRedisDockerAWSCI/CD
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The vacancy is well-structured with clear responsibilities and tech stack, but lacks specific compensation details.
Job description
VDEX is a decentralized perpetual exchange built on a Virtual Rollups (zero knowledge state channels) with instant finality and ZeroGas fees.
Responsibilities
- Design and build scalable backend services in Go and TypeScript. - Implement low‑latency, event‑driven systems for real‑time trading workflows. - Own core financial protocol logic: margining, liquidation, funding, pricing, and risk controls. - Integrate off‑chain backend systems with on‑chain components where needed. - Improve reliability, observability, and operational tooling for production services. - Lead system design discussions and mentor engineers.
Requirements
- 5+ years building scalable distributed systems. - Strong Go skills; experience with TypeScript a plus. - Solid understanding of distributed systems, data consistency, and microservices. - Experience with SQL (Postgres), REST APIs, and event‑driven architectures. - Familiarity with Kafka (or similar), Redis, and cache design patterns. - Knowledge of cryptographic principles and key management. - Comfortable with Docker, AWS, and CI/CD pipelines. - CEX/DEX experience. - Strong communication and collaboration skills. - Understand our whitepaper. - Nice to Have: DeFi and blockchain fundamentals (EVM, tokens, yields). - Experience with smart contracts (Solidity). - Familiarity with ethers.js or go‑ethereum. - Familiarity with Google Cloud infrastructure. - Understanding of trading concepts like order books, perpetuals, and risk.
Conditions
- Competitive base salary. - Generous token vesting. - Join a rapidly growing exchange at the forefront of zero knowledge innovation.
About VDEX
VDEX appears to refer to multiple unrelated companies and products, including a Vietnamese manufacturer/exporter of bamboo and wooden products, a Web3/DeFi company, and a diabetes care provider. Because the search results point to different entities with the same name, I cannot confidently identify a single company profile without more context.
Blockchain Services · 11-50 employees · New York City, United States · Founded 2021 · https://virtual.tech
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