Bybit

(Principal) Backend Development Engineer

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2 days ago
Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaStaff+

Responsibilities

  • Develop and maintain backend capabilities for push notifications, SMS, email, WhatsApp, and other messaging channels.
  • Own architecture design, feature development, performance optimization, reliability, and day-to-day operations of the message delivery chain.
  • Build scalable messaging infrastructure covering message intake, scheduling, routing, channel selection, provider management, rate limits, safeguards, priority scheduling, delivery callbacks, reporting, and effectiveness analysis.
  • Improve monitoring, alerting, logging, distributed tracing, SLOs, incident detection, diagnosis, recovery, capacity planning, load testing, and large-scale performance.
  • Collaborate with Product, Frontend, client engineering, QA, Data, Compliance, Security, Procurement, and third-party providers to deliver compliant messaging services worldwide.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree or above in computer science or a related field and at least five years of backend development experience.
  • Strong proficiency in Go or Java, distributed systems design, and high-concurrency messaging or queueing systems.
  • Proficiency with Kafka, including event-driven architectures, consumer groups, and consumer lag monitoring.
  • Familiarity with Redis caching, rate limiting, distributed locks, hot-key management, MySQL schema design and optimization, gRPC, Nacos, Kubernetes, and horizontal pod autoscaling.
  • Ability to independently design technical solutions for complex requirements and respond proactively to production alerts and incidents.
  • Proficiency with Claude Code, Cursor, or GitHub Copilot for coding, code review, debugging, and solution design.
  • Experience developing SMS, email, or push notification systems and large-scale delivery infrastructure is preferred.
  • Familiarity with Firebase Cloud Messaging, Apple Push Notification service, Amazon Simple Email Service, and major SMS or communications providers is preferred.
  • Experience deploying production AI capabilities such as intelligent reconciliation, anomaly detection, operations intelligence, analytics, or agent-based workflows is preferred.

Benefits

  • Study Growth Fund supporting professional development and continuous learning.
  • Internal team-building events, workshops, and collaboration activities.
  • Global collaboration with colleagues around the world.
  • Career advancement and internal mobility opportunities.
  • Work location is Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, or Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

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About Bybit

1,001-5,000 employees

Bybit operates a cryptocurrency exchange and digital-asset platform for retail and institutional traders, offering spot and derivatives trading, payments, custody, and Web3 tools. Founded in 2018 and privately held, it serves a global user base and supports major assets such as Bitcoin and Ethereum. Its business model centers on trading and financing fees and related services across its exchange and institutional offerings.

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