Backend Developer (API) (Web3)

REMOTE GLOBAL OR OFFICE NEW YOURK | GTE

Location: Worldwide Remote or Office in New York City (USA). Relocation support available for NYC.

Salary: $12,500 – $20,800 per month gross ($150k – $250k per year) + tokens

Company

GTE is a high-speed decentralized trading venue backed by top-tier market makers and VCs, enabling permissionless 24/7 trading.

What you will do

• Design, implement, and optimize the API stack and SDK, including REST and websocket protocols for trading and real-time data.
• Develop performance-sensitive components of the matching engine and gateway logic.
• Refine API specifications and improve latency profiles in collaboration with stakeholders.
• Integrate exchange components like matching, clearing, and account state into a coherent interface.
• Conduct rigorous benchmarking, load testing, and latency instrumentation.
• Maintain test harnesses, production API documentation, and versioning.

Requirements

• Extensive experience with distributed backend systems and performance-critical real-time APIs.
• Strong proficiency in Go, Rust, Python, Java, or TypeScript.
• Expertise in API design patterns (OpenAPI, gRPC, REST, websockets) and best practices for authentication and rate-limiting.
• Knowledge of trading system architectures, including order lifecycles and matching logic.
• Proven ability to debug and design in high-throughput, concurrent environments.

Nice to have

• Experience with Rust or Python in latency-sensitive applications.
• Background in building exchange gateways, FIX engines, or trading APIs.
• Knowledge of crypto wallet models and on-chain order flows.
• Experience with HFT, quant trading, or simulation environments.
• Familiarity with market access tooling like colocation and order routers.

Culture & Benefits

• Flexible work arrangement: fully remote or NYC office.
• Competitive compensation including gross salary and token allocations.
• Relocation assistance for candidates moving to New York City.
• Opportunity to work with a world-class team from Jump, Citadel, Google, and Palantir.

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