Senior Software Engineer - Blockchain

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, prfioritize, and productize new products and features
• Build and deliver against an aggressive product roadmap supporting strategic business initiatives
• Rapidly iterate to add new, emerging functionality while ensuring the highest quality
• Provide ongoing maintenance of the technology stack as it matures, ensuring highest reliability, impeccable performance, and ease of use
• Provide timely support to customer issues and triage quickly and effectively
• Provide subject matter expertise on the Blockchain ecosystem and our own in-house implementation

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, 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 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