Senior/Staff Backend Engineer

Superstate; New York (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative company is seeking a skilled engineer to revolutionize finance through blockchain technology. In this pivotal role, you'll develop back-end services and APIs that bridge traditional finance with blockchain solutions. Your expertise in cloud infrastructure, particularly in AWS, and deep knowledge of Rust will be crucial in building high-performance systems. This is an exciting opportunity to collaborate with a dynamic team, mentor fellow engineers, and drive impactful projects that shape the future of finance. Join a forward-thinking firm that values diversity and offers competitive compensation and equity ownership.

Benefits

Competitive compensation

Equity ownership

Flexible vacation policy

Paid parental leave

Full medical, dental, and vision insurance

Qualifications

• 9+ years of engineering experience with expertise in cloud infrastructure.
• Deep experience in Rust and familiarity with SQL and web services.

Responsibilities

• Build back-end services that integrate with blockchains and finance.
• Design and implement systems for efficient financial transactions.

Skills

Cloud Infrastructure

Rust

SQL

Problem Solving

Analytical Skills

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science

Tools

AWS

Docker

Terraform

Postgres

Typescript

Job description

Tired of the inefficiencies and complexities of traditional finance? We are too. At Superstate, we create investment products that benefit from the speed, programmability, and compliance advantages of blockchain tokenization.

As an engineer at Superstate, you'll play a pivotal role in shaping the future of tokenized assets. You'll work on blockchain-integrated systems that allow investors to self-custody financial assets, and design the systems, APIs, and infrastructure to make finance itself more efficient.

What you'll do

• Build back-end web services that interact with blockchains and traditional finance
• Build out APIs and integrations with our partner custodians
• Design and build out an internal Transfer Agent
• Lead, build and test our infrastructure as code efforts
• Enthusiastically collaborate with a small team, owning and planning projects for long-term impact
• Teach and mentor other engineers

What you'll bring to the team

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related technical field
• 9+ years of professional engineering experience
• Expertise in building fault tolerant, high performance, and highly available cloud infrastructure in AWS
• Deep Rust experience
• Familiarity building web-services for highly-trafficked websites
• Familiarity with SQL, query planning and optimization
• Familiarity with the current DeFi ecosystem
• Exceptional judgment, strategic thinking and creative problem-solving skills with a strong analytical mindset

Bonus points if you have experience with these technologies

• Pulumi or Terraform
• AWS - Fargate, RDS, Cloudfront, EC2, ECS, Nitro Enclave
• Cloudflare
• Postgres
• Docker
• Typescript
• Solana Programs
• Layer 2 blockchains and cross-chain bridges
• Solidity or Yul
• Foundry

Benefits & Perks

• Competitive compensation
• Equity ownership
• Flexible vacation policy
• Paid parental leave
• Full medical, dental, and vision insurance

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We welcome qualified candidates of all races, creeds, genders, age, veteran status and sexuality to apply.

Founded in 2023, Superstate is backed by leading investors including Distributed Global, CoinFund, Breyer Capital, Galaxy, ParaFi, 1kx, and Cumberland.