Senior Staff Backend Engineer (Blockchain)

TL;DR

Senior Staff Backend Engineer (Blockchain): Overseeing and evolving core backend systems for a high-traffic digital asset platform with an accent on proactive mitigation of scaling risks and designing durable, fault-tolerant systems. Focus on writing and shipping production code, architecting for extreme scale, and leading multi-service projects across storage, compute, APIs, and blockchain infrastructure.

Location: Manhattan, New York. This is an onsite role requiring work in an in-person, high-intensity environment with unconventional hours.

Company

hirify.global is the development powerhouse behind one of the largest and most high-traffic platforms in the digital asset space, processing ~$1B in daily volume.

What you will do

• Directly write and ship production code for high-scale distributed systems.
• Make principled architectural decisions balancing rapid iteration with long-term scalability.
• Lead multi-service projects spanning storage, compute, APIs, and blockchain infrastructure.
• Establish patterns for observability, reliability, and performance tuning.
• Act as a technical anchor during incidents and mentor senior peers.
• Improve internal developer experience by evolving tooling and CI/CD pipelines.

Requirements

• 10+ years of backend engineering experience having navigated multiple cycles of building and operating distributed systems in production.
• Expertise in Rust, Go, or TypeScript, paired with a strong intuition for systems-level engineering.
• Mastery of distributed systems (consensus, failure modes, replication, consistency models) and complex data modeling.
• Proven ability to own ambiguous, cross-cutting problems that span multiple teams and services.
• Recognized as a technical authority by peers, leading through execution and technical excellence.
• Ability to thrive in an in-person, high-intensity environment with unconventional hours and high expectations.

Nice to have

• Direct experience within the crypto/blockchain ecosystem.

Culture & Benefits

• Competitive salary with equity and performance bonuses.
• Unmatched autonomy to own your work and make foundational decisions.
• Exposure to systems operating at the absolute edge of crypto-native throughput and volume.
• Rapid impact with work used by a massive global audience in real-time.
• Commitment to equality and accessibility, fostering a diverse, inclusive workplace.

Hiring process

• If you do not hear back within 4 weeks of your application, please assume you have not been successful.