# Senior Software Engineer

**Company:** [Catena Labs](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/catena-labs)
**Location:** Remote
**Role:** Fullstack Engineering
**Experience:** 6+ years
**Skills:** Python, TypeScript, Go, React, Full Stack Development, Backend Architecture, APIs, SDKs, Cryptographic Identity Management, Scalable Infrastructure
**Posted:** 2026-05-19

> Senior Software Engineer building applications, APIs, and SDKs for AI agents to interact with financial systems at an AI-native financial institution. Requires 6+ years full stack experience.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Build Agent Interaction Layers: Develop robust applications, APIs, and SDKs that enable secure communication, collaboration, and transactions between AI agents and users.
- Develop Core Product Experiences: Build elegant and efficient systems to handle cryptographic identity management, payment workflows, and transaction processing within the ACK framework.
- Engineer Agent-Native Financial Systems: Design and implement end-to-end user experiences tailored for AI agents, ensuring secure and reliable financial interactions.
- Create Identity and Reputation Tools: Engineer systems that empower agents to establish digital identities, discover peers, and manage their reputations effectively.
- Contribute to Scalable Infrastructure: Build performant backend services and scalable APIs that ensure rapid and secure coordination among decentralized AI agents.

## Requirements
- 6+ years of full stack engineering experience, with a strong foundation in backend architecture as well as experience delivering user-facing products.
- Track record of shipping complex production-quality products from initial concept to production.
- Committed to building performant, reliable, and secure systems with polished and intuitive user experiences.
- Comfortable working in ambiguous environments, capable of independently designing and implementing technical solutions from the ground up.
- Genuine curiosity for emerging technologies like AI agents, stablecoins, and programmable identity, with desire and self-initiative to learn and apply them.
- Effectively leverage AI tools in your workflow to multiply productivity and streamline development processes.

## Nice to Haves
- Hands-on experience building AI-driven solutions or integrating with modern AI toolkits.
- Experience in fintech, payments, or blockchain development.
- Proficiency with Python, TypeScript, Go, React.
- Contributions to relevant open-source projects.

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