Senior Backend Engineer (Sports & Prediction Markets) – Golang

About the role

We are seeking a highly skilled Mid-to-Senior Backend Engineer to spearhead the growth of our 24/7 high-throughput infrastructure, with a particular focus on expanding our core domains into the sports, prediction ecosystem. This role demands an engineer who thrives within a fast-paced, startup-minded ecosystem, possessing a deep domain understanding of sports platforms / prediction environments, and capable of keeping critical transactional networks running flawlessly around the clock.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and optimize robust, highly scalable backend services and distributed systems in Golang to power our 24/7 global trading and sports-domain applications
• Develop backend services and operations, including proposing architectural decisions, participating in design reviews, coding, code review, and implementing features
• Act as the technical subject matter expert to increase and embed deep sports domain knowledge into our core backend, building features tailored to prediction markets, real-time sports data feeds, and interactive mechanics
• Identify, diagnose, and resolve architectural bottlenecks within a large-scale, high-concurrency infrastructure
• Provide high-tier technical operational support to address complex, real-time client issues and maintain flawless systemic availability

Requirements

Minimum Qualifications (Must-Haves):

• Solid mid-to-senior level professional experience specializing in backend system development, with an absolute proficiency and production-level mastery
• Proven experience working closely with Sports systems, Sportsbooks, Prediction markets, or high-velocity sports-data infrastructure
• Proficiency in Golang, Postgres, Redis, and Kafka preferred
• Elite interpersonal skills with a strong capacity for stakeholder management; comfortable navigating cross-functional, global matrix teams and managing competing project priorities

Preferred Qualifications (Nice-to-Haves / Ideal Fits):

• Deep familiarity with transaction-heavy, money-related modules, or payment ledgers
• Advanced expertise in designing complex concurrent systems, race-condition mitigation, and distributed state machines
• Previous professional experience operating smoothly within a rapid, ambiguous, or highly entrepreneurial startup environment

Life at Crypto.com

• Empowered to think big and try new opportunities while working with a talented, ambitious, and supportive team
• Transformational and proactive working environment where employees are empowered to find thoughtful and innovative solutions
• Growth from within; we help develop new skill-sets that impact personal and professional growth
• Work culture where colleagues are some of the best in the industry, all here to help and support one another
• One cohesive team engaging stakeholders to achieve our ultimate goal: Cryptocurrency in every wallet
• Work flexibility with flexi-work hours and hybrid set-up
• Internal mobility program offering employees a new scope for career alternatives

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Attractive annual leave entitlement including birthday and work anniversary
• 401(k) plan with employer match
• Eligible for company-sponsored group health, dental, vision, and life/disability insurance
• Flexible work hours and hybrid work set-up
• Internal mobility program offering diverse career opportunities