MLabs is looking for a Staff Backend Engineer to architect, build, and maintain the core trading infrastructure for our high-frequency trading systems. This is a critical, high-leverage role focused on low-latency, high-throughput systems operating close to real money and market risk.
What You'll Do
- Work directly alongside the CEO, COO, and founding engineers, driving core engineering strategy.
- Design and build robust backend systems for Order Routing, Execution, Pricing Engines, and Reconciliation and Settlement.
- Optimize services for maximum performance, ensuring extreme latency targets, high throughput, and fault tolerance are met.
- Make critical architectural decisions that have immediate and direct production impact on a global-scale platform.
What We're Looking For
- Proven experience building high-stakes infrastructure for trading, exchange, or financial systems.
- Strong intuition and expertise in systems design, distributed computing, and performance optimization.
- Demonstrable high ownership, self-starter mentality, and comfort working long hours on complex, time-sensitive problems.
- Must be based in Asia to align with the team's operational base and key market hours.
Technical Stack
- Node.js
- Python
- MongoDB
- AWS Serverless
Team & Environment
Work directly alongside the CEO, COO, and founding engineers.
Benefits & Compensation
- High-Impact Ownership: Full autonomy and ownership over core business logic and trading systems.
- Executive Collaboration: Direct, hands-on collaboration with the CEO, COO, and founding team.
- Exponential Growth: Opportunity to scale your career and the platform at a company experiencing triple-digit percentage weekly volume growth.
- Competitive Package: Salary of $80K - $100K plus a significant equity component.
Work Mode
Fully remote position for candidates based in Asia.
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