Software Engineer - Crypto

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Software Engineer - Crypto based in Netherlands.

This role offers the opportunity to build and evolve the core technology powering large-scale crypto trading and brokerage services.
You will architect and develop exchange, market-making, wallet, funding, and tokenization systems serving millions of users.
The position combines backend engineering, distributed systems, financial technology, and crypto infrastructure.
You will work on high-throughput, low-latency systems where reliability, scalability, and software quality are critical.
You will have significant ownership over technical solutions while collaborating closely with cross-functional teams.
The environment is globally distributed, collaborative, and engineering-driven, with strong emphasis on autonomy and continuous improvement.
This is a strong opportunity for an experienced engineer who enjoys solving complex technical challenges in financial markets and crypto.

• Design, build, and maintain exchange and market-making systems supporting crypto trading at scale.

• Develop reliable services for crypto wallets, funding, tokenization, and related financial infrastructure.

• Architect and implement backend services and web applications using modern engineering practices.

• Build systems capable of handling high-throughput, low-latency workloads while maintaining reliability and fault tolerance.

• Maintain strong software quality, testing standards, code coverage, and clean, maintainable code.

• Participate actively in code reviews and contribute to technical decision-making.

• Investigate and resolve production incidents, technical issues, and reported bugs.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define technical goals and design solutions that meet business requirements.

• Take part in on-call responsibilities when required to support time-sensitive engineering initiatives.

Requirements:

• 4+ years of professional experience in backend software development.

• Proven experience building trading systems, exchanges, matching engines, market-making platforms, or other high-throughput, low-latency financial systems.

• Hands-on experience developing crypto-related products or infrastructure.

• Strong knowledge of financial markets and regulated, fault-tolerant systems.

• Professional experience with at least one modern programming language such as Go, C, or C++; strong Go experience is particularly relevant.

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, a related technical discipline, or equivalent practical experience.

• Experience working with messaging queues and message brokers.

• Solid SQL and relational database knowledge.

• Hands-on experience with Bash, Linux, and Docker.

• Strong focus on software quality, reliability, testing, and delivering robust solutions.

• Comfortable challenging existing approaches, sharing technical opinions, and taking ownership of engineering decisions.

• Experience with Kubernetes, CI/CD, DevOps practices, major cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP, or Azure, microservice architectures, Agile/Scrum, or clean-code principles is a plus.

• Kubernetes certifications such as CKA or CKAD are also advantageous.

Benefits:

• Competitive salary and stock options.

• Health benefits.

• One-time USD $500 home-office setup allowance for new hires.

• USD $150 monthly stipend provided through a Brex Card.

• Remote-friendly working environment with a globally distributed team.

• Opportunity to work on large-scale crypto, trading, and financial infrastructure.

• High level of autonomy and ownership over technical solutions.

• Collaboration with experienced engineers, traders, and financial technology professionals.

• Exposure to complex, high-throughput systems serving users and financial institutions globally.