Staff Backend Engineer
2 weeks ago
Staff Backend Engineer - High-Scale DeFi Social Trading API Location: Remote - NY preference but open to US remoteCompensation: $180K - $250KWe are a well-funded startup building the global trade comment network—a core protocol that solves the trading discovery problem by connecting traders across different applications. Our solution allows users to comment on their trades (the "why") and earn a percentage of the copytrades they drive. We are seeing a massive increase in market size as traditional exchanges and fintech apps adopt decentralized trading. We are looking for a Staff Backend Engineer with deep experience designing and scaling REST APIs to manage data flow for millions of users.You will be responsible for designing and scaling the API that serves tens of thousands of requests per second, summarizing millions of rows of off-chain data and terabytes of on-chain data in 500ms or less. This role requires solving core software engineering challenges, focusing heavily on performance, code maintainability, and infrastructure optimization.Key Responsibilities:API Design & Scaling: Design robust backend REST APIs for usability and massive scale.Performance Optimization: Optimize PostgreSQL queries, trace code paths for bottlenecks, and maximize performance from AWS infrastructure to ensure sub-500ms latency.Code Quality: Build clean, maintainable, and well-tested backend code using best practices.Product Collaboration: Collaborate closely with the product team to define, prioritize, and build new features end-to-end.Project Focus: You will work on projects such as:Feed: Building rapid, algo-sorted feeds of trades from followed users.Discovery: Surfacing good traders to follow across diverse metrics.Trading Metrics: Large-scale on-chain metrics aggregation (PnL, win rate).Protocol: Improving rewards contracts and indexers. Experience: 5+ years at tech startups with millions of DAUs (Daily Active Users).Core Technologies: Deep experience with modern backend technologies like Node.js, TypeScript, AWS, and Postgres.API Expertise: Proven experience designing and building out programmatic APIs that are robust, scalable, and developer-friendly.Infrastructure: Experience maintaining highly available infrastructure.Mindset: Appetite to work on complex products with autonomy and creative freedom. Compensation: Competitive pay ($180K - $250K) and generous equity.Health Coverage: Full medical, dental, vision insurance.Time Off: Flexible time off.Impact: Opportunity to build core infrastructure that will be used by the biggest crypto apps, revolutionizing social and discovery within trading.
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Staff Backend Engineer
4 days ago
New York, New York, United States Made Card Full time $150,000 - $200,000About the CompanyMade's mission is to help homeowners save time, money, and stress. It starts with Made Card - a credit card designed specifically for homeowners, with unmatched rewards on mortgage payments, home improvements, utilities, and essential purchases. Each swipe powers a personalized home management platform where users can manage home systems &...
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Staff Backend Engineer
5 days ago
New York, NY, United States Career Renew Full timeCareer Renew is recruiting for one of its clients a Staff Backend Engineer - Blockchain - this is a fully remote role and candidates can be based in US/Europe. We are at the forefront of crypto trading technology, known as the largest Telegram trading bot for facilitating over $22 billion in volume traded by more than 50,000 daily active users. We deliver...
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Staff Backend Engineer
1 week ago
New York, NY, United States Career Renew Full timeCareer Renew is recruiting for one of its clients a Staff Backend Engineer - Blockchain - this is a fully remote role and candidates can be based in US/Europe. We are at the forefront of crypto trading technology, known as the largest Telegram trading bot for facilitating over $22 billion in volume traded by more than 50,000 daily active users. We deliver...
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Staff/Senior Backend Engineer
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Staff/Senior Backend Engineer
4 weeks ago
New York, United States Next Matter Full timeOverview At Fern, we believe people deserve to own their money and transact with it freely. Were building a set of first-of-their-kind products, powered by crypto, to enable that future. Our first product, Fern for Business, is an onchain bank account that has seen tens of millions in transaction volume and exponentially growing revenue. Weve gotten this far...
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Staff Backend Engineer, Institutional Custody
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New York, United States Ava Labs Full timeStaff Backend Engineer, Institutional Custody Join to apply for the Staff Backend Engineer, Institutional Custody role at Ava Labs. Ava Labs is redefining how people create value with Web3. Join us to build secure, high-performance blockchain and crypto wallet products for Ava Labs and ecosystem partners. What You Will Do Innovate & Architect: Design,...
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Staff Software Engineer
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Staff Software Engineer
4 weeks ago
New York, United States Viam Robotics Full timeOverview Viam helps companies unlock the power of AI, data and automation in the physical world. We provide a single platform for engineers of all disciplines to solve problems together and build solutions that are fast and future-proof. Viam powers solutions across robotics, food and beverage, climate tech, marine, industrial manufacturing, and more....
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Staff Software Engineer, Backend
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Staff Software Engineer, Backend
4 weeks ago
New York, United States Modern Fertility Full timeStaff Software Engineer, Backend Ro is a direct-to-patient healthcare company with a mission of helping patients achieve their health goals by delivering the easiest, most effective care possible. Ro is the only company to offer nationwide telehealth, labs, and pharmacy services. This is enabled by Ro's vertically integrated platform that helps patients...
