Senior Software Engineer (Institutional, Settlements & Transfers)

Team: IT

Location: US

Commitment: Full-time

Workplace Type: remote

Accountabilities:

• Own the design, development, and scaling of backend services responsible for settlements and transfers across fiat, cryptocurrency, and internal ledger systems.
• Drive high standards for code quality and maintainability through thorough code reviews, refactoring, testing, documentation, and active involvement throughout the software development lifecycle.
• Lead performance and scalability initiatives for critical financial infrastructure, investigating production issues, troubleshooting system behavior, and driving effective resolutions.
• Partner with Product Managers, Engineering Managers, and cross-functional stakeholders to translate product objectives into clear quarterly technical roadmaps, priorities, and deliverables.
• Propose and implement architectural improvements that increase engineering velocity, reduce technical debt, strengthen reliability, and improve the long-term maintainability of distributed systems.
• Make and communicate system design decisions, lead technical proposals, and build alignment across engineering teams around effective technical solutions.
• Mentor junior and mid-level engineers by sharing technical expertise, providing constructive feedback, and promoting strong engineering practices across the team.
• Take ownership of complex backend initiatives from design through implementation, testing, deployment, production support, and continuous improvement.

Requirements

• Bring 5+ years of backend software engineering experience, including designing, building, and maintaining production services operating at significant scale.
• Have professional production experience with Go or a comparable backend programming language, relational databases such as PostgreSQL, and message-based architectures such as Kafka or equivalent technologies.
• Demonstrate strong system design capabilities and the ability to make sound architectural decisions, develop technical proposals, and drive alignment among engineering stakeholders.
• Have a proven track record of identifying and resolving quality, performance, reliability, and scalability challenges within distributed systems.
• Demonstrate strong software engineering fundamentals, including experience with testing, documentation, code reviews, refactoring, and maintaining high-quality production systems.
• Possess experience mentoring engineers and contributing to a culture of technical excellence, continuous learning, and strong engineering standards.
• Be comfortable working in a fast-paced, high-accountability environment where you are expected to take ownership of complex problems and drive initiatives through completion.
• Demonstrate the ability to collaborate effectively with product and engineering stakeholders while communicating complex technical concepts clearly.
• Use generative AI responsibly as part of the engineering workflow, maintaining appropriate human oversight and understanding of generated outputs to deliver business-ready solutions and measurable improvements in efficiency, cost, and quality.

Benefits

• Annual base salary of $207,955–$218,900 USD, excluding potential equity and bonus compensation.
• Potential eligibility for equity and bonus compensation as part of the overall total rewards package.
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage with competitive employee contributions.
• Health Savings Account with company contributions each pay period.
• Disability and life insurance coverage.
• 401(k) retirement plan with company matching.
• Wellness stipend to support health and wellbeing.
• Mobile and internet reimbursement.
• Volunteer Time Off to support community involvement.
• Fertility counseling and related benefits.
• Generous time-off and leave policies.
• Option to receive compensation in digital currency.
• Remote-first work environment with periodic quarterly in-person working sessions and occasional travel for team collaboration or company events.