Engineering Lead (Rust/C++), Trading Technologies

Binance is a leading global blockchain ecosystem behind the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume and registered users. We are trusted by 300+ million people in 100+ countries for our industry-leading security, user fund transparency, trading engine speed, deep liquidity, and an unmatched portfolio of digital-asset products. Binance offerings range from trading and finance to education, research, payments, institutional services, Web3 features, and more. We leverage the power of digital assets and blockchain to build an inclusive financial ecosystem to advance the freedom of money and improve financial access for people around the world.

We are building the next generation of cryptocurrency exchange infrastructure and are seeking passionate, driven engineers who thrive on solving complex problems. In this role, you will help evolve a highly scalable, always-on trading platform, continuously delivering new features, performance optimizations, and reliability improvements to support our rapidly growing global user base.

As part of our Backend Engineering team, you will work on the core exchange platform that has helped Binance become one of the world's largest cryptocurrency exchanges. You'll tackle unique technical challenges associated with operating a mission-critical system that serves tens of millions of users while maintaining 24/7 availability, high throughput, and low latency.

We are looking for a Backend Engineering Team Lead to join our team. The ideal candidate combines strong technical expertise in systems programming languages such as Rust, C++, C, or other compiled languages with proven leadership and people management experience. You should be comfortable guiding engineers, driving technical excellence, and leading the delivery of scalable, high-performance backend systems.

This position will initially be an individual contributor role, with a clear path toward leadership responsibilities as the team continues to grow and organizational needs evolve. We are looking for someone who can contribute at a high technical level today while demonstrating the potential to lead and scale the team in the future.

Responsibilities:

Architect, build, and maintain scalable backend systems, services, and APIs that power our global exchange platform.

Help shape and execute the long-term technical vision for the scalability, reliability, and performance of our backend infrastructure.

Design highly available, fault-tolerant services capable of handling significant fluctuations in traffic and trading volume.

Monitor system performance, identify bottlenecks, and drive performance optimization initiatives across the platform.

Write clean, efficient, secure, and maintainable code with a strong focus on reliability and operational excellence.

Contribute to the continued growth and evolution of our automated testing and quality assurance frameworks.

Collaborate closely with engineers, product managers, and other stakeholders to solve complex technical and business challenges.

Provide technical mentorship, conduct code reviews, and champion engineering best practices across the team.

Act as a technical leader within the organization, influencing architecture, development standards, and engineering culture.

As the team and organization continue to scale, take on increasing leadership responsibilities with a clear path toward future people management and team leadership.

Requirements:

Strong software engineering fundamentals with professional experience in Rust, C++, C, or other high-performance compiled languages.

Hands-on experience with Rust is highly desirable.

Proven ability to design and implement robust, efficient, reliable, and maintainable systems.

Experience developing high-performance, concurrent, and multi-threaded applications.

Demonstrated technical leadership skills, with the ability to mentor engineers and influence engineering direction.

Experience leading projects, driving technical initiatives, or building and scaling engineering teams is a strong advantage.

Track record of successfully deploying, operating, and supporting software in production environments.

Solid understanding of Linux-based systems and development environments.

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering, or a related technical field (or equivalent practical experience).

Experience designing, operating, or scaling production database systems, including PostgreSQL, MySQL, and/or MongoDB, is a strong plus.

Experience building systems with stringent security, reliability, compliance, or financial correctness requirements is highly desirable.

Experience in trading systems, financial technology, cryptocurrency, or other low-latency, high-throughput environments is a plus.

Why Binance

Shape the future with the world’s leading blockchain ecosystem

Collaborate with world-class talent in a user-centric global organization with a flat structure

Tackle unique, fast-paced projects with autonomy in an innovative environment

Thrive in a results-driven workplace with opportunities for career growth and continuous learning

Competitive salary and company benefits

Work-from-home arrangement (the arrangement may vary depending on the work nature of the business team)

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