Binance Accelerator Program - Backend Engineer, Pay & Card

About Binance Accelerator Program

Who may apply

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, and maintain backend services supporting Binance Pay and Card products.
• Build scalable APIs and microservices for payment processing, transaction management, merchant services, and related financial workflows.
• Participate in the development of distributed systems handling high-volume and latency-sensitive transactions.
• Work with databases, caching systems, message queues, and other infrastructure components to improve system performance and reliability.
• Implement robust transaction workflows with appropriate handling for retries, idempotency, concurrency, and failure scenarios.
• Assist with troubleshooting production issues through logs, metrics, tracing, and root-cause analysis.
• Write clean, maintainable, well-tested code and participate in code reviews.
• Collaborate with product and engineering teams to translate business requirements into technical solutions.
• Contribute to improvements in system reliability, observability, security, and engineering practices.

Requirements

• Currently pursuing a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field.
• Strong foundation in data structures, algorithms, object-oriented programming, and computer science fundamentals.
• Proficiency in at least one backend programming language such as Java, Go, C++, Python, or a similar language.
• Understanding of relational databases and SQL, including indexes, transactions, and database design fundamentals.
• Familiarity with RESTful APIs, HTTP, networking, and client-server architecture.
• Understanding of operating systems, concurrency, and common backend engineering concepts.
• Ability to write clear, maintainable code and reason systematically about technical problems.
• Strong communication skills and willingness to learn in a fast-moving engineering environment.

Nice to Have

• Familiarity with MySQL/PostgreSQL, Redis, Kafka, or other message-queue technologies.
• Understanding of distributed-system concepts such as consistency, availability, replication, caching, asynchronous processing, and fault tolerance.
• Knowledge of payment concepts such as authorization, capture, settlement, refunds, reconciliation, chargebacks, and payment lifecycle management.
• Previous backend engineering internship, personal project, hackathon, or open-source experience.
• Interest in cryptocurrency, blockchain, fintech, and payment infrastructure.
• Why Binance
• Shape the future with the world’s leading blockchain ecosystem
• Collaborate with world-class talent in a user-centric global organization with a flat structure
• Tackle unique, fast-paced projects with autonomy in an innovative environment
• Thrive in a results-driven workplace with opportunities for career growth and continuous learning
• Competitive salary and company benefits
• Work-from-home arrangement (the arrangement may vary depending on the work nature of the business team)
• Binance is committed to being an equal opportunity employer. We believe that having a diverse workforce is fundamental to our success.
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