Lead Backend Software Engineer Node - Cryptocurrency

Lead Backend Software Engineer / Developer (Node TypeScript) London

Opportunity to progress your career in a hands-on leadership role at a global cryptocurrency market data and trade execution technology company that is experiencing great success and is growing as a result.

As a Lead Backend Software Engineer you will work on cutting edge systems that handle thousands of messages per second from a diverse range of external APIs within a high performance data pipeline. You'll design and implement high performance ingestion mechanisms for extracting and storing raw Blockchain data, building innovative solutions for token, wallet and contract level indexing and creating enriched metadata and actionable insights that power new data feeds on the platform.

You'll take ownership of projects and provide technical direction and leadership to a small team of talented engineers via code reviews and promotion of best practices.

Location / WFH:

You'll join the team in brand new Central London based offices three days a week with flexibility to work from home the other two days.

About you:

You have strong experience of designing and implementing scalable solutions to handle high throughput systems
You have strong backend Node.js and TypeScript coding skills
You have technical project leadership and mentoring experience
You have a good knowledge of both relational and non-relational databases, PostgreSQL and Redis preferred
You have a good knowledge of queue or stream based messaging systems
You're highly numerate with strong maths knowledge (numerical computations and algorithms)
You are degree educated in Computer Science or similar technical discipline
You have a personal interest in traditional financial markets or the cryptocurrency space

What's in it for you:

As a Lead Backend Software Engineer / Developer (Node TypeScript) you will earn a significant base salary and a comprehensive benefits package; you'll also be working on cutting edge tech with lots of challenges, learning opportunities and career progression.

Apply now to find out more about this Lead Backend Software Engineer / Developer (Node TypeScript) opportunity.

At Client Server we believe in a diverse workplace that allows people to play to their strengths and continually learn. We're an equal opportunities employer whose people come from all walks of life and will never discriminate based on race, colour, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. The clients we work with share our values.