Senior Software Engineer, Backend; Risk Platform

Overview

Employer Industry: Cryptocurrency and Financial Technology

Why consider this job opportunity:

• Salary up to $218,900 USD
• Bonus eligibility and equity options included in the compensation package
• Comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Opportunity for career advancement and growth within a rapidly evolving industry
• Work in a collaborative, high-performance environment with top-tier colleagues
• In-person participation in team events and offsites, fostering connection and teamwork

• Provide technical leadership for end-to-end projects, including implementation, deployment, and monitoring
• Author, review, and approve technical design documents for complex features and systems
• Manage complex projects from inception to production while mentoring junior engineers
• Proactively improve code quality and address technical debt across the team's code bases
• Lead the team's troubleshooting, bug triaging, and performance/scalability improvements

• 5+ years of experience in software engineering with a proven track record of delivering complex systems
• Demonstrated ability to lead technical projects and mentor other engineers
• Deep expertise in at least one backend programming language (Go, Java, Python, Ruby)
• Experience building and scaling distributed systems in production environments
• Strong understanding of system design, architecture patterns, and trade-offs

• Experience with risk, fraud detection, or financial systems at scale
• Knowledge of machine learning models in production environments
• Familiarity with real-time event processing and streaming architectures (Kafka, Flink)
• Understanding of payment systems (ACH, cards, crypto) and associated fraud patterns
• Track record of improving team productivity through tooling and process improvements

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