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Senior Backend Engineer (Python)

BTSE is a top-notch digital asset exchange that provides a secure and user-friendly platform for trading various cryptocurrencies and digital assets.

BTSE

Employee count: 51-200

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About BTSE:

BTSE Group is a global leader in fintech and blockchain technology, anchored by three core business pillars: Exchange, Payments, and Infrastructure Development. Serving over 100 corporate clients worldwide, we provide white-label exchange and payment solutions. Our offerings encompass everything from exchange infrastructure hosting and development to custody, wallets, payments, blockchain integration, trading, and more. We are looking for talented professionals in marketing, operations, customer support, and other departments. The roles offered may be on-site, remote, or hybrid, in collaboration with our local partner.

About the opportunity:

You own all data ingestion and the API backend that powers the platform. You build a pluggable connector framework that can ingest data from any financial data source — crypto exchange WebSockets, on-chain analytics providers, news wires, regulatory filings, social media feeds — and expose it through a fast, tenant-aware API. For the first client, this means crypto-specific data feeds and 24/7 operation. The architecture must support adding entirely different data sources for future clients without re-architecture.

Responsibilities

  • Build a pluggable data connector framework: a standardised interface for adding new data sources, each publishing to an event bus with a common schema envelope.
  • Build the first set of connectors: crypto exchange WebSocket feeds (price, order book, funding rates), on-chain analytics APIs, regulatory filing feeds, news wire APIs, social media filtered streams.
  • Build a proprietary data ingestion interface: API and upload mechanism for enterprise clients to ingest their internal documents, research notes, and datasets into their isolated tenant storage.
  • Build the FastAPI backend: RAG-powered Q&A endpoints, structured event analysis, WebSocket live feed, on-chain data queries, feedback collection — all tenant-aware.
  • Build resilient WebSocket connection management for always-on data feeds: automatic reconnection, failover, deduplication.
  • Own API performance: sub-2-second response times for AI-powered queries, sub-500ms for data queries.

Requirements

  • 5+ years backend engineering; strong Python (FastAPI, asyncio, Pydantic).
  • Deep experience with WebSocket architectures: persistent connections, reconnection logic, backpressure.
  • Event-driven architectures: Kafka producers/consumers, message serialisation (Avro or Protobuf).
  • REST and WebSocket API design with multi-tenant patterns.
  • Experience building extensible, pluggable data ingestion frameworks.

Nice to have

  • Experience with crypto exchange APIs (Coinbase, Binance, Deribit, OKX).
  • Experience with on-chain data providers (Glassnode, CryptoQuant, Nansen, Dune).
  • Familiarity with financial data formats across multiple asset classes.
  • Experience building pipelines that operate 24/7 with no maintenance windows.

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5 years minimum

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Hong Kong +/- 0 hours

About BTSE

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BTSE Group is a global blockchain technology company focused on three primary businesses: Exchange, Payments, and Infrastructure Development. The BTSE exchange supports 150+ cryptocurrencies and over 50 perpetual futures contracts, boasting more than USD $30 billion in monthly trading volume. Not only does BTSE provide a platform for trading various digital assets, but it also offers an easy-to-use payments platform that enables both fiat and cryptocurrency transactions and OTC services for over 50 major currencies.

Moreover, BTSE offers enterprise solutions that allow businesses to use their advanced infrastructure to create custom white-label exchanges, wallets, payment gateways, and liquidity solutions. With an emphasis on security and user experience, BTSE is designed for cryptocurrency traders and enthusiasts who want to leverage their digital assets in everyday transactions. The exchange emphasizes regulatory compliance, transparency, and customer support to foster trust in the growing digital economy.

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