About the company
At Paradigm, we are changing the future of finance! By joining us at this early stage, youāll be building cutting-edge, distributed financial service infrastructure that will reshape financial services across CeFi and DeFi markets. Paradigm is a zero-fee, institutional liquidity network for derivatives traders across CeFi and DeFi. We provide unified access to multi-asset, multi-protocol liquidity on demand without compromising on execution preferences, costs, and immediacy. Weāve built the largest network of institutional counterparties in crypto, with over 1000 institutional clients trading over $10 B per month. We are a diverse, global team led by our organizational principles and united by our mission to bring on-demand liquidity for traders, anytime and anywhere, without compromises. We also strive to ship faster than anyone else in the industry! We are backed by the best traders and investors in the space, including Jump Capital, Genesis Trading, Dragonfly Capital, QCP Capital, Optiver US, IMC, GSR Markets, Akuna Capital, Fidelity Digital Assets CMT Digital, Goldentree Asset Management, Amber Group, OK Group, Bybit Fintech, and CoinShares.
Job Summary
Responsibilities
šParticipate in the design and implementation of a decentralized protocol for crypto derivatives trading. This includes developing, testing, and deploying the backend and smart contracts needed to do so. šDesign and develop any APIs and/or SDKs required to support trade execution services. šOwn monitoring, alarming, analytics, and reporting on all services you build, ensuring high performance and responsiveness šCommunicate requirements effectively within and across teams
Requirements
š5+ years of backend engineering experience, ideally building products from ideation to launch with a strong engineering team šDemonstrable, in-depth knowledge and experience with at least one modern language such as Javascript, Python, Golang, Java, C++ šProficient in basic cryptography concepts šHands-on experience creating upgradeable smart contracts and building on blockchain, working with Solidity šComfortable working cloud-native AWS infrastructure and/or Kubernetes šB.S. in Computer Science or a related field (M.S. a plus)
