Backend Engineer, Crypto
Builds and maintains backend services for crypto products, designs secure APIs and event-driven architectures for high-volume transactions, ensures scalability with platform teams. Requires 5+ years backend experience, L2 blockchains, Node.js or similar, cloud-native tech.
About the job
Responsibilities
- Build and maintain backend services that enable our crypto product
- Design APIs and event-driven architectures to handle high-volume transaction processing securely and efficiently
- Partner with platform and infrastructure engineers to ensure scalability, observability, and resilience
- Contribute to documentation, tooling, and best practices that raise the bar across our engineering organization
Requirements
- 5+ years of professional experience in backend or distributed systems development
- Experience with L2 blockchains
- Proven success building production-grade APIs and financial services at scale
- Proficiency in Node.js or similar modern backend frameworks (TypeScript, NestJS, Go, or Java)
- Familiarity with cloud-native architecture (Kubernetes, AWS) and event-driven or microservice-based systems
- Strong communication and collaboration skills across product and platform teams
- Drive and proactivity
Tools We Use
- Node, TypeScript, NestJS framework
- Microservice-oriented architecture on Kubernetes and AWS
What We Offer
- Competitive base salary, stock options, and health benefits from Day 1
- 401(k) plan with company match
- Remote-friendly (US), flexible time off (FTO), and opportunities for growth
Skills
Node.js, TypeScript, Nestjs, Go, Java, Kubernetes, AWS, L2 Blockchains, APIs, Microservices
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