Senior Software Engineer - Backend

EtherFi
New York, Denver
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeUSD 170,000 - 200,000 annuallyFunction: Software EngineeringExperience: 5+ yearsSkills: ["Problem-solving","Driven","Ambitious","Teamwork","Communication"]

Senior backend software engineer will own core backend architecture and high-availability card transaction processing for a neobank-style crypto fintech, building distributed services, low-latency APIs, and on-chain data indexing while improving cloud infrastructure and observability to support thousands of real users.

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EtherFi
EtherFi
11 months ago

Senior Software Engineer - Backend

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Job Summary

Senior backend software engineer will own core backend architecture and high-availability card transaction processing for a neobank-style crypto fintech, building distributed services, low-latency APIs, and on-chain data indexing while improving cloud infrastructure and observability to support thousands of real users.
Location: New York, Denver
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Software Engineering
Seniority: Sr. Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Own core areas of our backend systems, and extend current functionality to improve throughput and latency.
  • •Design, develop, and optimize scalable transaction processing services to support high-throughput, low-latency financial transactions.
  • •Tackle the challenges in user frictions for their card transactions being declined.
  • •Drive improvements in our Cloud Infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, automation, observability, and monitoring systems.
  • •Collaborate with a highly ambitious, driven team to deliver distributed, scalable backend systems for neobank-like products.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 170,000 - 200,000 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity
Perks:Health InsuranceDentalVisionToken GrantTravel Allowance

Key Requirements

  • •5+ years of professional coding experience.
  • •Strong fundamentals in software engineering and problem solving.
  • •Experience shipping products used by thousands of real users.
  • •Ability to design, develop, and optimize scalable transaction processing services for high-throughput, low-latency financial transactions.
  • •Nice to have experience with credit card transaction processors (e.g., Paymentology, Episode 6).
Experience:5+ yearsCryptoFintechDeFi
Skills:Problem-solvingDrivenAmbitiousTeamworkCommunication
Tech Stack:CloudCI/CDMicroservicesOn-chainDatabases

Company Brief

EtherFi
Develops decentralized staking and liquid restaking infrastructure for Ethereum, enabling users to stake ETH, obtain liquid staking derivatives, and allow node operators to participate in restaking and protocol-secured services across networks.
Industry: Blockchain & Web3
Growth: Early Stage Startup
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