Middleware Senior Architect at OKX

OKX is seeking a Middleware Senior Architect to join their team in Hong Kong. The successful candidate will be responsible for the overall architecture design and optimization of microservice governance frameworks, RPC frameworks, MQ messaging middlewares, and data middlewares. The Middleware Senior Architect will conduct in-depth research and select appropriate technical solutions, driving the selection and implementation of middleware technologies to ensure high availability, scalability, and security of the system. The ideal candidate will possess top-level design capabilities for complex systems, able to independently complete the entire process from requirement analysis to technical solution design.

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the overall architecture design and optimization of microservice governance frameworks (e.g., SpringCloud), RPC frameworks, MQ messaging middlewares (e.g., Kafka), and data middlewares (including RDB databases such as MySQL, NOSQL such as Redis, Elastic Search, etc.).
• Conduct in-depth research and select appropriate technical solutions, driving the selection and implementation of middleware technologies to ensure high availability, scalability, and security of the system.
• Proficient in microservices frameworks such as Spring Boot and Spring Cloud, responsible for customized development and performance tuning of the frameworks.
• Deep understanding of RPC communication mechanisms and the working principles of message queues, optimizing message transmission efficiency and resolving data consistency issues in distributed systems.
• Combine business requirements to design efficient data storage solutions, optimizing data access performance and cost.
• Responsible for the integrated deployment, monitoring and alerting, troubleshooting, and emergency response of middleware systems, improving operational efficiency and system stability.
• Keep abreast of industry trends, introduce new technologies and concepts, and promote team technical capabilities.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree or above in Computer Science or a related field, with a solid foundation in computer science.
• Over 10 years of software development experience, with at least 6 years of experience in middleware or distributed system architecture design, and successful cases of large-scale project or complex system architecture design.
• Proficient in microservice architecture design and implementation, familiar with RPC frameworks such as Spring Cloud and Dubbo, as well as messaging middlewares like Kafka and RabbitMQ.
• Deep understanding of the design and optimization of NoSQL databases such as Redis and MongoDB, as well as relational databases like MySQL.
• Familiar with the use and optimization of search engines such as Elastic Search.
• Practical experience with configuration centers such as Nacos and Apollo, as well as containerization technologies like Kong API Gateway and Kubernetes (K8S).
• Understanding of distributed coordination services such as etcd and Zookeeper, and have some understanding and practical experience in cutting-edge technologies such as ServiceMesh, Sidecar, and eBPF.
• Possess top-level design capabilities for complex systems, able to independently complete the entire process from requirement analysis to technical solution design.
• Excellent logical thinking and problem-solving skills, able to quickly locate and resolve system bottlenecks and difficult issues.
• Good communication and coordination skills, a strong sense of teamwork, able to effectively manage project timelines and lead the team to achieve goals. Mandarin speaker is a plus.
• Maintain curiosity about new technologies and be willing to continuously learn and apply them in practical work.