Senior Software Engineer

Kaleido; North Carolina; In loco; USD 130.000 - 180.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

Kaleido is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to design, build, and scale backend infrastructure for enterprise blockchain platforms. You will collaborate across backend, protocol, DevOps, and infra teams to deliver scalable services and platform capabilities in production.

You will work with Go, Kubernetes, and cloud-native architectures, improving CI/CD pipelines and tooling while ensuring reliability, observability, and performance in high-scale environments.

Competenze

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 5+ years of backend software engineering in production.
• Strong Go (Golang) experience.
• Experience designing and operating microservices in cloud-native environments.
• Familiarity with Kubernetes, Docker, CI/CD pipelines, and infra automation.

Mansioni

• Designing and building scalable backend services and APIs in Go.
• Developing tooling for blockchain node operations and platform capabilities.
• Building and operating cloud-native microservices in Kubernetes environments for reliability and scalability.
• Collaborating with protocol, product, and infrastructure teams to integrate new networks and features.
• Improving engineering velocity through CI/CD and automation practices.
• Maintaining high reliability and performance for production systems.

Conoscenze

Backend engineering

Distributed systems

Problem solving

Communication

Formazione

Computer Science degree

Strumenti

Kubernetes

Docker

CI/CD tooling

Automation tooling

Descrizione del lavoro

At Kaleido, we help some of the world’s largest financial institutions, enterprises, and digital asset companies build and scale blockchain-powered solutions. Our platform combines tokenization, custody, digital cash, and blockchain infrastructure into a complete enterprise-grade platform built for production environments. We are an engineering-driven company focused on solving complex technical challenges for real-world enterprise and institutional use cases. Our customers include global banks, financial market infrastructure providers, fintechs, and digital asset companies building the next generation of financial services.

The role

As a Senior Software Engineer at Kaleido, you will help design, build, and scale the infrastructure powering enterprise blockchain and digital asset platforms. You’ll work across distributed systems, blockchain integrations, cloud-native services, and developer tooling in high-scale production environments.

As a Senior Software Engineer, you will:

• Designing and building scalable backend services and APIs in Go.
• Developing infrastructure and platform tooling for blockchain nodes, custody systems, tokenization workflows, and digital asset platforms.
• Building and operating cloud-native microservices architectures in Kubernetes-based production environments with a focus on reliability, observability, and scalability.
• Working closely with protocol, product, and infrastructure teams to integrate new blockchain networks, protocols, and platform capabilities.
• Improving engineering velocity through CI/CD pipelines, deployment automation, internal tooling, and operational best practices.
• Collaborating with highly technical engineers across backend, protocol, DevOps, and infrastructure disciplines.
• Evaluating and leveraging modern AI-assisted engineering workflows and tooling where appropriate across development and operational processes.
• Participating in technical architecture discussions and helping shape engineering standards, scalability decisions, and long‑term platform design.
• Staying current with developments across blockchain infrastructure, distributed systems, cloud platforms, and backend engineering practices.

Requirements

• 5+ years of backend software engineering experience building scalable distributed systems in production environments.
• Computer Science degree or equivalent practical experience.
• Strong experience with Go (Golang).
• Experience designing and operating microservices architectures in cloud-native environments.
• Experience working with Kubernetes, Docker, CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure automation tooling.
• Strong understanding of distributed systems, networking fundamentals, APIs, concurrency, and backend architecture patterns.
• Experience operating and troubleshooting high-scale production systems with a focus on reliability and performance.
• Strong problem‑solving skills and the ability to independently drive technical solutions from design through implementation.
• Ability to learn quickly, navigate ambiguity, and work across a broad technical surface area.
• Strong communication with team members, stakeholders, and customers.

Preferred qualifications

• Experience working with blockchain infrastructure, RPC systems, validators, or node operations.
• Experience integrating with EVM-based chains, Ethereum tooling, wallets, custody systems, or tokenization platforms.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Experience with TypeScript or Python.
• Experience with observability tooling, distributed tracing, and production monitoring systems.
• Exposure to AI‑assisted engineering workflows, automation tooling, or AI infrastructure integrations.
• Open‑source contributions or experience working with developer platforms and SDKs.

Diversity and Inclusion

Kaleido is committed to fostering an inclusive workplace that celebrates diversity in all its forms. We value and respect individuals from varied backgrounds, cultures, and experiences and strive to create an environment where everyone feels welcome and supported. Kaleido is an equal‑opportunity employer. We encourage qualified individuals of all backgrounds to apply.