Senior Backend Engineer - Breakout Prop - Remote

Overview

As a Senior Backend Engineer at Breakout, you’ll design and implement the core services that power our trading platform, focusing on metrics, data pipelines, and performance monitoring.

In Short

• Designing, developing, and maintaining high-performance, low-latency, and scalable back-end services and RESTful APIs using C# and ASP.NET Core.
• Architecting solutions for real-time financial data processing, trade surveillance, and portfolio analysis.
• Building pipelines and data models to power metrics dashboards, risk reporting, and performance analytics.
• Managing and optimizing complex queries and schemas in PostgreSQL.
• Integrating APIs with third-party systems to ensure data integrity and reliability.
• Identifying and resolving performance bottlenecks to meet demanding uptime and latency requirements.
• Implementing security best practices, including authentication, authorization, and data encryption.

Requirements

• You have 7+ years of backend engineering experience (at least 3+ years in financial, metrics-driven, or high-performance systems).
• You are highly skilled with C#, ASP.NET Core, and PostgreSQL.
• You’re comfortable deploying and scaling applications in AWS.
• You’ve worked on API platforms, real-time data pipelines, or metrics systems.
• You understand or are curious about trading systems and cryptocurrency markets.
• You thrive on solving complex problems and building robust, scalable software.

Benefits

• Fully remote work environment.
• Collaboration with a world-class team.
• Opportunity to work in the fast-paced crypto industry.
• Exposure to cutting-edge technology and innovation.
• Support for continuous learning and development.