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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Backend Engineer (NYC) - **Company:** Mlabs Ltd - **Location:** New York, NY, United States - **Salary:** $180,000.0 - $320,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Access Control List, Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Artificial Intelligence, Algorithmic Trading, Database Schema, PostgreSQL, WebSocket, Backend, Low Latency, Restful APIs, Grpc, User Administration, Golang - **Published:** June 24, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=5fce806fb37d2f3e ## About the Role Do you have experience in gRPC?, * Golang Expertise: Strong experience as a Go engineer with a deep understanding of how to leverage AI tools effectively in the development process while maintaining rigorous validation criteria. * Data & Schema Design: Deep expertise with database schema design, evolution, and iteration. * Financial Domain Knowledge: Direct experience with trading systems and a strong understanding of financial concepts, instruments, and market mechanics. * Modern Tech Stack: Hands-on experience with Postgres, NATS, Redpanda, gRPC, REST APIs, and WebSockets., * Security-Minded: A proactive approach to identifying and decreasing security attack vectors across the backend ecosystem. * AI Power User: An engineer who utilizes AI effectively to accelerate workflows, validates all outputs critically, and implements strict technical guardrails rather than relying on unverified generation. * Solution-Oriented: Focused on enabling internal teams and engineers to move as fast as possible by addressing requests and unblocking technical dependencies. * Humble & Adaptive: A strong willingness to learn from quants, operations, and cross-functional engineering teams, maintaining flexibility without being attached to rigid legacy methods. * Mission-Driven & Collaborative: A team-first competitor focused on overall organizational success, execution, and collective goals. * Disagree and Commit: Open to voicing proposals and participating in rigorous debate, with a proven ability to fully commit to and execute decisions 100% once a path is finalized. ## Description A mid- to senior-level Backend Engineer is required to join an ambitious team focused on scaling a state-of-the-art infrastructure layer. This infrastructure is designed to allow engineering teams to self-serve 90% of their needs, enabling this role to focus entirely on high-level, high-impact projects. The successful candidate will collaborate closely with quants, infrastructure specialists, and data engineers to build a centralized pricing plane and an extremely dynamic pricing system that determines market competitiveness in real time., * Develop the Entity Service API: Build and maintain a core central configuration plane used to manage assets, mappings, market hours, data providers, smart contract parameters, algorithm parameters, and more. * Build the Entity Service UI: Deliver an internal UI allowing team members to propose changes, review configurations, and leave comments, backed by robust Access Control Lists (ACL) and user management. * Architect a Low-Latency Pricing System: Assist in designing and implementing a highly reliable, dynamic pricing engine capable of pricing every incoming transaction in real time to optimize liquidity attraction. * Collaborate Across Teams: Partner with quants, infra, data, and backend engineers to establish a centralized pricing plane reflecting precise real-dollar values across every part of the system. * Propose and Own Initiatives: Take stock of system needs, evaluate what delivers the most value, and propose independent workflows and paths forward. ## Related Videos - [Exploring the Power of gRPC-Gateway for Writing RESTful Services](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/2072-exploring-the-power-of-grpc-gateway-for-writing-restful-services) - [Go with the Flow: Stop the Leaks Before Your Memory's a Waterfall!](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100073-go-with-the-flow-stop-the-leaks-before-your-memory-s-a-waterfall) - [Developing the Backend with Stefan Lingler, CTO at Shpock](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100360-developing-the-backend-with-stefan-lingler-cto-at-shpock) - [Inside Bitpanda's Tech Stack: Scaling a European Fintech Leader - Markus Dorner](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1979-inside-bitpanda-s-tech-stack-scaling-a-european-fintech-leader-markus-dorner) - [Meet Your New BFF: Backend to Frontend without the Duct Tape](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/682-meet-your-new-bff-backend-to-frontend-without-the-duct-tape) - [Boosting OpenSearch Performance: gRPC Search in Action](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1964-boosting-opensearch-performance-grpc-search-in-action) ## Related Articles - [Dev Digest 121 - AI goes offline](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/456-dev-digest-121-ai-goes-offline) - [Dev Digest 120 - Apple and peers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/455-dev-digest-120-apple-and-peers) - [Dev Digest 210: AI Agents Are Go! 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