Staff Backend Engineer

CoinTracker; United States; Remote; USD 210,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Staff Backend Engineer, where you'll tackle complex technical challenges and build transformative crypto products. You'll play a vital role in shaping backend architecture and scaling systems to support millions of users. This innovative firm values collaboration and offers an exciting opportunity to work cross-functionally, influence technical direction, and mentor a talented engineering team. With a mission to enable everyone to use crypto with peace of mind, your contributions will have a significant impact on the future of finance.

Benefits

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

401(k)

Life Insurance

Paid Time Off (PTO)

Equity Options

Qualifications

• 8+ years of backend engineering experience with strong CS fundamentals.
• Experience leading complex projects and mentoring engineers.
• Deep knowledge of backend technologies and data processing systems.

Responsibilities

• Architect and scale backend systems for millions of users.
• Lead critical technical projects ensuring performance and reliability.
• Mentor engineers and improve system performance.

Skills

Backend Engineering

System Design

Data Structures

Algorithms

Performance Optimization

Communication Skills

Tools

Python

Flask

Postgres

Docker

Terraform

GCP

GraphQL

Redis

Job description

Overview

CoinTracker makes cryptocurrency portfolio tracking and tax compliance simple. Our platform enables consumers and businesses to seamlessly track their cryptocurrency portfolios, investment performance, taxes, and more. We are a globally distributed team on a mission to enable everyone in the world to use crypto with peace of mind. Learn more about our mission, culture, and hiring process.

Some things we’re proud of

• Building foundational tools in the cryptocurrency space
• Over 1M tax forms generated
• Tracking $80B+ in cryptocurrency on CoinTracker (~over 5% of the entire crypto market)
• Partnered with Coinbase, H&R Block, Intuit TurboTax, MetaMask, OpenSea, Phantom, Solana, and Uniswap
• Founders: Jon previously built TextNow (200M downloads), Chandan was a product manager at Google & Google[x]
• $100M+ venture capital raised from investors including Accel, General Catalyst, Y Combinator, Initialized Capital, Coinbase Ventures, Kraken Ventures, and others
• Excellent benefits

Your mission

Join our close-knit, early-stage distributed team to tackle complex technical challenges and build transformative crypto products that provide peace of mind. As a Staff Backend Engineer, you will play a critical role in shaping our backend architecture, scaling our systems, and driving high-impact engineering and product initiatives. You will work cross-functionally to influence technical direction and mentor engineers, helping us build a world-class engineering team.

What you will do

• Architect and scale backend systems to support millions of users and transactions.
• Lead and drive critical technical projects, ensuring scalability, performance, and reliability.
• Design and optimize complex data processing pipelines, distributed systems, and APIs.
• Collaborate with Product, Design, and other teams to align technical execution with business goals.
• Mentor and guide engineers, fostering technical excellence and best practices.
• Continuously improve system performance, observability, and maintainability.

What we look for

Role-agnostic

• Impact: Proven ability to drive business impact
• Mission alignment: Motivated to achieve our mission of Enabling everyone in the world to use crypto with peace of mind
• Trust: Honesty and integrity in actions and communication
• Communication: Ability to clearly discuss details and see the bigger picture

Role-specific

• 8+ years of backend engineering experience
• Strong CS fundamentals: algorithms, data structures, system design, performance optimization
• Deep knowledge of backend technologies: databases, orchestrators, messaging systems, data pipelines
• Experience leading complex projects, mentoring engineers, and setting standards
• Experience with large-scale data ingestion and processing systems
• Comfort with an early-stage, high-growth startup environment with ambiguity
• [Bonus] Experience in crypto or financial systems

Sample projects you might work on

• Scaling data ingestion and computation platforms for millions of transactions
• Building a smart trade insights platform for cross-exchange trade recommendations
• Integrating country-specific tax regulations for accurate tax reporting

Our engineering process includes

• Code reviews
• Continuous integration
• Multiple daily automated deployments
• Automated testing with >85% code coverage

Our tech stack is

• Web: HTML, Typescript, React, React Native, Styled-Components
• Mobile: React Native, Expo, GraphQL
• Backend: Python, Flask, GraphQL, Postgres, BigTable, Redis, Python RQ
• Infrastructure: GCP, Terraform, Docker, Pub/Sub, Datadog, PagerDuty
• Willingness to learn new technologies is essential

The starting salary for this position is between $210,000 - $240,000. Compensation is based on skills, education, and experience. The role includes equity and benefits such as medical, dental, vision, 401(k), life insurance, and PTO.