Backend Engineer

Axiom Trade is building the future of retail trading. As market opportunities increasingly migrate on-chain, Axiom's mission is to make discovering and trading digital assets fast, powerful, and intuitive. Serving millions of active users and facilitating more than $100M in daily trading volume, Axiom is operated by a lean, high-ownership, and fast-moving engineering team based in Austin.

Role Summary

As a Backend Engineer , you will set the technical direction for Axiom’s core backend infrastructure. You will design, build, and operate ultra-low-latency APIs, indexers, and real-time streaming pipelines, owning end-to-end performance, throughput, and correctness for mission-critical systems under constant high write loads.

Key Responsibilities

• Core Backend Architecture: Set technical direction and architect low-latency APIs, indexing layers, and streaming pipelines powering the core trading product.

• Throughput & Reliability: Own system latency, throughput, and state correctness under continuous, heavy write loads and market volatility.

• High-Volume Data Design: Design robust data schemas and advanced caching strategies across Postgres, Redis, and ClickHouse.

• Multi-Chain Execution: Build and scale services across multiple blockchain networks, including Solana, BNB Chain, Ethereum, Base, and emerging L2s.

• Production Observability & Triage: Rapidly debug production incidents across services, databases, and node/RPC infrastructure.

• System Simplification: Continuously refine fleet architecture to keep systems simple, maintainable, and highly operable while mentoring peers.

Requirements & Qualifications

Must-Haves

• Backend Mastery: Deep production experience building and scaling high-throughput backend services and distributed architectures (TypeScript or Rust).

• Data Layer Depth: Advanced expertise in data modeling, query optimization, and caching strategies with Postgres, Redis, and ClickHouse.

• High-Load Performance: Proven track record designing APIs and streaming architectures that maintain low latency under heavy concurrency.

• Operational Excellence: Strong debugging fundamentals across production services, RPC nodes, and database layers.

• High Ownership: Urgency, autonomy, and an obsession with shipping reliable, user-focused software.

Nice-to-Haves

• Hands-on experience with on-chain data extraction, indexing engines (Solana Geyser, EVM logs), and mempool mechanics.

• Background in high-frequency trading platforms, order books, DEX aggregators, or high-volume fintech APIs.

Compensation & Benefits

• Annual Base Salary: $320,000 – $465,000 USD

• Bonus: Performance-based bonus structure