Member of Technical Staff, Financial Infrastructure
Builds secure, scalable infrastructure for institutional digital asset custody, trading, and staking. Requires 8+ years in backend/distributed systems, cloud-native microservices, APIs, with strong CS fundamentals and production ownership.
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About the role
Member of Technical Staff, Financial Infrastructure
Building infrastructure for financial institutions to offer digital asset services like custody, trading, and staking.
Responsibilities
Build secure, scalable infrastructure for digital asset custody, trading, staking, and settlement.
Design virtual accounting layers, API integrations, and multi-tenant architectures.
Drive technical excellence via code reviews, design specs, and mentorship.
Lead cross-functional projects across custody, trading, compliance, and integrations.
Own end-to-end lifecycle of platform features, including on-call.
Collaborate with compliance, legal, security, and clients.
Requirements
8+ years building backend services and distributed systems.
Experience with customer-facing APIs and multi-tenant architectures.
Cloud-native microservices (GCP or similar).
Automated testing, production support, on-call, and incident response.
Strong CS fundamentals (algorithms, data structures, systems design).
Focus on code quality, reliability, security, and business value.
Nice-to-Haves
C++, Go, or Rust.
Kubernetes.
Ledger systems, virtual accounting, or custody infrastructure.
Fintech/banking background.
System security experience.
Regulatory knowledge (SOC 2, etc.).
Crypto/digital assets experience.
Skills
GCPKubernetesGoC++RustAPIsMicroservicesDistributed SystemsLedger Systems
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