
Senior Full Stack Engineer – Crypto Trading
Lazer Technologies
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Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • 🇨🇦 Canada
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Senior
Tech Stack
AWSAzureCloudGoGoogle Cloud PlatformOpen SourceReact
About the role
- Embed with client teams to advise and consult founders on building sophisticated trading platforms, order management systems, and real-time trading interfaces
- Architect and develop high-performance trading UIs handling real-time data updates and complex user interactions at scale
- Build and maintain backend proxy layers and APIs to support demanding trading application requirements
- Design and implement component libraries on top of internal design systems, creating reusable patterns for dense trading interfaces
- Integrate with existing APIs, data distribution layers, and trading infrastructure while maintaining low-latency performance requirements
- Uplevel client engineering teams through mentorship, improved architecture, and enhanced engineering processes
- Lead technical strategy discussions with clients, managing project timelines and expectations for complex trading platform builds
- Help grow our team's technical capabilities by experimenting with cutting-edge tools and contributing back to the open source ecosystem
Requirements
- 6+ years of experience in both backend and frontend software development, with significant experience building trading platforms (DEX, CEX, HFT, or similar high-performance trading systems)
- Expert-level proficiency with React and modern frontend state management patterns; experience with the TanStack ecosystem is a strong plus
- Strong experience with high-performance data visualization and real-time UI components for building dense, data-intensive trading interfaces
- Solid backend engineering skills with Go or similar systems languages; experience building WebSocket architectures and backend-for-frontend patterns
- Deep understanding of real-time data streaming, order management systems, and trading UI/UX patterns
- Experience with component library development and working within established design systems; strong eye for design and attention to detail in high-density interfaces
- Proven consulting/contracting experience or startup/agency background with strong client management and communication skills
- Self-sufficient professional who thrives with autonomy, moves fast with lean processes, and maintains high quality standards
- Deep expertise with major cloud providers (GCP, AWS, Azure) for deploying and scaling high-performance applications
- Excellent communication skills for explaining technical tradeoffs to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Benefits
- Work From Anywhere: Choose your workspace — all you need is strong wifi and a passion for building!
- Work / Life Balance: We believe in our team’s ability to have it all; a great career, and time to unplug and live…you know...life.
- Employee Care: We provide full benefits (healthcare, dental, vision) for our employees (401k for our US employees)
- Unlimited PTO: Everyone needs a break. Take at least 15 days off a year, and more if you need—just be cool about it and keep the team in mind.
- Regular Team Retreat: Join us for a week of team bonding at amazing destinations. Recent trips include the Dominican Republic, Cancun, and Hawaii — plus ones welcome.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
ReactGoWebSocketdata visualizationreal-time UI componentscomponent library developmentbackend-for-frontend patternsreal-time data streamingorder management systemstrading UI/UX patterns
Soft skills
client managementcommunication skillsmentorshipautonomylean processeshigh quality standardstechnical strategy discussions