Senior Backend Engineer - Breakout Prop

📋 Description

• • As a Senior Backend Engineer at Breakout Prop, you will design and implement core services for a crypto-native trading platform, focusing on real-time metrics, data pipelines, and performance monitoring to ensure scalability, reliability, and low-latency operations in a live trading environment.
• • Your day-to-day responsibilities include developing high-performance back-end services and RESTful APIs using C# and ASP.NET Core, architecting real-time financial data processing systems, building data pipelines for metrics dashboards and risk reporting, optimizing PostgreSQL queries and schemas, integrating third-party APIs, resolving performance bottlenecks, and implementing security best practices such as authentication and encryption.
• • Breakout Prop is a crypto-native prop trading platform recently acquired by Kraken, combining deep liquidity, cutting-edge technology, and world-class risk management to deliver an unparalleled trading experience. Backed by Kraken’s global infrastructure and trusted brand, the team is composed of industry veterans committed to transparency, innovation, and accelerating crypto adoption.
• • In this role, you will deepen your expertise in high-frequency trading systems, real-time analytics, and cloud-native backend architecture while contributing to a mission-driven organization that values technical excellence, problem-solving, and innovation in the crypto space.