Binance
World's largest crypto exchange (200M+ users): trading, wallet, staking, education. Founded 2017. Chose Abu Dhabi as HQ in Dec 2025. ~5,000 staff. Rebuilt governance after a 2023 US settlement.
What is Binance?
Binance is the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, offering spot and derivatives trading, a crypto wallet, staking and other earn products, an NFT marketplace, and educational resources through Binance Academy and Binance Research, to a global user base reported above 200 million people. It was founded in 2017 by Changpeng Zhao, widely known as "CZ." Binance's history includes a significant regulatory chapter worth knowing plainly: in 2023, the company reached a $4.3 billion settlement with the US Department of Justice over failures to implement effective anti-money-laundering controls, and CZ pleaded guilty, stepped down as CEO, and later served a prison sentence in the United States. Since then, Binance has built out more formal corporate governance, appointing its first board of directors in April 2024, and is led by CEO Richard Teng, with Yi He appointed co-CEO in 2025. For years Binance operated without a single official headquarters; in December 2025 it chose Abu Dhabi, in the United Arab Emirates, as its base, securing financial licenses within the Abu Dhabi Global Market. The company employs roughly 5,000 people globally, including about 1,000 in the UAE, with a long-standing culture of remote and distributed work across many countries.
Mission & values
Increase the freedom of money for people around the world by building the infrastructure for a more inclusive, decentralized financial system.
Qualifications
Binance hires across the functions of a very large, global financial-technology and exchange company. On the technical side: software engineering (backend, frontend, mobile, and the high-throughput trading and matching-engine systems a major exchange requires), security engineering (a critical function given the value it secures), data engineering and analytics, and product management and design. Because it operates as a regulated or regulation-seeking financial business in many jurisdictions, it hires heavily in compliance, anti-money-laundering (AML) and financial-crime, risk, and legal, alongside customer support and operations at global scale. It also hires business development and partnerships, marketing, research and education (Binance Academy/Research), finance, and people functions. Application flow lives at binance.com/en/careers. Binance has a long history of remote and distributed hiring across many countries, so many roles can be genuinely remote, though eligible countries, work authorization, and any office expectations vary by posting and by role, compliance and some regulated roles in particular may require specific locations or clearances. Given the company's regulatory history, compliance and legal roles carry real weight and rigor. Check each posting for details.
Leadership
Richard Teng
Chief Executive Officer
CEO of Binance, having succeeded founder Changpeng Zhao in 2023. Previously a regulator and financial-services executive in Asia, Teng has led Binance through building out formal corporate governance, including its first board of directors in 2024.
Yi He
Co-Chief Executive Officer
Co-founded Binance in 2017 and was appointed co-CEO in 2025 alongside Richard Teng, having previously led its marketing and community growth to a global user base of 200 million-plus.
Changpeng Zhao
Founder (former CEO)
Founded Binance in 2017 and led it as CEO until 2023, when he stepped down and pleaded guilty as part of a $4.3 billion settlement between Binance and the US Department of Justice over anti-money-laundering compliance failures.
Hiring process
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Apply at binance.com careers
Browse engineering, security, compliance/AML, risk, legal, product, research/education, and business roles across Binance's global, distributed team and submit through its careers site.
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Recruiter screen
Confirms role fit, level, eligible country and work authorization, remote vs any office expectations, and pay.
About 7 days
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Technical or role-specific interview
Engineering/security: coding and system design, often at high scale. Compliance/legal: a regulatory scenario. Product/research: a case.
About 10 days
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Panel interviews
Cross-functional interviews with the team and stakeholders on depth, judgment, and fit, especially for compliance and risk-adjacent roles.
About 10 days
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Offer
Offer aligned to role and location, with equity or incentives where applicable.
About 7 days
Funding
Awards & recognition
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World's largest cryptocurrency exchange, 200M+ users · 2025
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Established first board of directors and formal corporate governance · 2024
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Chose Abu Dhabi, UAE as its official headquarters · 2025
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Company information
- Industry: Cryptocurrency Exchange / Fintech
- Location: Abu Dhabi, UAE (global, distributed team; remote-friendly)
- Founded: 2017
- Employees: 5,000
- Website: www.binance.com ↗
- LinkedIn: Company page ↗