Software Engineer I (Remote - US only)

Remote-first role; the employer expects engineers to meet in person for quarterly team working sessions. A large, fast-growing crypto and fintech company is hiring a backend software engineer for its developer platform payments team. The team builds infrastructure that lets businesses embed stablecoin-based payments, payouts, deposits and withdrawals into their own products. The work centers on fast, secure and scalable money movement across distributed systems.

What you'll do

• Own projects end-to-end as the directly responsible individual, taking stablecoin money movement features from system design through production launch.
• Build backend services, infrastructure and internal and external APIs that partners use to add stablecoin payments.
• Work with product, design, infrastructure and compliance teams to turn requirements into solutions that balance speed, security and regulatory needs.
• Find and fix performance, scalability and reliability bottlenecks in distributed systems before they affect customers.
• Raise engineering quality through code reviews, architecture best practices and shared patterns.

What you need

• At least 2 years of experience building and operating backend systems, ideally in fintech, payments or crypto.
• Proficiency in backend languages such as Go or Java and in cloud platforms such as AWS or GCP, with hands-on experience designing distributed systems and APIs.
• A track record of leading technical projects from design through production deployment.
• Experience with blockchain technologies such as stablecoins, on-chain payments or smart contract platforms is strongly valued.
• Ability to write technical design documents and explain architecture trade-offs to product and engineering stakeholders.
• Uses generative AI responsibly, with human oversight, to improve workflow efficiency, cost and quality.

Applicants must be based in: United States.

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