South Korea Remote (Global)

MLabs is hiring a Staff Backend Engineer

About the Role

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.

At MLabs, we are committed to offering equal opportunities to all candidates. We ensure no discrimination, accessible job adverts, and providing information in accessible formats.

Required Skills
Node.jsPythonMongoDBAWS ServerlessBackend EngineeringSystem ArchitectureAPI DesignCloud InfrastructureDatabase ManagementSoftware Development LifecyclePerformance OptimizationSecurity Best PracticesCode ReviewTeam Leadership
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About company
MLabs

A venture-backed financial technology firm dedicated to transforming the global movement of money through stablecoin infrastructure. Building a full-service platform designed to make issuing, managing, and integrating digital dollars seamless for developers, fintechs, and institutional partners.

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Job Details
Category backend
Posted 3 months ago