Staff Software Engineer - Core Stablecoin Infrastructure

Axiom Recruit; United States; On-site; USD 180,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

$1M contract value

Job summary

Axiom Recruit is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to design and operate large-scale, deeply technical systems that power stablecoins and on-chain financial technologies. You will join a staff engineering team that builds and owns systems supporting secure value transfer across platforms.

You should bring 10+ years in backend engineering (Java preferred, Go also considered) and experience leading teams, with strong expertise in distributed systems, APIs, payments, or blockchain.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of backend engineering experience (Java preferred, Go also considered)
• Experience leading small/medium engineering teams and owning system design decisions
• expertise in either distributed systems, APIs, payments, or blockchain-related systems
• Strong hands‑on experience with cloud, Kubernetes, databases, and production troubleshooting
• Familiar with DeFi, wallets, gas optimisation, or developer tooling

Responsibilities

• Build and own systems that support secure value transfer across platforms
• Lead engineering decisions and design for high-scale infrastructure
• Collaborate across teams to deliver core stablecoin infrastructure

Skills

Backend engineering

Java

Go

Distributed systems

APIs

Payments

Blockchain

Cloud

Kubernetes

Databases

Production support

DeFi

Wallets

Job description

Axiom Recruit is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to design and operate large-scale, deeply technical systems that power stablecoins and on-chain financial technologies. You will join a staff engineering team that builds and owns systems supporting secure value transfer across platforms.

You should bring 10+ years in backend engineering (Java preferred, Go also considered) and experience leading teams, with strong expertise in distributed systems, APIs, payments, or blockchain.