Senior Backend Developer
Axi
About the role
Please note that we will only be able to accept candidates who have the appropriate rights and documentation for employment in India.
Who We Are.
Axi Digital is a leading global provider of margin and deliverable Foreign Exchange, Contracts for Difference (CFDs), and Financial Spread betting. Our business has evolved into a world-class, multifaceted brokerage with offices in six regions. With heavy investment in the latest trading technology, Axi seeks to offer the most comprehensive end-to-end trading experience available, servicing traders of all levels from beginners to institutional-level clients.
Let's talk about the cool stuff you will do at Axi Digital!
As a Senior Backend Developer at Axi Digital, you will play a key role in building the next generation of backend systems powering our Crypto & Trading products. You will work on highly scalable, low-latency systems and contribute to the development of mission-critical trading infrastructure from the ground up. This is an exciting opportunity to work on niche, high-impact products in the crypto and trading space, collaborating with high-performing teams across Spot Trading, Futures Trading, Asset Management, and Customer Onboarding. If building robust backend architectures, solving complex engineering challenges, and working in an AI-first development environment excites you, this role is for you.
Your EDGE Assignment/You Will
Design, implement, and maintain backend services, APIs, and data processing systems.
Collaborate with product managers and frontend engineers to build robust, scalable features.
Write clean, efficient, and well-tested code following modern development practices.
Participate in system design discussions, architecture reviews, and code reviews.
Improve service performance, scalability, reliability, and observability.
Help evolve our micro-services architecture and CI/CD pipelines.
Identify and reduce technical debt, proposing sustainable long-term solutions.
Monitor, identify and optimize performance bottlenecks.
Mentor junior engineers through design guidance, reviews, and knowledge sharing.
Contribute to backend best practices, documentation, and team processes.
Are you the one?
4–8 years of experience in backend engineering, with strong expertise in building scalable distributed systems.
Strong hands-on experience in Java and Spring Boot development.
Experience designing and building backend APIs, microservices, and event-driven systems.
Strong understanding of software engineering fundamentals, system design, scalability, and performance optimization.
Exposure to AI-first coding practices, developer productivity tools, or engineering automation is highly preferred.
Experience working on highly scalable, real-time, or low-latency systems is a strong plus.
Familiarity with CQRS or Event Sourcing patterns is good to have.
Exposure to Terraform or infrastructure-as-code concepts is preferred.
Strong problem-solving mindset with o