The RoleAs a Senior Platform Engineer, you'll own the backend systems and infrastructure that power our products. You'll build the services, APIs, deployment pipelines, and platform tooling that enable a fast-moving product team to ship reliable, performant features to end users. This role sits at the intersection of backend development and infrastructure - you'll write application-level code and also make sure it runs smoothly at scale.
The Work- Design, build, and maintain backend services and APIs that power core product features (transactions, wallet management, DeFi integrations, user accounts)
>- Own and evolve the infrastructure layer - CI/CD pipelines, container orchestration, deployment automation, and infrastructure-as-code
>- Build and operate scalable, reliable systems on cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, or similar)
>- Develop high-quality, performant, modern, clean and readable code within tight deadlines
>- Develop internal tooling and platform primitives that accelerate the product engineering team
>- Implement observability, monitoring, and alerting to ensure high availability and fast incident response
>- Collaborate closely with product, design, and frontend engineers to deliver end-to-end features
>- Contribute to architecture decisions, technical documentation, and engineering standards as the team grows
>- Own the development and maintenance of the project from ideation to deployment
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Must Have- 7+ years of experience in backend engineering, with meaningful exposure to infrastructure, platform, or DevOps/SRE work
>- Strong proficiency in Golang (5+ years)
>- Experience designing and building production APIs and microservices at scale
>- Hands-on experience with Kubernetes, container orchestration, and cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, or similar)
>- Familiarity with infrastructure-as-code tools (Terraform, Pulumi, or equivalent)
>- Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines for multi-service deployments
>- Strong understanding of distributed systems, databases, and systems-level debugging
>- Exceptional problem-solving, analytical, and communication skills
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Nice to Have- Experience with blockchain systems or integrating blockchain-based backends into consumer-facing products
>- Understanding of cryptographic primitives (public/private keys, hash functions, Merkle trees)
>- Experience with the Cosmos SDK / CometBFT technology stack
>- Background in fintech, payments, or wallet infrastructure
>- Experience with performance optimization, load testing, and capacity planning
>- Familiarity with observability stacks (Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, or similar)
>- Contributions to open-source projects
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Benefits- Work remotely from anywhere in the world
>- Work on exciting things at the intersection of fintech and crypto
>- Flexible working hours
>- Flexible vacation policy
>- Competitive salary
>- Stock options
>- Full benefits*
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*Medical, Dental, Vision, and 401k retirement plans for US employees only.
