Staff Software Engineer, Backend (Fintech)

TL;DR

Staff Software Engineer, Backend (Fintech): Architecting and developing distributed backend systems for a crypto travel rule compliance platform with an accent on providing technical structure to teams and defining strategic roadmaps. Focus on designing and implementing foundational infrastructure components, managing individual project priorities, and mentoring team members.

Location: This is a remote-first role, but in-person participation for team and company-wide offsites is required multiple times annually. Strong indicators suggest a US-based role, including US-specific benefits (401(k), HSA, E-Verify, US health insurance).

Salary: $218,025–$256,500 USD

Company

hirify.global is a leading cryptocurrency exchange platform on a mission to increase economic freedom in the world.

What you will do

• Architect and develop distributed systems.
• Provide technical structure to teams and define strategic roadmaps with management and stakeholders.
• Manage individual project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables with technical expertise.
• Mentor and train other team members on design techniques and coding standards.
• Design and implement foundational infrastructure components used by every engineering team.
• Write high quality, well tested code to meet customer needs.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in software engineering.
• Experienced in architecting and developing solutions to ambiguous problems with significant impact.
• Passionate about building an open financial system that brings the world together.
• Ability to participate in required in-person team and company-wide offsites multiple times annually.

Nice to have

• Experience building financial, high reliability, or security systems.
• Exposure to online fraud prevention systems or prior experience building them.
• Experience with rapid company growth (from 10 to 100s of engineers).
• Experience decomposing a large monolith into microservices.
• Experience with Golang, Ruby, Docker, Sinatra, Rails, Postgres.
• Crypto-forward experience, including familiarity with onchain activity.

Culture & Benefits

• Intense work culture demanding the best, with high-caliber colleagues.
• Remote-first environment, with required in-person offsites multiple times annually for collaboration.
• Medical Plan, Dental, and Vision Plan with generous employee contributions.
• Health Savings Account (HSA) with company contributions and 401(k) plan with company match.
• Wellness Stipend, Mobile/Internet Reimbursement, and Volunteer Time Off.
• Fertility Counseling and Benefits, generous Time off/Leave Policy.
• Option of getting paid in digital currency.

Hiring process

• hirify.global is piloting AI tools for initial screening interviews and interview note summarization.
• hirify.global will not use AI to make employment decisions.
• Candidates may submit a maximum of four applications within any 30-day period.