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Job description
Trojan Trading is at the forefront of crypto trading technology. Trojan Trading is a non-custodial trading and data platform. It is a unified base of operations, a place where users retain custody of their funds, data is live and accurate, execution is nearly instant and accurately priced, charting is simple and powerful and where every market, no matter how new, is accessible. We’ve chosen to keep our team small, and bring together only the most exceptional talent in crypto.
Responsibilities
### Key Responsibilities
- **Project/Product Ownership**: Leadership and oversight of Trojan Trading’s backend services while reporting directly to the technical co-founders.
- **Backend Development**: Design, develop, and maintain robust backend services using TypeScript (Bun.js framework) to support trading functionality, tools/analytics for traders, third-party integrations, and more.
- **System Availability/Reliability**: Design scalable and fault-tolerant architectures, implement monitoring/alerting, and maintain disaster recovery protocols to ensure system availability.
- **Performance Optimization**: Ensure backend systems & database queries deliver top-tier speed for thousands of concurrent users without compromising on reliability.
- **Code Quality**: Uphold best practices by writing well-structured, efficient, and well-documented code.
- **Collaborate Across Teams**: Work closely with frontend teams and users to align backend solutions with platform objectives.
- **Problem Solving**: Identify, debug, and resolve complex technical issues to maintain smooth platform operations.
Requirements
### Requirements
- **Technical Expertise**: Proficiency in Node.js/Bun.js and TypeScript with 7+ years of experience in backend development. Must have delivered a complex microservices-based backend serving web clients end-to-end.
- Experience serving a high number of concurrent users with large data-streaming requirements.
- Proficiency with building robust and optimized API endpoints and web sockets.
- Strong understanding of Postgres, including schema/query design and optimization for high-performance/high-reliability use cases.
- **Autonomy**: Proven ability to work independently while driving projects to completion.
- **Team Collaboration**: Strong communication skills to work effectively within a cross-functional team. Experience leading a mid-sized engineer team.
- **Pride**: We look for people who take deep pride and responsibility in the products they build.
Conditions
### What We Offer
- **Remote Flexibility**: Work from anywhere on your schedule.
- **Challenging Projects**: Solve complex problems with cutting-edge technology in the trading space.
- **Impactful Role**: Shape backend systems powering one of the largest trading platforms on the market and shaping the experience of tens of thousands of daily users.
- **Collaborative Culture**: Join a team that values innovation, efficiency, and collaboration.
- **Compensation/Culture**: The overall market range for roles at Trojan Trading is typically $200k - $500k annually. This market range is based on total compensation. Trojan Trading has a culture that is built upon meritocracy, high-intensity output, and personal growth.
About Trojan Trading
Trojan Trading is a fintech company that builds client-centric onchain trading tools for crypto and memecoins, offering the fastest and most secure self-custody terminal for buying, selling, sniping, and trading with real-time data. It has processed $30 billion in trading volume and attracted over 3 million users, aiming to perfect centralized exchange experiences on blockchain without sacrificing asset custody.