Moonshot
Senior Backend Engineer
New York, NY · Senior · Full-time
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 21 days ago
GoRustReactReact NativeFlutteriOSAndroidNode.jsDistributed SystemsAWSGCPPlatform EngineeringCybersecurityIncident ResponseExcelCollaboration
About the role
- As a Backend Engineer at Moonshot, you'll own some of the most critical systems in our stack: identity and access, funds movement and ledgering, and the blockchain infrastructure that powers our on-chain trading.
- This role is similar to staff engineers at leading crypto wallets and exchanges who own authentication stacks, key management, and high-scale financial backends.
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and operate Identity & Access Management services:
- Own financial operations systems:
- Build and maintain blockchain infrastructure:
Requirements
- You'll design, build, and operate systems that must be both highly reliable and extremely secure, enabling product teams to move quickly on a solid foundation.
- 5-12+ years of backend or product or platform engineering, including experience with high-scale, high-availability systems in fintech, crypto, or similar domains.
Nice to have
- Excellent collaboration skills, especially with Product, Security, and Ops.
- Experience with Flutter, React Native, React, Headless CRMs
- Experience with Go, Rust, Solana
- Experience with Google Cloud or Amazon Web Services
- Experience with crypto wallets, exchanges, or onchain protocols including DeFi, L2s, ZK
- Exposure to data warehousing and analytics for financial reporting.
- Contributions to open-source projects.
- NYC preferred (with periodic in-person sprints).
Compensation
- Competitive salary and meaningful equity.
- 5% 401(k) match.
Benefits
- If you thrive on curiosity, welcome tough challenges, and aspire to leave a meaningful mark on the world, Moonshot is the place for you.
- Health benefits with employer-covered premiums, plus life insurance coverage.
- One-time office setup stipend.
Company info
- Make moonshots possible for everyone.
- Our vision: Make a world where life-changing financial outcomes are within everyone's reach.
- Everyone on our team is both a decision-maker and an implementer-united by a sense of urgency and driven by the conviction that our work can transform global finance.
- You'll run toward the hardest problems alongside high-caliber teammates who consistently push each other to excel and who share your dedication to shaping the future of decentralized finance.
- This role is full-time, preferably located in NYC.
- Open to remote for the right candidate.
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