Principal Backend Development Engineer (Java)

Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Company

hirify.global is a cryptocurrency exchange and digital financial platform serving users across trading, payments, wealth management, custody, institutional services, and Web3.

What you will do

• Develop trading and asset technology to improve user trading experiences and support stable business growth.
• Own the full lifecycle of core features, including design, development, testing, deployment, production data analysis, optimization, and troubleshooting.
• Apply Java architecture, performance optimization, and high-availability principles to improve critical system paths.
• Plan and build unified frameworks, platforms, and components for current and future systems.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and apply innovative solutions to business-driven technical challenges.

Requirements

• 5+ years of software development and design experience.
• Strong Java fundamentals, including I/O, multithreading, collections, object-oriented design, and JVM internals.
• Experience with Spring, Spring MVC, and MyBatis, including their core concepts and implementation principles.
• Hands-on experience with at least one mainstream relational or non-relational database.
• Experience designing and implementing distributed systems involving distributed computing, caching, messaging, search, and recommendation mechanisms.

Nice to have

• Proficiency with AI-powered development tools such as Claude Code or Cursor.

Culture & Benefits

• Study Growth Fund supporting professional development and continuous learning.
• Regular team-building activities, workshops, and internal events.
• Collaboration with an international team across multiple countries and regions.
• Career advancement and internal mobility opportunities.