Senior Backend Engineer (Golang) - Asian TimezonesHermeneutic Investments • Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, United States
Senior Backend Engineer (Golang) - Asian Timezones
Hermeneutic Investments • Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, United States
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[job_card.job_description]5+ years of backend development experience, including 3+ years with Go in production-grade systems. Experience leading large-scale system design and mentoring engineers on engineering best practices. Strong knowledge of concurrency, memory management, and performance optimization in Go. Proven track record of designing and deploying microservice architectures in high-availability, high-throughput environments. Solid understanding of message queues , event-driven architectures , and asynchronous processing . Strong understanding of microservice architecture and REST / gRPC APIs . Strong understanding of networking data transmission protocols (TCP, UDP, WSS, etc.) Experience building and deploying cloud-native applications Familiarity with containerization technologies (Docker) and orchestration engines (e.g., ECS, Kubernetes). Proficiency with message brokers (e.g., Kafka) and distributed systems. Knowledge of data storage technologies such as PostgreSQL , Redis , and time-series databases . Knowledge of Python and / or Rust. Background in crypto , high-frequency trading , or real-time market data systems . Familiarity with infrastructure-as-code tools (e.g., Terraform , CloudFormation ). Experience with observability tools (e.g., Prometheus , Grafana , OpenTelemetry ). Contributions to open-source projects or a strong technical blog / portfolio. Knowledge of crypto exchanges market data and order routing protocols CV Screening – We will review your application based on the qualifications and experience outlined above. Screening Interview with Engineering Lead – A conversation to assess general fit and engineering experience. Test Assignment Review – You’ll be given a technical task reviewed by the team. Technical Interviews – Discussions with senior engineers focused on system design, backend development, and operations. Final Interview with the CIO – A concluding discussion to evaluate cultural fit, strategic alignment, and how you resonate with the firm's values. Drive – We seek people whose passion fuels relentless growth and a pursuit of excellence. Ownership – We value those who take initiative and treat the company’s goals as their own. Judgment – We value individuals who focus on what matters and consistently drive meaningful results. Openness – We believe in honest dialogue, constructive challenge, and shared learning. Competence – We work with people who can thrive in fast-changing environments. Resilience – We stay calm under pressure, adapt quickly, and learn from setbacks.
We are seeking a seasoned Backend Engineer to help build high-performance, cloud-native infrastructure to support our research, trading, and data pipelines. This role is crucial to enabling real-time data ingestion and processing workflows, and ensuring our systems can meet the demands of a high-uptime, low-latency trading environment.
The ideal candidate is deeply familiar with Go and modern distributed systems, has extensive experience in production-grade system design, and brings a strong operational mindset to development. You will work closely with trading, infrastructure, and data teams to design and maintain systems that are fast, reliable, and observable.
This is a critical position at the technical core of the firm, ideal for individuals who thrive in fast-moving environments and care deeply about performance, robustness, and continuous improvement
Responsibilities
- Lead the design and development of robust high-performance, cloud-native backend systems using Go that support real-time data processing and low-latency workflows.
- Drive engineering excellence through code quality, best practices, and mentorship of other team members.
- Work closely with trading, product, and infrastructure teams to understand system requirements and deliver performant solutions.
- Take ownership of production services, ensuring reliability, observability, and performance tuning. Optimize systems performance and ensure system stability, reliability, and security.
- Contribute to infrastructure automation and CI / CD improvements to support rapid deployment and operational agility.
- Conduct in-depth code reviews, lead technical discussions, and influence engineering culture and standards.
- Implement automated testing, CI / CD pipelines, and participate in code reviews and design discussions.
- Deploy and manage services leveraging cloud-native tools and best practices
- Monitor, debug, and troubleshoot production systems and be a part of the on-call incident response team in a high-uptime environment.
Must Have
Nice to Have
Interview Process
Throughout the process, you'll be assessed for cultural fit through our company values :
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