Senior Software Engineer, Blockchain

Who is on the team?

We are entrepreneurs. Many in our company have been founders or have aspirations to eventually start their own company. We take these ambitions and experiences to bring a solutions-oriented mindset to the problems we encounter day-to-day.

We are experienced. We have been fortunate to have learned from mentors and peers at institutions such as Google, LinkedIn, JUMP Trading, Citadel, PEAK6 Investments, Goldman Sachs, Harvard Business School, Carnegie Mellon, IIT + more.

Impact

At FalconX, you’ll help create a more open financial system. In building trading, credit and custody infrastructure, we are enabling thousands more institutions to enter the market and support a more open and accessible financial system. The world’s largest financial institutions from Wall Street to Silicon Valley will turn to you for products that provide unparalleled seamless, efficient and secure access to the cryptocurrency sector.

FalconX is hiring a Software Engineer focused on Blockchain to help introduce a new, in-demand product line for the company that integrates seamlessly with our proprietary, best-in-class Prime Brokerage platform. You will be instrumental in the implementation of critical blockchain infrastructure supporting all major chains and protocols. This implementation must be designed for ease of integration into the broader technology stack and demonstrate ease-of-use, operational efficiency, security, and stability. We are looking for an experienced Software Engineer with a strong understanding of blockchain, cryptocurrencies, wallets, and platforms to build upon our vision of an open financial system.

Responsibilities:

• Drive architectural design and implementation of the Web3 stack, across all major chains and protocols
• Scale and operate robust services to enable customers to interact with various Blockchains including Bitcoin, Ethereum, and others
• Drive innovation by safely adopting and testing new technologies and products in the blockchain space
• Strive for generalization across blockchains instead of specialization
• Integrate Blockchain data and primitives into the rest of the Platform stack through repeatable and generalizable interfaces
• Take ownership of technical aspects and ensure technology is designed and built around our customers’ needs
• Collaborate closely with Engineering and Product leadership to plan, estimate, prioritize, and productize new products and features
• Build and deliver against an aggressive product roadmap supporting strategic business initiatives
• Rapidly iterate to add support for emerging blockchain features and functionality while ensuring high availability and scalability
• Provide ongoing maintenance of the technology stack as it matures, ensuring production-quality reliability, impeccable performance, and ease of use
• Ability to understand, triage, and address customer-facing and internal-facing technical issues quickly and effectively
• Provide subject matter expertise on the Blockchain ecosystem and our own in-house blockchain integrations

Preferred Qualifications:

• Proven technical leader in Blockchain technologies with significant experience working with various Blockchain protocols and structures
• You have experience shipping and maintaining multiple projects with a large user base, supporting each through multiple years of iteration and growth
• You have expertise writing production code in Java, TypeScript, Go, Rust, Python, or equivalent
• You have a strong understanding different consensus protocols
• Strong working knowledge of modern software development methodologies and software design patterns
• Experience building robust backend services and leveraging orchestration systems such as Kubernetes to deploy them at scale
• A self-starter eager to explore, iterate, and contribute to decision-making
• Experience working with existing Blockchain-as-a-service stacks is a plus
• Familiarity with cryptographic signing algorithms, asymmetric cryptography, and key management is a plus

Base pay for this role is expected to be between $179,000 - $242,000 USD for New York City and San Francisco Bay Area. This expected base pay range is based on information at the time this post was generated. This role will also be eligible for other forms of compensation such as a performance linked bonus, equity, and a competitive benefits package. Actual compensation for a successful candidate will be determined based on a number of factors such as location, skillset, experience, and qualifications.