Senior Backend Engineer

Jobs Web3; Paris; Hybrid; EUR 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work policy

Health & Life Insurance

Commuter allowance

Learning & Development

Job summary

Ledger is seeking a Senior Scala Backend Engineer to join the Cloud Wallet team in Paris. You will design and operate Scala services powering blockchain account management, transaction processing, and on-chain data aggregation across Ledger Live and Ledger Enterprise.

You will lead end-to-end blockchain integrations and own production quality, with a focus on observability and reliability. The role requires 5+ years in backend engineering, strong Scala experience, and hands-on blockchain

Qualifications

• 5+ years of backend engineering ownership in distributed systems.
• Strong production experience with scalable services.
• Interest in Scala and functional programming.
• Blockchain integration experience across account-based, UTXO, and privacy-preserving chains.
• Experience with event-driven data infrastructure (PostgreSQL, RabbitMQ, NATS) and observability tools.
• Ability to diagnose incidents and drive root-cause fixes in production.
• Comfort with reading/contributing to TypeScript code in a polyglot stack.
• Daily use of AI coding tools and contributing to AI tooling.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate Scala services connecting Ledger wallets and Ledger Enterprise to blockchain backends.
• Lead new blockchain integrations end to end from ADR to production.
• Own production quality: SLIs/SLOs, observability, distributed tracing; participate in incident rotation.
• Define contracts with Coin Integration and Ledger Enterprise teams for transaction states and workflows.
• Write/review ADRs, improve code quality, testing, and manage technical debt.
• Collaborate with teams across design, data model, infrastructure, and security; mentor engineers.

Skills

Backend engineering

Scala

Functional programming

Blockchain integrations

Event-driven systems

Observability

Incident management

TypeScript familiarity

AI coding tools

English communication

Tools

PostgreSQL

RabbitMQ

NATS

Datadog

Ledger Live / Ledger Enterprise

Job description

Job Description

We’re a team of experts pushing the limits of what’s possible, united by our common goal to unlock true freedom through digital ownership, making technology accessible for all. We believe in a world where users, creators and enterprises manage their value with ownership and freedom. Our curiosity drives us to innovate, empowering individuals on a global scale. We believe change is constant and our team moves forward as one, with a culture of problem-solving where every employee is empowered and supported to challenge tradition and create solutions. Our mission is simple: to make self-custody accessible and give people the keys to their own financial futures. If you want to make a true impact, we want you to join us at Ledger.

We’re a team of experts pushing the limits of what’s possible, united by our common goal to unlock true freedom through digital ownership, making technology accessible for all. We believe in a world where users, creators and enterprises manage their value with ownership and freedom. Our curiosity drives us to innovate, empowering individuals on a global scale. We believe change is constant and our team moves forward as one, with a culture of problem-solving where every employee is empowered and supported to challenge tradition and create solutions. Our mission is simple: to make self-custody accessible and give people the keys to their own financial futures. If you want to make a true impact, we want you to join us at Ledger.

At Ledger, we’re proud to be the global platform for digital assets and Web3, with over 20% of the world’s crypto assets secured through our Ledger devices. With our headquarters in Paris, and offices in Vierzon, Grenoble, Montpellier, London, Portland, Geneva, Zurich and Central Singapore, we have a team of around 600 professionals developing a variety of products and services to enable individuals and companies to securely buy, store, swap, grow and manage crypto assets – including the Ledger hardware wallets line with more than 7.5 millions units already sold in 200 countries.

The team

To sustain the company’s growth, Ledger is looking for a Senior Scala Backend Engineer to join the Cloud Wallet team. This team builds and operates the backend services that power blockchain account management, transaction processing and on-chain data aggregation across all Ledger wallet surfaces, from Ledger Live to Ledger Enterprise, the custody platform used by financial institutions. Every client transaction goes through these services, and so does every new blockchain Ledger supports. We believe in the power of functional programming to build robust and scalable platforms. We take time to share, challenge, and grow together through bi-weekly knowledge-sharing sessions, meetups, conferences, and open source contributions.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Design, build and operate the Scala services that connect Ledger wallets and the Ledger Enterprise platform to blockchain backends: account creation, operation history, transaction crafting, broadcast and lifecycle tracking.
• Lead new blockchain integrations end to end, from the integration design (ADR) to production, across account-based, UTXO and privacy-preserving chains.
• Own production quality on your scope: SLIs and SLOs, observability, distributed tracing. Take part in the firefighting rotation and drive incidents to resolution, including those raised by institutional clients.
• Define clear contracts with the Coin Integration and Ledger Enterprise teams, for example where UTXO selection lives or how transaction states are exposed to consumers.
• Write and review ADRs, challenge designs, and raise the bar on code quality, testing (including end-to-end on testnets) and technical debt management.
• Work in an AI-native way: use coding agents daily, write the specifications, constraints and verification that let them deliver safely, and contribute to the team's AI tooling.
• Mentor other engineers and share your knowledge across the Backend Blockchain community.

You Will Collaborate Cross-functionally With

• The Coin Integration team for coin modules and new blockchain integrations.
• The Ledger Enterprise team, main consumer of the team's services for institutional custody.
• The Ledger Wallet, Ledger Button and Wallet XP teams as consumers of the team's backend APIs.
• The Blockchain platform team for data model alignment, indexing and event streaming.
• The Infrastructure and SRE teams for deployment, reliability and scalability.
• The Security team (Donjon) for vulnerability analysis and remediation.
• The Product team for roadmap prioritization and customer-driven requirements.

What We’re Looking For

• 5+ years of backend engineering, with real production ownership of distributed systems.
• Strong production experience
• Interest for Scala and functional programming practice
• Hands‑on blockchain integration experience: transaction lifecycle, fees, finality, reorgs, on at least two models among account‑based, UTXO and privacy‑preserving chains.
• Experience with event-driven systems and data infrastructure (PostgreSQL, RabbitMQ, NATS or equivalent) and with observability tooling (Datadog or equivalent).
• Able to diagnose an incident across several services and own the outcome, from root cause to fix in production.
• Comfortable reading and contributing to TypeScript code, as the team works on a polyglot stack.
• Daily use of AI coding tools, with a critical eye on their output.
• Clear written communication in English, especially for design documents and incident reports.

Benefits

• Flexible work options - Our hybrid policy allows employees to work from home up to 3 times per week
• Health & Wellness support - Health and Life Insurance.
• Financial growth opportunities - Employees can become shareholders in Ledger as well as other financial benefits depending on your country of work.
• Commuter allowance - Ledger offers a commuter allowance to contribute to your preferred means of transportation.
• Learning & Development - A comprehensive suite of training solutions providing a personalised learning experience for every employee.

For regionally specific benefits, your Talent Acquisition contact will be able to provide you with more information.

We’re committed to building an inclusive hiring process. If you need any adjustments or accommodations, just let us know, we’ll do our best to support you.

Requirements

Languages English, French

Work mode Hybrid

Seniority Senior

Eligibility France