Senior Backend Engineer - Breakout Prop

Building the Future of Crypto

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The team

Breakout is a crypto-native prop trading platform backed by Kraken. Founded in 2023 by industry veterans we combine deep liquidity cutting-edge technology and world-class risk management to create an unparalleled trading experience. With a commitment to transparency and innovation we’re empowering traders to succeed in competitive markets while driving the future of trading. Recently acquired by Kraken this acquisition gains the benefit of Kraken’s global infrastructure and trusted brand.

About the Role

As a Senior Backend Engineer at Breakout you’ll design and implement the core services that power our trading platform with a special focus on metrics data pipelines and performance monitoring. You’ll architect solutions that ensure real-time visibility into trading activity risk exposure and financial performance while also driving scalability and reliability across the stack.

You’ll collaborate closely with our CTO engineering operations and data teams to ensure our systems deliver the speed accuracy and transparency needed in a live trading environment.

The opportunity

• Designing developing and maintaining high-performance low-latency and scalable back-end services and RESTful APIs using C# and ASP.NET Core

• Architecting solutions for real-time financial data processing trade surveillance and portfolio analysis

• Building pipelines and data models to power metrics dashboards risk reporting and performance analytics

• Managing and optimizing complex queries and schemas in PostgreSQL

• Integrating APIs with third-party systems to ensure data integrity and reliability

• Identifying and resolving performance bottlenecks to meet demanding uptime and latency requirements

• Implementing security best practices including authentication authorization and data encryption

Skills you should HODL

• You have 7+ years of backend engineering experience (at least 3+ years in financial metrics-driven or high-performance systems)

• You are highly skilled with C# ASP.NET Core and PostgreSQL

• You’re comfortable deploying and scaling applications in AWS

• You’ve worked on API platforms real-time data pipelines or metrics systems

• You understand or are curious about trading systems and cryptocurrency markets

• You thrive on solving complex problems and building robust scalable software

This job is accepting ongoing applications and there is no application deadline.

Please note applicants are permitted to redact or remove information on their resume that identifies age date of birth or dates of attendance at or graduation from an educational institution.

We consider qualified applicants with criminal histories for employment on our team assessing candidates in a manner consistent with the requirements of the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.

Kraken is powered by people from around the world and we celebrate all Krakenites for their diverse talents backgrounds contributions and unique perspectives. We hire strictly based on merit meaning we seek out the candidates with the right abilities knowledge and skills considered the most suitable for the job. We encourage you to apply for roles where you don't fully meet the listed requirements especially if you're passionate or knowledgable about crypto!

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