Senior Backend Engineer, Markets Engineering
Design, implement, and operate systems that create, manage, and resolve markets at scale, including automation pipelines, external data integrations, event-driven processing, and reliable production infrastructure.
Responsibilities
- Design and implement pipelines that automate market creation, parameter configuration, and lifecycle management.
- Build data-driven resolution systems integrating external oracles, news feeds, sports APIs, and real-world data sources.
- Build event-processing systems using messaging and streaming platforms.
- Reinforce correctness, availability, and scalability across markets systems.
- Diagnose and resolve production issues.
- Collaborate with product, infrastructure, data, and markets operations.
- Participate in code reviews, design discussions, and architectural decisions.
Requirements
- 4–7+ years of professional backend development experience.
- Proficiency in Python or Go, or another language such as Rust or Java.
- Understanding of distributed systems, data pipelines, and event-driven architecture.
- Experience building automation systems, workflow orchestration, or integrations with third-party data sources and APIs.
- Ability to debug complex systems on Linux and own correctness and reliability.
- Experience with prediction markets, financial data, or real-world event detection systems is a plus.
- Familiarity with external data integrations is a plus.
- Production experience with Kafka, Pulsar, or similar streaming platforms is a plus.
- Experience deploying systems in AWS or GCP and using containers is a plus.
Benefits
- Competitive salary and equity
- Unlimited PTO
- Full health, vision, and dental coverage
- 401k match
- Hardware setup including a new MacBook Pro, display, and accessories