Summary
What you’ll impact
The Senior Backend Engineer is responsible for designing, building, and maintaining the scalable backend services that power a crypto wallet platform. The role leverages Go, Python, or Java within cloud‑native architectures to deliver secure, high‑performance APIs and data pipelines. Key duties include implementing product‑facing features, optimizing system performance, and ensuring reliability and risk reduction for cryptocurrency trading and tokenized stock services. The engineer collaborates with product managers, designers, and external vendors, and mentors peers through design reviews and architecture discussions to raise technical standards.
Responsibilities
What you'll do
- Design, build, test, and deploy scalable backend services that power our wallet product.
- Develop product-facing features and platform enhancements that meet strict correctness and scalability standards.
- Identify and implement improvements to system performance, engineering productivity, and risk reduction.
- Collaborate closely with client teams, product managers, designers, and external vendors to deliver reliable technical solutions.
- Mentor other engineers and raise the technical standards of the team through design reviews, architecture discussions, and hands-on leadership.
Requirements
What you’ll bring
- 5+ years of experience in software development.
- Expertise in backend development using languages such as Go, Python, or Java, with deep knowledge of cloud-native architectures.
- Strong grasp of system design, data modeling, and software engineering fundamentals.
- Proven ability to simplify complex problems, make sound tradeoffs, and drive alignment across product, engineering, and design teams.
- Strong sense of personal accountability with a track record of delivering high-quality, end-to-end products and raising team-wide technical standards.
- This role is based in Menlo Park, CA or New York, NY office(s), with in-person attendance expected at least 3 days per week.