Staff Software Engineer, IAM

Chainalysis; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading blockchain technology firm in Ontario seeks experienced Software Engineers to develop distributed solutions and improve product offerings. Ideal candidates have over 8 years of backend experience and a strong background in microservices. Responsibilities include mentoring, modernizing technology, and debugging systems. The role supports a hybrid work arrangement and offers great benefits and professional development opportunities.

Benefits

Great benefits

Professional development opportunities

Fun work environment

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience with backend systems/projects.
• Ability to mentor and lead cross-team projects.
• Experience shipping and iterating alongside product teams.

Responsibilities

• Build distributed software solutions across multiple products.
• Mentor and guide colleagues in their careers.
• Help modernize the technology stack to a streaming architecture.
• Debug production issues across various systems.

Skills

Cloud-native microservices design

Mentoring other engineers

Object-oriented programming

Debugging production issues

Exposure to cryptocurrency technology

Tools

Kafka

Kubernetes

RDMS (SQL and NoSQL)

Job description

Blockchain technology is powering a growing wave of innovation. Businesses and governments around the world are using blockchains to make banking more efficient, connect with their customers, and investigate criminal cases. As adoption of blockchain technology grows, more and more organizations seek access to all this ecosystem has to offer. That’s where Chainalysis comes in. We provide complete knowledge of what’s happening on blockchains through our data, services, and solutions. With Chainalysis, organizations can navigate blockchains safely and with confidence.

The global financial ecosystem is changing. Revolutionary blockchain technology has unlocked the potential for people around the world to have more equal access to wealth and information. This transformation has begun with the mass global adoption of cryptocurrencies but like all new financial systems, it needs greater trust to realize its full potential and remain safe from bad actors. That’s where we come in. The Chainalysis blockchain data platform enables businesses, governments, and banks to solve the world’s most high‑profile criminal cases, paving the way for an economy built on blockchains.

Software Engineers on the Core Services team build solutions across our service and product offering that unify our customer experience and accelerate innovation at Chainalysis. The group aims to create unique customer value through experiences that differentiate Chainalysis and make it greater than the sum of its parts. We make it easier and faster for teams to build great products, with highly leveraged building blocks that can be used everywhere.

Please note that this role must be based out of Canada. We are able to hire in the following Provinces : Alberta, British Columbia, Ontario and Quebec.

Priorities in your first year include:

• Liaise with Chainalysis engineering teams to build distributed software solutions across multiple products driving reliability and data integrity
• Help foster an environment to mentor and guide colleagues in their career and craft
• Helping the team to modernize our stack to a streaming architecture
• Debugging production issues across multiple systems and microservices

Qualifications:

• You’ve led or played an instrumental role in designing and implementing cloud-native microservices-based distributed systems in a major cloud provider like AWS or GCP
• Experience mentoring other engineers, leading cross‑team projects, and driving design and technology decisions
• You have a bias to ship and iterate alongside product management and design partners
• Experience with object‑oriented programming languages. We mostly use Java but appreciate a variety of languages!
• Strong technical background with 8+ years of experience working directly on backend systems / projects
• You take great pride in materializing product ideas through production
• Exposure to or interest in the cryptocurrency technology ecosystem
• Experience with IAM and SSO is a plus!

Technologies Used

• Kafka
• Kubernetes
• RDMS (SQL and NoSQL)

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At Chainalysis, we help government agencies, cryptocurrency businesses, and financial institutions track and investigate illicit activity on the blockchain, allowing them to engage confidently with cryptocurrency. We take care of our people with great benefits, professional development opportunities, and fun.