Senior Backend Engineer (Java) - DeFi / Digital Assets

776952
  • Competitive
  • Dubai - Remote
  • Permanent
We’re looking for a Senior Backend Engineer with deep experience in Java and high-throughput financial systems. If you’ve built or scaled backend infrastructure for exchanges, trading platforms, or DeFi products. This role sits at the forefront of next-generation digital asset technology.

The Company You’ll be joining a fast-growing fintech building advanced infrastructure for decentralised finance. Their engineering culture is technical, ambitious, and focused on delivering secure, high-throughput systems used in real financial environments.

What We’re Hiring We’re looking for someone with:
  • 5+ years’ backend engineering experience (ideally crypto, exchanges, DeFi, or high-volume fintech).
  • Expert-level Java and experience designing scalable, distributed systems.
  • Strong knowledge of SQL/NoSQL databases and event-driven architectures (Kafka, RabbitMQ).
  • Experience with cloud platforms and containerisation (AWS/GCP/Azure, Docker, Kubernetes).
  • Understanding of security best practice, KYC/AML, and financial compliance.
  • Familiarity with blockchain integrations is a plus.
The Opportunity You’ll design and scale backend services that power real-time financial operations and digital asset infrastructure. This is a role where technical decisions have immediate impact and where you’ll help shape systems built for real-world scale in DeFi.

Apply through this advert or email Colin directly at colin@axiomrecruit.com.

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