Full-Stack Engineer (DeFi / Trading) - Hybrid Dubai / EU Bucharest

Full-Stack Engineer (DeFi / Trading) - Hybrid Dubai / EU
Bucureşti
Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania

About the company

Our client is a Web3 development studio focused on decentralized trading products and tools for the De
Fi community.

Already generating 7-figure ARR, the company continues to grow rapidly — expanding into new features and market opportunities.

The team works with fast iteration,
- level energy, and full ownership of the products they build — a small,
- impact group where every engineer has a visible impact.

Location & work mode

Hybrid: we spend ~6–7 months per year in Dubai and the rest in Europe.
Travel and lodging during
- site periods are covered by the company.
Remote from Europe is possible for exceptional engineers able to join us in Dubai for a few months per year.

Compensation

Competitive package (crypto preferred) + stock options / equity with planned reviews.
We focus on
- term partnerships, not
- term gigs.

What you’ll do

• Build and scale decentralized trading products — from web trading interfaces to Telegram trading bots and backend systems.

• Design and implement backend services & APIs for
  - chain execution, routing, pricing, and risk logic.

• Work with smart contracts (Solidity) and
  - chain data (indexing, explorers, mempool/tx decoding).

• Own the entire lifecycle: specification → implementation → deployment → monitoring → iteration.

• Touch the frontend (React/Next. js) enough to ship
  -
  - end.

• Handle pragmatic infrastructure work: deployments, debugging, performance tuning, reliability.

• Contribute to product thinking — shaping features and prioritizing impact.
  
  

You are

• A Swiss-knife engineer — comfortable switching between backend, frontend, infra, and
  - chain work.

• Deep on fundamentals: data structures, scalability, performance, reliability, security mindset.

• Autonomous and
  - moving — no need for
  - management.

• Startup-ready: prefer shipping over bureaucracy, communicate clearly, and take ownership.
  
  

Our client values exceptional ability over years of experience - they welcome both Strong-Middle and Senior engineers, as long as the technical depth is genuine.

Must-have

• Solid backend experience with Type
  Script/Node. js, Python, Go, or Rust.

• Strong API design, data modeling, testing, and production debugging skills.

• Experience delivering in
  - load or
  - paced environments (crypto, trading, or startups).

• Confident with databases (Postgre
  SQL or similar) handling large,
  - growing datasets.

• Hands-on Dev
  Ops mindset - containers, CI/CD, observability, deployments.

• Fluent English; French is a major plus.
  
  

Nice to have

• De
  Fi/Web3 background - Solidity, Ethers. js/Web3. js, DEXs, perps, launchpads, or
  - chain analytics.

• Experience in trading systems (pricing, execution, routing, risk).

• React / Next. js
  - end experience.

• Knowledge of AWS (ECS/EKS, S3, IAM), Grafana / Prometheus / Datadog / Sentry.

• Work with data pipelines for large blockchain datasets.

• Security awareness - keys, permissions,
  - MEV, safe deployments.
  
  

Why this role

• Impact & ownership: small senior team, direct collaboration with CEO & CTO.

• Strong upside: competitive pay + equity.

• Innovation space: decentralized trading,
  - chain indexing, real user scale.

• Lifestyle: mix of Europe & Dubai, travel and lodging fully covered during
  - site months.
  
  

Hiring process

1. Pre-screen call (30 min) with recruiter - discussing your background, motivation, and technical breadth.

2. Profile review by CTO.

3. Intro call with CEO (5–10 min).

4. Technical interview with CTO - live discussion based on your real work (no
   - home tests unless you prefer one).