Staff Backend Engineer, Custody Core (Crypto Security)

What you’ll need:

• 7+ years of backend software engineering experience
• Strong experience with distributed systems and cloud-native architectures
• Experience building highly available production services
• Strong understanding of REST APIs, asynchronous messaging, and event-driven systems
• Experience with AWS or comparable cloud platforms
• Experience with PostgreSQL, Redis, Kafka, or similar technologies
• Strong understanding of CI/CD and modern software development practices
• Excellent debugging and production incident response skills

Nice to have:

• Experience working with digital assets or blockchain infrastructure
• Experience integrating with custody platforms such as Fireblocks, BitGo, or Anchorage
• Experience building financial services infrastructure
• Familiarity with blockchain transaction lifecycle and wallet architecture
• Experience designing secure approval workflows
• Understanding of distributed consensus and cryptographic systems
• Experience supporting institutional financial platforms

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