Staff Software Engineer - Remote PST

Syndesus, Inc.; United States; Remote; BRL 912,000 - 1,303,000; Full time

Job summary

Syndesus, Inc. is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to lead architecture for fintech/blockchain infra. This remote US role offers strong equity and cross-team influence, with West Coast overlap preferred.

You will own critical microservices for real-money movement at scale and shape engineering standards across teams. A senior background in Java and distributed systems is essential.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of professional OO software development experience.
• Expert-level depth in API design, payments, or blockchain.
• Production-grade distributed systems with cloud exposure.
• CS degree or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Lead architecture and system design across multiple teams.
• Own microservices handling real-money movement at scale.
• Serve as domain expert in API design, payments, or blockchain.
• Shape engineering standards and drive bank integrations.

Skills

Java

Distributed systems

Kubernetes

REST APIs

Leadership

Education

CS degree

Tools

Kubernetes

AWS

REST APIs

Job description

Staff Software Engineer - Fintech/Blockchain Infrastructure

Remote (US) | West Coast Overlap strongly Preferred

This is a staff-level opportunity with a fintech infrastructure company whose stablecoin and payments platform processes trillions in on-chain volume and operates across 180+ countries. If you're a senior engineer ready to step into a genuine staff role with meaningful equity and cross-team technical influence, this is worth your attention.

What you'll be doing

You'll lead architecture and system design across teams of 5+, own critical microservices handling real-money movement at scale, and act as a domain expert in at least one of: API design, payments processing, or blockchain. You'll help shape engineering standards, drive integration with banks and financial platforms, and contribute to a flat, high-feedback engineering culture.

What they're looking for

• 7+ years of professional software development in object-oriented languages; deep Java expertise required. Go is secondary. C#/.NET backgrounds are not a fit.
• Proven technical leadership of teams larger than 4 on architecture and system design
• Expert-level depth in at least one domain: API design, payments processing, or blockchain/Web3
• Deep experience with production-grade distributed systems, Kubernetes or ECS/EKS, RESTful API design, and cloud infrastructure
• Familiarity with Web3, smart contract business logic, and blockchain protocols - this is a real requirement at staff level, not a nice-to-have
• SQL database design and schema experience
• CS degree or equivalent

Compensation

$175,000 - $250,000 base + 10-15% annual bonus + RSU grant. Total comp is flexible for the right profile.

Interview Process

Recruiter intro - online assessment - technical panel (system design + coding) - behavioral round with senior leadership - hiring manager meeting

Compensation

The base pay range for this role is $175,000 - $250,000 per year.