Backend Engineer – Service Monitoring & Observability

Binance is a globally recognized blockchain organization responsible for the leading cryptocurrency exchange. They cater to over 280 million users worldwide, offering top-tier security, transparency, fast trading services, liquidity, and a diverse range of digital asset products. Binance's services encompass trading, finance, education, research, payments, institutional solutions, Web3 features, and more, all aimed at fostering financial accessibility and innovation globally.

Responsibilities

• Lead or participate in crafting and developing service monitoring tools, such as log management, performance metrics integration, and automated anomaly detection systems.
• Construct and enhance observability solutions utilizing tools like Prometheus, Grafana, Spring Boot Actuator, focusing on deployment, fine-tuning, and stability enhancements.
• Develop tailored monitoring metrics (e.g., JVM memory usage, API response latency) for integration into Prometheus/Grafana, enabling visualization and alert configuration.
• Analyze extensive monitoring data to pinpoint performance issues like slow queries, latency spikes, or resource conflicts and steer optimizations.
• Collaborate with backend, SRE, and platform teams to augment system reliability, scalability, and comprehensive real-time service monitoring.
• Contribute to internal tool development, automation frameworks, and observability guidelines to uplift monitoring standards within the engineering setup.

Requirements

• Strong background in backend engineering with proficient Java skills, particularly in Spring Boot, microservices, multithreading, and JVM performance optimization.
• Proficiency in Java, adept at microservices architecture, multithreading, and JVM tuning.
• Experience with popular monitoring ecosystems like Prometheus, Grafana, Spring Boot Actuator, including hands-on deployment and setup in live environments.
• Hands-on experience in creating custom metrics, dashboards, alert rules, and troubleshooting end-to-end system performance challenges.
• Familiarity with database and middleware performance diagnostics, e.g., slow SQL queries, Redis/Kafka latency, and connection pool optimization.
• Sound knowledge of system-level performance aspects such as CPU, memory, I/O, garbage collection, network stack, and more.
• Working experience with Go or Rust is advantageous.
• Analytical aptitude, take-charge attitude, and comfortable in a fast-paced, highly dispersed work atmosphere.

Why Binance

• Contribute to shaping the future alongside the top blockchain ecosystem globally.
• Collaborate with exceptional talents in a global, user-centric environment with a flat organizational structure.
• Engage in unique, fast-paced projects with independence in an innovative setting.
• Grow professionally within a results-driven workplace with learning opportunities.
• Competitive salary and benefits package.
• Flexible work arrangements, potentially as work-from-home based on business team requirements.

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