Staff Backend/Distributed Systems Engineer

Our client, a fast-growing startup in the crypto trading sector, is hiring a Staff Backend/Distributed Systems Engineer to join the team in New York. The successful candidate will join a small engineering team, taking ownership of complex technical projects from initial design through to production deployment.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain backend services using TypeScript and Go, with some development in Rust.
• Deliver reliable, high-performance infrastructure for trade execution.
• Develop pipelines for on-chain data ingestion and accurate portfolio tracking.
• Build backend capabilities for social features, trader discovery and personalized content recommendations.
• Enhance analytics pipelines to inform product development and business decisions.
• Scale and optimize systems to support growing user activity and trading volumes.
• Take ownership of technical challenges, from defining implementation plans to delivering production solutions.
• Work across backend and frontend systems, contributing to React applications where needed.

Skillset

• Minimum of 6 years’ software engineering experience, demonstrating the technical judgement and ownership expected at Staff level or above.
• Strong backend development skills, with experience designing and delivering production services.
• Proven ability to independently lead complex technical projects from planning through deployment.
• Comfortable working across multiple systems and changing business priorities within a small engineering team.
• Experience developing crypto products, particularly within Solana or EVM ecosystems, is an advantage.
• React or full-stack development experience, alongside personal crypto trading experience is a plus.

Benefits

• Salary: $250k – $300k.
• Equity.
• Medical, dental and vision insurance.
• 401(k) with employer match.
• Life insurance.