Senior Backend Engineer

Senior Backend Engineer - Stablecoin Infrastructure

Location: Remote - Based in EST timezone

Compensation: $175K - $225K

We are a technology company building a full-service platform that transforms how money moves. Our mission is to make digital dollars the core of a new, global financial fabric—faster, more efficient, and universally accessible. We are creating foundational infrastructure that makes issuing, managing, and integrating stable, dollar-based value on-chain seamless for developers, fintechs, and institutions. We are backed by world-class investors and are growing a team to reimagine how value moves online.

We are seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to accelerate the delivery of both critical internal tooling and high-impact customer-facing products. You will join a small, high-performance team that applies the discipline of high-performance finance to a fast-moving, crypto-native startup environment.

In this role, you will:

• Design, build, and operate backend services with a strong focus on reliability, performance, and developer experience.
• Work closely with cross-functional teams, taking ownership of critical systems across the platform.
• Shape technical standards and ensure operational excellence for our core services.
• Work within a modern stack that includes TypeScript, REST APIs, Docker, Kubernetes, Prometheus, and Grafana.
• Contribute to a tight-knit team that values clear thinking, extreme ownership, and high-velocity decision-making.

Requirements

• Experience: 5+ years of backend service development experience, with 3+ years working specifically in TypeScript/Node.js.
• Data Fluency: Fluency with relational databases and SQL.
• Production Reliability: Proven ability to ship production systems with high uptime and minimal maintenance burden.
• Code Standards: Strong commitment to clean code principles and comprehensive automated testing.
• APIs: Deep understanding of API design, versioning, documentation, and modern authentication patterns.
• Collaboration: Excellent communication skills and experience collaborating in remote, asynchronous teams.

Preferred Qualifications (Nice-to-Haves):

• Experience in fast-paced, high-growth startup environments.
• Familiarity with performance profiling, latency reduction, and service-level adherence.
• Background in designing and operating event-driven architectures.
• Expertise with core infrastructure tools: Docker, Kubernetes, Prometheus, and Grafana.
• Experience integrating or interacting with blockchain node software (e.g., geth, Solana validators).
• Passion for building internal tools that improve developer productivity and operational efficiency.

Benefits

• Mission: Work at the forefront of financial innovation, building foundational infrastructure that aims to transform how money moves globally.
• Culture: Join a small, mission-driven team with a high bar for excellence, valuing clear thinking, extreme ownership, and high-velocity decision making.
• Impact: Build services that make digital dollars programmable, composable, and ubiquitous.
• Backing: Join a well-funded company backed by world-class investors (details to be shared in the interview process).
• Team: Opportunity to work with leaders who bring the discipline of high-performance finance teams and the creativity of a fast-moving crypto-native startup.
• Compensation & Package: Competitive salary ($175K - $225K) and benefits package (to be discussed based on experience and location).

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