Senior/Staff Engineer, Decentralize Exchange (DEX)
OKX
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About The Team
The DEX Token Markets team at OKX Web3 builds real-time market tracking and analysis tools across 40+ chains and hundreds of thousands of trading pairs — charts, trade feeds, watchlists, alerts, and screeners trusted by millions of traders navigating DeFi, including the fast-moving meme coin markets driving much of today's on-chain volume.
What You'll Be Doing
- Build and maintain the market tracking platform, including systems tuned for meme coin-style volume spikes and liquidity swings.
- Develop high-throughput, low-latency backend systems that keep data accurate and reliable under bursty load.
- Troubleshoot issues to ensure service stability and quality.
- Ship features on time with clean, well-tested, maintainable code.
- Collaborate with product and engineering to keep integrations running smoothly.
What We Look For In You
- Bachelor's/Master's in CS, Software Engineering, or related (or strong STEM background).
- 3-5+ years building high-performance systems in Java — strong grasp of JVM, IO, multithreading, concurrency, networking.
- Solid MySQL experience (transactions, indexing, SQL optimization) and familiarity with caching/message queue middleware.
- Strong command of data structures, algorithms, design patterns.
- Clear logic, strong communication, thrives in fast-paced environments.
- Hands-on meme coin trading experience — an active trader/degen who understands the volatility, liquidity dynamics, and speed that define this market, bringing real product intuition to the team.
Nice to Haves
- Distributed systems experience — consistency, high availability, fault tolerance, horizontal scalability.
- Experience with real-time on-chain data systems: DEX pools, token launches, liquidity tracking.
- Working proficiency in English for global collaboration.
Perks & Benefits
- Competitive total compensation package
- L&D programs and Education subsidy for employees' growth and development
- Various team building programs and company events
- Wellness and meal allowances
- Comprehensive healthcare schemes for employees and dependants
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