Software Engineer, Prediction Markets Platform
Crypto.com2 days ago
Chicago, IL, USA +2 moreMid Level / Senior
Base Salary
$170k - $190k/yr
Responsibilities
- Build and run Go backend services for listing and settling event contracts.
- Migrate Python and Airflow workflows to Go services and durable job processing.
- Develop integrations with sports and market data providers, handling retries, duplicates, and late data.
- Implement settlement rules and edge cases for corrections, cancellations, and voided markets with thorough test coverage.
- Build React/TypeScript operator tools for manual listing, settlement, and approvals.
- Own features from design through production, contribute to design documents and code reviews, and participate in on-call and production debugging.
Requirements
- Require 3–5+ years of experience building production backend services.
- Require proficiency in Go or strong backend-language experience with willingness to work primarily in Go.
- Require hands-on Postgres experience with schema design, efficient queries, transactions, and migrations.
- Require understanding of concurrency, idempotency, and failure handling in distributed systems.
- Require a record of independently shipping and operating services in production.
- Require clear communication and interest in growing into technical leadership.
- Prefer experience with prediction markets, sportsbooks, exchanges, sports data feeds, payments, ledgers, or other money-related systems.
- Prefer experience with Redis, Kafka, Postgres-backed job queues such as River, Python, Airflow, React/TypeScript, AWS, Kubernetes, Docker, or startup environments.
Benefits
- Competitive salary, annual leave including birthday and work anniversary leave, 401(k) with employer match, and eligibility for employer-sponsored group health, dental, vision, and life/disability insurance.
- Flexible working hours and a hybrid setup.
- Internal mobility and career development opportunities.
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About Crypto.com
Crypto.com builds a cryptocurrency exchange and mobile app for retail and institutional customers to buy, sell, and manage digital assets, along with a Visa crypto rewards card, payment services, and a DeFi wallet. Its business model centers on trading fees, card and payments economics, and related financial services. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Singapore, it operates globally and holds the naming rights to Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles.