Full Stack Engineer (Frontend Oriented) — Identity & Security

Binance
Hong Kong +1 more
On-site

Who this role is best for

Geared toward full-stack engineers with strong frontend expertise and a background in authentication systems, comfortable with building AI-assisted security products across multiple platforms and geographies.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with 3–8 years of experience in full-stack engineering and consumer-facing products
    — “3–8 years of frontend or full stack engineering experience, including consumer-facing products taken from zero to one or evolved over multiple years”
  • Engineers familiar with integrating AI models into frontend and backend systems for high-concurrency use
    — “Collaborate closely with the AI algorithm team to integrate facial recognition, liveness detection, and other AI model capabilities into the product frontend and backend”

Things to consider

  • Mandated fluency in Mandarin for cross-team coordination and stakeholder communication
    — “Fluency in Mandarin is required to be able to coordinate with overseas partners and stakeholders”
  • Role involves maintaining and evolving shared authentication libraries and SDKs used across the company
    — “Maintain and evolve the shared security component and logic libraries consumed by multiple product applications”

How to stand out

  • Highlight experience with React 18+, TypeScript, and multi-step form orchestration in your resume and interviews
    — “Deep proficiency in React 18+ and TypeScript, with solid command of state management, data-fetching patterns, and complex multi-step form and flow orchestration”
  • Emphasize your ability to abstract and model highly branched, stateful flows in your portfolio or past work
    — “A clear methodology for modeling complex flows — authentication and verification are highly branched, stateful, interruptible, and resumable”
  • Showcase your Node.js expertise in server-side rendering, BFF layering, and API aggregation
    — “Production Node.js experience: server-side rendering or isomorphic applications, BFF layering, API aggregation and caching”
  • Demonstrate your ability to use AI-assisted development tools effectively in your daily workflow
    — “Proficient with AI-assisted development tools (Cursor / Claude Code / Copilot, etc.) with practical experience incorporating them into daily development workflows”
  • Include examples of your work on authentication systems that balance security and user experience
    — “Own the multi-factor authentication orchestration layer — verification strategy, step-up logic, and user-level customization — balancing security strength against completion rate with measurable outcomes”
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Team

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What success looks like

  • Design, develop, and maintain login, registration, and account security applications
  • Build in-house AI facial recognition security product
  • Build authentication capabilities
  • Own multi-factor authentication orchestration layer
  • Collaborate with AI algorithm team
Typical background
Experience in full stack developmentStrong proficiency in JavaScript and related frameworksExperience with Node.js and server-side rendering

Skills & requirements

Required

Full Stack DevelopmentIdentity & SecurityAuthenticationMulti-factor AuthenticationAI Facial RecognitionNode.jsServer-side RenderingBFF LayerObservabilityTesting

Preferred

In-house AI Facial Recognition Security ProductKYC VerificationLiveness DetectionFace MatchingPasskeys / Fido2Biometric Flows

Stack & domain

Node.jsWebauthnFido2AI Facial RecognitionMulti-factor AuthenticationAuthentication SdksServer-side RenderingRoute-level Authentication GuardsSession ValidationLocalized RoutingFirst-paint PerformanceBFF LayerAggregating Upstream Security ServicesOnline Inference ServicesHigh-concurrencyLow-latencyObservabilityBuild And Local Development ExperienceFunnel And Event DataCollaborationProblem SolvingTeamworkIdentity & SecurityAuthenticationSecurityKYC VerificationUser Safety

About the role

Original posting from Binance via Greenhouse

Binance is a leading global blockchain ecosystem behind the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume and registered users. We are trusted by 300+ million people in 100+ countries for our industry-leading security, user fund transparency, trading engine speed, deep liquidity, and an unmatched portfolio of digital-asset products. Binance offerings range from trading and finance to education, research, payments, institutional services, and more. Our mission is to increase the freedom of money and financial access for people around the world.

About the Team 

The Identity & Security team owns the front door to Binance. We build and operate the registration, login, and account security experience used by every one of our 300M+ users — social login, OAuth and third-party authorization, multi-factor authentication, passkeys and FIDO2, device management, account activity, and account closure.

We are currently building an in-house AI facial recognition security product for KYC verification and user safety, replacing our existing third-party vendor solution. This is a to-C product serving hundreds of millions of users, directly impacting account security and identity verification experience at scale.

Our work sits where three forces meet: enormous scale, strict security and regulatory constraints, and the reality that one extra verification step can block an attacker or lock out a legitimate user. We ship across web, mobile mini programs, and in-app webviews, and we publish the shared authentication libraries and SDKs that the rest of Binance builds on.

Responsibilities: 

Design, develop, and maintain the login, registration, and account security applications across web and mobile clients

Build the in-house AI facial recognition security product end to end — KYC verification, liveness detection, face matching — replacing the existing third-party vendor solution

Build authentication capabilities end to end: passkeys / FIDO2 (WebAuthn), authenticator apps, security keys, SMS and email verification, and biometric flows

Own the multi-factor authentication orchestration layer — verification strategy, step-up logic, and user-level customization — balancing security strength against completion rate with measurable outcomes

Collaborate closely with the AI algorithm team to integrate facial recognition, liveness detection, and other AI model capabilities into the product frontend and backend, building high-concurrency, low-latency online inference services

Maintain and evolve the shared security component and logic libraries consumed by multiple product applications, and the authentication SDKs published to teams across the company; take responsibility for bundle size, initialization behavior, and backward compatibility

Develop and operate the Node.js server-side layer: server-side rendering, route-level authentication guards, session validation and redirects, localized routing, and first-paint performance

Build and refine the BFF layer — aggregating upstream security services and turning raw error codes into results the frontend can consume and users can act on

Implement platform-specific behavior for web, mini program, and low-end device targets while keeping shared and platform-specific code cleanly separated

Drive engineering quality: unit and end-to-end test coverage, instrumentation and observability, build and local development experience

Use funnel and event data to find drop-off in login and verification flows, and drive optimization from evidence rather than intuition

Collaborate closely with product, design, risk, customer support, backend, iOS, and Android teams; independently own the end-to-end design and delivery of a sub-domain such as passkeys, MFA orchestration, or facial recognition verification

Requirements: 

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent industry experience

3–8 years of frontend or full stack engineering experience, including consumer-facing products taken from zero to one or evolved over multiple years

Strong web fundamentals: HTML, CSS, JavaScript/TypeScript, browser rendering, networking, caching, and performance optimization

Deep proficiency in React 18+ and TypeScript, with solid command of state management, data-fetching patterns, and complex multi-step form and flow orchestration

Production Node.js experience: server-side rendering or isomorphic applications, BFF layering, API aggregation and caching, and the ability to independently debug server-side runtime issues

A clear methodology for modeling complex flows — authentication and verification are highly branched, stateful, interruptible, and resumable, and need to be abstracted into testable, reusable models rather than nested conditionals

Solid engineering practice: modular architecture, component design, unit and E2E testing, CI/CD, and responsible judgment on breaking changes to shared libraries (versioning, staged rollout, rollback)

Proficient with AI-assisted development tools (Cursor / Claude Code / Copilot, etc.) with practical experience incorporating them into daily development workflows

Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills for diagnosing production issues, compatibility problems, and performance bottlenecks independently

Fluency in Mandarin is required to be able to coordinate with overseas partners and stakeholders. Additional languages would be an advantage.

Why Binance

Shape the future of finance 

Collaborate with world-class talent in a user-centric global organization with a flat structure

Tackle challenging projects in a fast-paced and innovative enviornment with autonomy

Thrive in a results-driven workplace with opportunities for career growth and continuous learning

Competitive salary and company benefits

Remote-first, work-from-home arrangement (may vary depending on the nature of the role and team)

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Source: Binance careers (Greenhouse)

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