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Senior Crypto Exchange Architect
We are building a regulated, institutional-grade centralized cryptocurrency exchange and are looking for a highly experienced Senior Crypt Exchange Engineer / Exchange. Architect to lead the design and implementation of the platform.
This role is specifically suited for candidates who have previously built or scaled a centralized exchange offering:
- Spot trading
- OTC trading
- Fiat on/off-ramp infrastructure
- Institutional custody and settlement
- Liquidity aggregation through external providers
You should have hands-on experience integrating and operating:
- Fireblocks for wallet, custody, MPC, and transaction orchestration
- Chainalysis KYT for transaction monitoring and AML compliance
- Liquidity provider / exchange accounts with providers such as Crypt.com,
- Kraken, and similar venues
- OpenPayd or equivalent banking / fiat infrastructure
This is not a general blockchain engineering role. We are looking for someone who understands the complete architecture and operational requirements of running a centralized crypto exchange in production.
The role is strictly office-based in Sivakasi and requires full-time, on-site presence.
Key Responsibilities
Exchange Platform Architecture
- Architect and build the back-end infrastructure for a centralized crypto exchange supporting:
- Spot trading
- OTC trading
- Fiat deposits and withdrawals
- Internal transfers and settlements
- Design and implement high-performance order management and matching
- systems
- Build OTC trading workflows, RFQ processes, dealer routing, and manual /
- automated settlement logic
- Design internal ledger, accounting, reconciliation, and treasury systems
- Build customer balances, wallet movements, trade settlement, and transaction
- history infrastructure
- Develop APIs and admin systems for operations, finance, compliance, and
- support teams
Liquidity & Trading Infrastructure
- Integrate and manage liquidity provider accounts with exchanges such as:
- Crypt.com
- Kraken
- Additional institutional liquidity venue
- Build routing logic for order execution across internal books and external LPs
- Design systems for best execution, liquidity aggregation, pricing, and spread
- management
- Implement exchange connectivity using REST and WebSocket APIs
- Build reconciliation and monitoring systems for LP balances, orders, fills, and
- settlements
- Support treasury movement between external exchanges and internal wallets
Custody & Wallet Infrastructure
- Design and manage wallet infrastructure using Fireblocks
- Integrate Fireblocks MPC wallets, vaults, whitelisting, transaction approval flows,
- and policy engines
- Build secure crypto deposit and withdrawal pipelines
- Support hot wallet, cold wallet, and treasury management flows
- Integrate multiple blockchain networks and asset types
- Build systems for blockchain confirmations, monitoring, indexing, and transaction reconciliation.
Compliance & Risk Systems
- Integrate Chainalysis KYT into deposit, withdrawal, and wallet monitoring
- workflows
- Build AML, sanctions screening, transaction monitoring, and risk flagging
- processes
- Create automated workflows for blocked deposits, manual reviews, and
- compliance escalation
- Implement audit trails and compliance reporting capabilities
- Design systems aligned with regulated exchange and MSB requirements
Fiat & Banking Integration
- Integrate OpenPayd or equivalent provider for:
- Virtual IBANs
- Fiat deposits and withdrawals
- Bank transfer reconciliation
- Multi-currency account management
- Build fiat wallet and balance management systems
- Design reconciliation between banking infrastructure, customer balances, and crypto treasury
Scalability, Reliability & Security
- Build highly available, fault-tolerant back-end systems
- Design infrastructure capable of supporting institutional trading volumes
- Implement monitoring, logging, alerting, and operational dashboards
- Ensure strong security across wallet infrastructure, APIs, authentication, and
- settlement systems
- Perform architecture reviews, security reviews, and incident response planning
Required Experience
- 7+ years of back-end, fintech, or distributed systems engineering experience
- 3+ years of direct experience building or operating a centralized crypto currency exchange
- Proven experience building exchange infrastructure that includes:
- Spot trading
- OTC trading
- Wallet and custody systems
- Liquidity provider integrations
- Fiat banking integrations
- Prior hands-on experience with:
- Fireblocks
- Chainalysis KYT
- Crypt.com institutional or exchange connectivity
- Kraken institutional or exchange connectivity
- OpenPayd or similar banking provider
- Experience working in regulated crypt, payments, fintech, or MSB environments
Technical Skills
- Strong back-end engineering experience in G, Rust, Java, C#, or similar languages
- Experience designing distributed systems and financial transaction platforms
- Strong knowledge of:
- REST APIs
- WebSocket integrations
- Event-driven systems
- PostgreSQL, Redis, Kafka
- Understanding of:
- Exchange order lifecycle
- Trade settlement and reconciliation
- Treasury operations
- Fiat and crypto accounting
- Experience with blockchain networks, wallet infrastructure, and transaction monitoring
- Familiarity with cloud infrastructure, Linux, Docker, and production operations
Highly Preferred
- Previously built a centralized exchange from scratch
- Experience running institutional OTC desks or liquidity operations
- Existing knowledge of Crypt.com, Kraken, Fireblocks, Chainalysis, and OpenPayd production environments
- Experience with multi-jurisdiction compliance and AML processes
- Experience with treasury management and exchange operations
- Strong understanding of crypto market structure, liquidity, spreads, and execution
Ideal Candidate
- Has personally built or significantly contributed ta centralized crypto exchange
- Understands both the technical and operational side of running an exchange
- Can independently design systems and lead implementation
- Comfortable working closely with compliance, operations, treasury, and product teams.
- Security-focused, detail-oriented, and highly accountable
- Thrives in a high-responsibility, execution-focused environment
What You'll Get
- Ownership of the core exchange architecture.
- Opportunity to build a regulated crypto exchange platform from the ground up.
- Direct influence over trading, custody, liquidity, banking, and compliance systems.
- Work with an experienced team building real-world financial infrastructure.
- Long-term growth in a highly technical and strategic role.
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