Remote Senior Backend Engineer - Crypto & DeFi

The Token Playbook; New York, Northern (NY, KY); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) match (5%)

Health benefits

One-time office setup stipend

Flexible PTO

Job summary

Moonshot in NYC is seeking a Backend Engineer to own critical systems like identity and access, funds movement, and the blockchain infrastructure powering on-chain trading. You will design, build, and operate secure, high-availability backend services that scale with user growth.

You’ll collaborate with Product, Security, and Ops, mentor teammates, and help define SLOs, incident processes, and best practices for crypto infrastructure.

Qualifications

• 5–12+ years of backend engineering experience in fintech/crypto or similar.
• Expertise in identity & access, security engineering, or financial systems.
• Experience designing and operating distributed, high-availability systems.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate identity and access management services.
• Own financial operations systems, including transfers, ledgering, and risk controls.
• Build and maintain blockchain infrastructure, including node/RPC management and on-chain data indexing.
• Define reliability and observability standards with SLIs, dashboards, and runbooks.
• Lead large cross-functional technical projects and mentor other engineers.

Skills

Identity & access

Distributed systems

Blockchain infrastructure

Financial systems

Job description

Moonshot in NYC is seeking a Backend Engineer to own critical systems like identity and access, funds movement, and the blockchain infrastructure powering on-chain trading. You will design, build, and operate secure, high-availability backend services that scale with user growth.

You’ll collaborate with Product, Security, and Ops, mentor teammates, and help define SLOs, incident processes, and best practices for crypto infrastructure.