Senior Software Engineer, Custody & Staking

We are a diverse team of free thinkers, and fast movers united to help investors and creators energize the global economy. We are looking for individuals who thrive in a culture of builders and overachievers and embrace high performance, transparent feedback, and a mission-first approach. Our culture shapes our way of working and gets us where we want to be.

• Seek Excellence.
• Be Selective To Be Effective.
• Be Highly Aligned, Loosely Coupled.
• Disagree Transparently.
• Encourage Independent Decision-Making.
• Build Dream Teams.

We are looking for a Senior Backend Engineer to join our NYC-based Custody and Staking Engineering team to build and support the systems that manage fiat and crypto assets on our new, state-of-the-art prime brokerage platform for institutions.

• →Design and architect large new features and services on a cloud native platform to increase automation and ensure the integrity and security of our custody systems
• →Enhance and continue to build out our internal + external facing transaction and inventory management system
• →Enhance and continue to build out our internal + external facing staking workflow management system
• →Work cross-functionally with other backend teams supporting trading, lending, and settlement operations, as well as frontend UI/UX teams and dev-ops/infrastructure teams.

• 7+ years of professional software development experience.
• Solid computer science fundamentals.
• Proven track record in software design and development.
• Expert software engineering skills in Java, Scala, Kotlin, C#, or similar (note that we primarily work in Java)
• In-depth knowledge of object-oriented programming fundamentals.
• Strong communication skills, keen attention to detail, readiness to challenge assumptions, and passion for building and owning quality software.
• Familiar with the full development lifecycle of a commercial system, including requirements definition, agile planning, production deployment, and production support.

• Kafka/RabbitMQ/similar messaging system experience
• Kubernetes/Docker/containerization tech experience
• AWS/Azure/GCP experience
• Experience working in finance or fintech.
• Technical understanding of crypto and digital assets.
• Familiarity with asynchronous and reactive software.
• Familiarity with domain driven design and event-driven architectures
• Experience with reactive frameworks/toolkits like Vertx.
• Understanding of the Java threading model and concurrency-related concepts.