Backend Architect, Binance Pay & Card
What engineering roles in crypto pay
183 salaries · our own dataMost engineering roles in crypto pay between $146k and $267k, with a median of $205k.
As a Backend Architect on Binance's Pay&Card team, you will architect and build card-related systems end to end. You work closely with cross-functional teams to design scalable, secure, and compliant infrastructure that supports card systems and lifecycle management for a global payment platform serving 300+ million users.
What you'll do
- Architect, build, and maintain backend systems for card issuing and card lifecycle management
- Lead the technical design and implementation of card certification processes including Visa, MasterCard, Apple Pay and Google Pay onboarding programs
- Define and drive the system architecture, service boundaries, and integration patterns for card platform services
- Ensure system reliability, scalability, and compliance with payment network standards
- Collaborate with product, compliance, and engineering teams to translate business requirements into technical specifications
- Establish engineering best practices, code quality standards, and technical documentation for the team
- Work hands-on building systems, not in a pure advisory capacity
What you bring
- 8+ years of backend engineering experience with strong Java and Spring expertise
- Direct experience building or maintaining a card system
- Experience with card certification processes or card onboarding programs
- Strong system design and architecture skills, including distributed systems and high-throughput payment infrastructure
- Understanding of card network standards, payment flows, and compliance requirements
Nice to have
- Experience at a fintech, startup, or crypto company that has issued cards
- Familiarity with card lifecycle management, tokenization, and payment gateway integrations
- Experience working in agile environments with short release cycles
What we offer
- Competitive salary and company benefits
- Remote-first, work-from-home arrangement
- Opportunities for career growth and continuous learning
About Binance
Binance is a leading global blockchain ecosystem and the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume and registered users, trusted by 300+ million people in 100+ countries. The company offers trading, finance, education, research, payments, institutional services, and more, with a mission to increase financial freedom and access worldwide.
Context for this role
From the live jobs we track on CryptoJobsHQ, updated daily.
Binance has 117 open roles on CryptoJobsHQ: 30 in Security, 20 in Engineering and 13 in Legal & Compliance. 94% are fully remote, most of the rest in Brazil and the UAE. 19 were posted in the last 7 days.
All 117 Binance roles →1,845 Infrastructure roles are open across crypto right now.
Browse Infrastructure Jobs →- Senior Fullstack Engineer at PayStand · Hybrid
- Senior Blockchain Developer at Cluster Protocol · On-site
- DeFiner Full Stack Developer at Definer · On-site
- Front End Web Developer at BlockSpaces · Remote
