Staff Software Engineer (Exchange Platform)

Bitstamp, a leading cryptocurrency exchange, as a Staff Software Engineer. In this role, you will define the technical vision and long-term architectural roadmap for our platform modernization strategy. You will serve as a primary technical leader across the Bitstamp exchange ecosystem, architecting the next generation of cloud infrastructure for mission-critical, low-latency services. You will also lead multi-quarter modernization initiatives, direct high-stakes integrations, eliminate operational toil and technical debt, and foster technical leadership and culture. This position requires extensive technical leadership experience, deep cloud and container mastery, and a strategic mindset for execution.

Definir la visión técnica, la hoja de ruta arquitectónica a largo plazo y los estándares de ingeniería para la modernización de la plataforma.

About Robinhood

• Liderar iniciativas de modernización a gran escala, impulsando la transición de servicios fundamentales a entornos en la nube resilientes y contenerizados.
• Operational Excellence: A pragmatic, systems-thinking mindset that balances forward-looking architectural evolution with the operational realities of supporting a 24/7 financial exchange

Responsibilities

• Tomar la responsabilidad total por iniciativas técnicas ambiguas y de alto impacto, navegando por los compromisos complejos entre velocidad, resiliencia, costo y mantenibilidad.
• Cross-Functional Influence: Exceptional communication skills with the ability to build technical consensus, influence cross-functional roadmaps, and align senior engineering and product stakeholders across multiple geographies

Requirements

• Extensive Technical Leadership: 8+ years of relevant experience in backend and distributed systems engineering, with a proven track record of operating as a technical lead or Staff-level engineer in high-scale environments
• Deep Cloud & Container Mastery: Advanced architectural expertise with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes) and enterprise-scale AWS cloud services (EC2, ECS/EKS, Aurora, DynamoDB)
• Distributed Systems & Low-Latency Acumen: Deep understanding of high-concurrency, low-latency backend architectures, event-driven systems, fault tolerance, and data consistency models
• Strategic Autonomy & Execution: Demonstrated ability to take ambiguous, organization-wide problems from inception to production, successfully delivering high-impact business outcomes