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title: '(Senior) Backend Engineer at nahc.io'
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# (Senior) Backend Engineer at nahc.io

- **Company:** nahc.io
- **Location:** Taipei, Taiwan
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** onsite
- **Posted:** 2026-08-17
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-10
- **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/nahc/47974b51-96f1-42f3-a7b8-4904f76f6e8e

## Job description

We're working with a specialist investment technology firm that is building and scaling the technology behind its investment and trading operations.

This is a great opportunity for a strong backend engineer who wants more than just another feature-development role.

You'll work on systems handling real-time market data, portfolio accounting, risk, performance analytics and trading operations - with data flowing directly from major exchanges and financial data providers.

The engineering team is intentionally small, which means you'll have significant ownership and influence. You'll help design systems, make architecture decisions, write production code, deploy what you build, and see your work used by the investment team every day.

What you will do:

- Build backend services supporting portfolio monitoring, accounting, risk and investment operations
- Design reliable APIs and internal services using Python
- Build data pipelines handling high-volume market and trading data
- Integrate with major exchanges and financial data providers through REST and WebSocket APIs
- Work with market data at tick-level granularity
- Build systems that calculate NAV, returns, risk and performance metrics
- Design and evolve PostgreSQL databases for performance and reliability
- Improve observability, monitoring, alerting and production reliability
- Deploy and operate your own services in AWS
- Participate in system design and make architectural decisions — including understanding and explaining the trade-offs
- Establish better engineering practices around testing, CI/CD, code reviews and production operations

What you will need:

- 4+ years of professional backend engineering experience
- Strong Python development experience
- Strong SQL and PostgreSQL skills
- Experience designing and building backend systems that run in production
- Experience developing REST APIs
- Experience deploying and operating services on AWS
- Experience with production operations — monitoring, alerting, troubleshooting and performance optimisation
- Experience working with financial data, market data, exchange APIs or other data-intensive systems
- Able to make architectural decisions and clearly explain the reasoning and trade-offs behind them
- Comfortable taking ownership of systems beyond simply writing code

## About nahc.io

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: A full-service recruitment agency providing talent acquisition and human capital solutions for startups and innovative companies across Asia.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Bootstrapped, no funding rounds disclosed)
- **Headquarters**: Hong Kong, Hong Kong (with offices in Singapore and Taipei)
- **Founded**: 2019
- **Founders**: Lawrence Chan (Co-founder & CEO), Cicely Leung (Co-founder & Head of Recruitment – Tech & Digital), Zoie Lin (Co-founder & Head of Recruitment – Commercial & Operations), Charlotte Wong (Co-founder & Head of Client Engagement & Partnerships)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Human Resources Services (Recruitment & Staffing)
- **Target customers**: B2B – startups, innovative companies, and businesses undergoing transformation in Asia
- **Mission/purpose**: “To empower people to make the best informed decision for their career or for their business in talent recruitment.” The company aims to change the recruitment industry by offering a non-transactional, relationship-driven experience.

## Products & Services
- **Talent Acquisition**: Core recruitment services covering Sales, Marketing, Information Technology, Human Resources, Strategy & Operations, Finance, and Web3. The firm vets and shares candidate profiles quickly (48-hour turnaround) and boasts a 94% probation pass rate for placed candidates.
- **Bespoke Human Capital Solutions**: Advisory services for scaling companies, including remote worker hiring and remote office setup, employer branding, HR systems/process setup, and startup hiring/scaling advisory.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation**: Not disclosed (privately held)
- **Key Metric**: Annual revenue estimated between $1M–$5M (per LinkedIn company data)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: No external investors identified; the firm appears to be bootstrapped. Key partnerships are not publicly listed.
- **Growth Signals**:
  - LinkedIn followers: 1,825 (+9.2% year-over-year)
  - Expanding presence: active hiring for a Business Development Manager in Taipei (Taiwan) as of early 2026
  - 11,000+ candidates in their talent community across APAC
  - However, headcount declined 22.2% YoY to 4 employees (as of latest data), indicating a lean, focused team.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Relationship-first approach**: Emphasizes long-term relationships over transactional placements, building trust with both clients and candidates.
- **Asia-specific expertise**: Deep understanding of the Asian startup ecosystem, with offices in Hong Kong, Singapore, and now Taipei.
- **High-quality placements**: 94% of placed candidates pass probation, and the firm provides a 48-hour profile turnaround.
- **Bespoke solutions**: Offers not just recruitment but full human capital advisory (HR systems, employer branding, remote setup) – a differentiator for early-stage companies.

## Strategic Focus
- **Geographic expansion**: Moving into new markets like Taiwan (Taipei) while solidifying presence in Hong Kong and Singapore.
- **Scaling human capital solutions**: Growing the advisory side of the business (HR systems, remote hiring, employer branding) to become a holistic partner for startups.
- **Investing in people**: Committed to continuous skills training for its own team, aiming to build a talent advisory force that can provide genuine, ethical recommendations.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture & values**: “People-first” ethos with a strong emphasis on ethical conduct, transparency, and long-term relationships. The team is small (4 people), offering direct mentorship from the founders.
- **Growth opportunities**: The firm “invests in our people through continuous skills training and new opportunities.” Internships are available for university students, providing hands-on experience mentored by founders.
- **Work environment**: Offices in Hong Kong (Sheung Wan) and Singapore (Vision Exchange). The Taipei role is listed as on-site. Remote/hybrid policy is not explicitly stated, but the company advises on remote hiring for clients.
- **Unique perk**: The company uses AI tools to support hiring (resume review, analysis) but notes that final decisions are made by humans – transparency in their own hiring process.
- **Impact**: As a small team, employees can directly shape the company’s growth and have a tangible impact on candidates’ careers and clients’ businesses.

## Sources
1. [nahc.io](https://www.nahc.io/)
2. [nahc.io/about-us](https://www.nahc.io/about-us)
3. [nahc.io/join-us](https://www.nahc.io/join-us)
4. [linkedin.com/company/nahc-io](https://linkedin.com/company/nahc-io)
5. [jobs.lever.co/nahc](https://jobs.lever.co/nahc)

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