About the Role

Our internal platform engineering team builds and maintains the systems that drive enterprise efficiency and support OKX's rapid global growth. As a Senior Staff Engineer, you'll be a key technical leader — driving architecture decisions, solving complex engineering challenges, and raising the technical bar across the organisation.

Responsibilities

• Own and drive architecture and design for large-scale, complex internal platform systems
• Define and influence the long-term technical roadmap, ensuring scalability and reliability at global scale
• Lead platform modernisation initiatives — architecture evolution, technical debt reduction, and reliability improvements
• Collaborate closely with Engineering, Product, and Business stakeholders to deliver robust, scalable solutions
• Champion AI and intelligent automation adoption to improve operational efficiency at scale
• Provide technical mentorship and guidance to senior engineers across teams

Requirements

• Bachelor's or above in CS/Engineering
• 8+ years in software engineering with a strong track record of technical leadership at scale
• Deep Java expertise with extensive large-scale distributed systems experience
• Hands-on architecture ownership across complex, cross-team platform delivery — from design to production
• Expert-level proficiency with: Kafka, RocketMQ, Redis, MySQL, Elasticsearch, Spring/Spring Boot
• Strong communication and influencing skills — able to align cross-functional stakeholders without direct authority
• Bilingual in Mandarin and English

Benefits

• Competitive total compensation package
• L&D programs and Education subsidy for employees' growth and development
• Various team building programs and company events

Compensation

$98K-$162K

Location

Greater China (Remote); Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR