Staff Backend Engineer, Custody Core (Crypto Security)

SoFi Technologies
San Francisco, Seattle, New York
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeUSD 153,600 - 264,000 annuallyFunction: Software EngineeringExperience: 7+ yearsSkills: ["Problem-solving","Collaboration","Debugging","Incident response"]

Design and build backend services for SoFi’s digital asset custody platform, powering secure custody, blockchain transaction processing, wallet infrastructure, and institutional crypto products. Develop transaction orchestration for deposits, withdrawals, transfers, staking, and treasury operations, plus integrations with custody providers and settlement networks. Create resilient, security-first APIs and event-driven architectures, improving platform availability through redundancy, disaster recovery, observability, and incident-response readiness.

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SoFi Technologies
SoFi Technologies
1 month ago

Staff Backend Engineer, Custody Core (Crypto Security)

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Job Summary

Design and build backend services for SoFi’s digital asset custody platform, powering secure custody, blockchain transaction processing, wallet infrastructure, and institutional crypto products. Develop transaction orchestration for deposits, withdrawals, transfers, staking, and treasury operations, plus integrations with custody providers and settlement networks. Create resilient, security-first APIs and event-driven architectures, improving platform availability through redundancy, disaster recovery, observability, and incident-response readiness.
Location: San Francisco, Seattle, New York
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Software Engineering
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Design and build backend services supporting SoFi’s digital asset custody platform.
  • •Develop secure transaction orchestration for deposits, withdrawals, transfers, staking, and treasury operations.
  • •Integrate with custody providers, blockchain infrastructure, and institutional settlement networks.
  • •Design APIs for retail and institutional crypto products, including wallet lifecycle management services.
  • •Improve platform resiliency using redundancy, disaster recovery, observability, and automated recovery mechanisms.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 153,600 - 264,000 annually

Key Requirements

  • •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, plus PostgreSQL, Redis, and Kafka (or similar).
Experience:7+ yearsDigital assetsBlockchain infrastructureFinancial services infrastructure
Skills:Problem-solvingCollaborationDebuggingIncident response
Languages:English
Tech Stack:AWSREST APIsAsynchronous messagingEvent-driven architecturesPostgreSQLRedisKafkaCI/CDCloud-native architecturesDisaster recoveryObservability

Company Brief

SoFi Technologies
Provides digital financial services including lending, banking, investing, and credit products through a consumer-focused online platform. SoFi serves individuals looking to manage money, borrow, save, invest, and protect their finances in one place.
Industry: Neobanking
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: San Francisco, United States
Founded: 2011
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