Backend Tech Lead

   We’re looking for a Backend Tech Lead to lead one of our core engineering teams working on critical crypto operations.
   This role combines technical leadership, delivery ownership, and hands-on backend engineering in a correctness-critical environment.

You’ll work close to the product and infrastructure backbone of the exchange, where reliability, predictability, and engineering judgment matter more than buzzwords.

What you’ll do

• Lead a backend team: set clear goals, run regular 1:1s, give feedback, and support hiring and team growth
• Own delivery end-to-end: planning, prioritization, execution, and delivery transparency
• Take responsibility for backend architecture of core operational flows and integrations
• Drive evolution of existing systems toward a more scalable and maintainable architecture
• Ensure correctness and reliability of critical backend processes
• Stay hands-on where it matters: design APIs, review code, and contribute to core backend logic (Go)
• Support and gradually improve legacy components where required

Requirements

• 3+ years in a Tech Lead / Team Lead / Engineering Lead role with real ownership of delivery
• Strong backend engineering experience with Go in production environments
• Experience working with high-load or correctness-critical systems
• Solid understanding of distributed systems and failure scenarios
• Practical experience working with monoliths and evolving them over time
• Strong delivery mindset: prioritization, clear communication, ownership of outcomes
• Engineering best practices: clean APIs, testing, CI/CD, observability
• Ability to work pragmatically with legacy codebases (including PHP when needed)
• Reliability and security-first mindset

Nice to have

• Experience in crypto, fintech, or financial infrastructure
• Familiarity with wallets, transactions, or ledger-like systems
• Experience with incident response or on-call rotations
• Exposure to risk controls, monitoring, or antifraud systems

Perks of being a part of EXMO 🙌

Crypto teaches flexibility — so we focus on real, practical benefits instead of clichés.

• Competitive salary
• Flexibility to work fully remote or from a comfortable coworking — your choice
• Reimbursement for English lessons and sports activities
• 100% sick leave coverage
• 30 business days of unified leave per year + 2 public holidays for all team members
  A friendly team that is genuinely happy to welcome a new teammate 😉