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Lead Backend Development Engineer

Bybit - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - In-office - posted 2026-09-11

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Bybit, a leading cryptocurrency exchange and digital financial platform founded in 2018, is seeking a Backend Development Engineer to join its trading and asset technology team. The company serves over 80 million users across 200+ countries and regions, offering trading, payments, wealth management, custody, institutional services, and Web3 solutions. In this role, you will be responsible for trading and asset technology development, delivering better trading experiences for users and supporting healthy, fast, and stable business growth. You will be deeply involved in the full lifecycle of core features—design, development, testing, and deployment—as well as production data analysis, feature iteration and optimization, and troubleshooting complex issues. You will master common Java architecture design patterns, performance optimization, and high-availability principles, applying them flexibly to optimize critical system paths. You will think holistically about existing and future systems, planning and building unified frameworks, platforms, and components that scale across the organization. You will track cutting-edge technologies and methodologies, applying innovative approaches to solve technical challenges driven by business needs, using technology to drive business evolution and expand business boundaries. Bybit fosters a high-performance, fast-moving environment where talent is empowered to drive real impact at global scale. The company is recognized as one of the most trusted and transparent platforms in the digital asset industry. Benefits include a Study Growth Fund for professional development, internal events and team-building activities, global collaboration opportunities, career advancement pathways, and internal mobility to support long-term development. REQUIREMENTS: - 5+ years of development and design experience - Solid Java fundamentals with strong understanding of IO, multithreading, collections, and core frameworks - Familiarity with JVM internals - Proficiency in object-oriented design and development - Familiar with open-source frameworks (Spring, Spring MVC, MyBatis) with understanding of core concepts and implementation principles - Extensive hands-on experience with at least one mainstream relational or non-relational database - Familiar with distributed system design and implementation, including distributed computing, caching, messaging, search, and recommendation mechanisms; able to apply common distributed technologies appropriately - Proficiency with AI-powered development tools such as Claude Code or Cursor is a plus

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