Develop and maintain backend services for Binance Pay and Card, including scalable APIs, microservices, distributed transaction systems, and financial workflows. Work with databases, caches, queues, observability tools, and reliability practices. Troubleshoot production issues, write tested code, participate in reviews, and collaborate with product and engineering teams. This is an early-career accelerator internship for current students and recent graduates.
Binance is a leading global blockchain ecosystem behind the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume and registered users. Binance is trusted by more than 320 million people in 100+ countries for its industry-leading security, transparency, trading engine speed, protections for investors, and unmatched portfolio of digital asset products and offerings from trading and finance to education, research, social good, payments, institutional services, and Web3 features. Binance is devoted to building an inclusive crypto ecosystem to increase the freedom of money and financial access for people around the world with crypto as the fundamental means.
About Binance Accelerator Program
Binance Accelerator Program (BAP) is a 3-6 month internship program designed for Early Career talent to have firsthand experience in the rapidly expanding digital assets space. You will be given the opportunity to develop your skills at Binance and understand what it’s like to work at the world's leading blockchain ecosystem. As part of your internship in the BAP, there will also be opportunities for networking and development, which will expand your professional network and build transferable skills to propel you forward in your career. Learn about the BAP Program HERE.
Who may apply
Current university students and recent graduates.
*Terms of employment / engagement shall be subject to contract and local applicable laws
As a Backend Engineer on the Pay & Card team, you will work on backend systems powering crypto and fiat payment experiences for users and merchants globally.You will collaborate with backend engineers, product managers, QA engineers, and other cross-functional teams to build reliable, secure, and scalable payment services. You will gain hands-on experience with high-throughput transaction systems, distributed architectures, payment processing, and financial infrastructure.
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, test, and maintain backend services supporting Binance Pay and Card products.
- Build scalable APIs and microservices for payment processing, transaction management, merchant services, and related financial workflows.
- Participate in the development of distributed systems handling high-volume and latency-sensitive transactions.
- Work with databases, caching systems, message queues, and other infrastructure components to improve system performance and reliability.
- Implement robust transaction workflows with appropriate handling for retries, idempotency, concurrency, and failure scenarios.
- Assist with troubleshooting production issues through logs, metrics, tracing, and root-cause analysis.
- Write clean, maintainable, well-tested code and participate in code reviews.
- Collaborate with product and engineering teams to translate business requirements into technical solutions.
- Contribute to improvements in system reliability, observability, security, and engineering practices.
Requirements
- Currently pursuing a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field.
- Strong foundation in data structures, algorithms, object-oriented programming, and computer science fundamentals.
- Proficiency in at least one backend programming language such as Java, Go, C++, Python, or a similar language.
- Understanding of relational databases and SQL, including indexes, transactions, and database design fundamentals.
- Familiarity with RESTful APIs, HTTP, networking, and client-server architecture.
- Understanding of operating systems, concurrency, and common backend engineering concepts.
- Ability to write clear, maintainable code and reason systematically about technical problems.
- Strong communication skills and willingness to learn in a fast-moving engineering environment.
Nice to Have
- Familiarity with MySQL/PostgreSQL, Redis, Kafka, or other message-queue technologies.
- Understanding of distributed-system concepts such as consistency, availability, replication, caching, asynchronous processing, and fault tolerance.
- Knowledge of payment concepts such as authorization, capture, settlement, refunds, reconciliation, chargebacks, and payment lifecycle management.
- Previous backend engineering internship, personal project, hackathon, or open-source experience.
- Interest in cryptocurrency, blockchain, fintech, and payment infrastructure.
Why Binance
• Shape the future with the world’s leading blockchain ecosystem
• Collaborate with world-class talent in a user-centric global organization with a flat structure
• Tackle unique, fast-paced projects with autonomy in an innovative environment
• Thrive in a results-driven workplace with opportunities for career growth and continuous learning
• Competitive salary and company benefits
• Work-from-home arrangement (the arrangement may vary depending on the work nature of the business team)
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