Fresh Grad Hire - Backend Developer (Observability Platform)

As the "Systems Observability" team for Futu's financial ecosystem, we focus on leveraging technology to gain architectural insights and safeguard business resilience. By joining us, you will:

1. Lead or deeply participate in end-to-end development of our observability stack, tackling complex monitoring challenges in cloud-native environments with cutting-edge solutions to achieve full traceability across distributed systems.
2. Build analytical platforms atop petabytes of observability data, enabling real-time fault detection and localization in multi-cloud hybrid systems to directly enhance the stability of our core trading infrastructure.
3. Drive the integration of LLM with observability data, pioneering AI-powered anomaly detection and automated root cause analysis to evolve observability from reactive tooling to proactive, autonomous system management.

Key Responsibilities

1. Develop and maintain backend services for the observability platform, building efficient and user-friendly observability infrastructure for Futu's business.
2. Participate in system architecture design, assist in optimizing the performance of existing backend services, and improve system stability and scalability.
3. Assist in developing and iterating observability-related functional modules such as monitoring, logging, and alerting.
4. Collaborate closely with frontend, product, and other teams to ensure high-quality and on-time project delivery.
5. Continuously research and explore new technologies to enhance the technical advancement and development efficiency of backend services.
6. Write high-quality technical documentation and participate in code reviews to ensure code quality and standardization.

Requirements

1. Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science or a related field.
2. In-depth understanding of fundamental knowledge such as computer networks, operating systems, and data structures.
3. Proficient in Go programming language, familiar with common frameworks and toolchains. Candidates with internship experience in high-concurrency or distributed system development are preferred.
4. Familiar with common middleware such as MySQL, Redis, and Kafka. Candidates with practical experience are preferred.
5. Strong problem analysis and resolution skills, capable of independently designing and developing modules.
6. High sense of responsibility, excellent communication and teamwork skills, strong cross-team collaboration ability, and resilience under pressure.
7. Passionate about technology, self-driven, and committed to continuous learning and exploration of new domains. Possess good technology awareness, risk identification skills, and a global perspective.
8. Open to candidates graduating between January 2025 and August 2026.
9. Fluent in both English & Chinese.

*Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.