Remote Software Engineer, Real-Time Crypto Data Foundations

Ladders; United States; Remote; USD 152,000 - 179,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) retirement plan

Equity and bonus eligibility

Job summary

Ladders is seeking a Software Engineer - Crypto Data Foundations to join a leader in the Finance & Insurance space. This role focuses on building distributed systems that power real-time blockchain data ingestion and indexing.

The position is remote and offers compensation aligned with market demands. You will help shape architecture for new chain integrations, contribute to SDKs, and collaborate with product and platform teams to define data contracts, delivering reliable data across the

Qualifications

• 2+ years of software engineering experience in distributed or data systems.
• Proficiency in Go and/or Python; experience with Kafka, gRPC, Redis, S3, ClickHouse or MongoDB.
• Knowledge of blockchain or crypto data; familiarity with chain data structures and RPC nodes.
• Experience using generative AI to improve workflow efficiency and quality.

Responsibilities

• Build and operate distributed systems for real-time blockchain data ingestion and indexing
• Drive key initiatives such as new chain integrations and performance improvements
• Collaborate with product and platform teams to define data contracts and contribute to SDKs
• Implement architecture and performance enhancements across the indexing stack
• Ensure engineering quality through code reviews and testing, leveraging AI tools

Skills

Distributed systems

Go / Python backend

Systems design principles

Data ingestion

AI tooling usage

Tools

Kafka

gRPC

Redis

S3

ClickHouse

MongoDB

Job description

Ladders is seeking a Software Engineer - Crypto Data Foundations to join a leader in the Finance & Insurance space. This role focuses on building distributed systems that power real-time blockchain data ingestion and indexing.

The position is remote and offers compensation aligned with market demands. You will help shape architecture for new chain integrations, contribute to SDKs, and collaborate with product and platform teams to define data contracts, delivering reliable data across the