Senior Software Engineer

Who we’re looking for

We’re looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our engineering team! This role will report to our Engineering Manager, and will be responsible for building great products quickly with the power of AI-driven development, without sacrificing quality. They will be a key contributor to Ethena’s growing product surface area and engineering operations.

Engineering Manager

• Develop full stack software using Typescript, MySQL, React, and Next.js.

• Direct AI coding agent(s) to assist you in building great things quickly, while maintaining a production quality codebase.

• Own features big and small from the idea phase through to production.

• Collaborate with other engineers, designers, product managers, and members of the wider Ethena team.

• A hunger for building great software faster than ever using AI coding agents, along with an understanding of the pitfalls and how to avoid them.

• A great knack for simple and elegant system design.

• Deep expertise building and maintaining great web applications, especially in a B2B context.

• Comfort with Java script/Typescript, MySQL, React, Next.js, and AWS.

• Extensive experience shipping agile software sustainably (Git, CI/CD, database migrations, logging & monitoring, infrastructure considerations, etc).

• A self-starter who thrives in a hands‑off management environment — someone who takes ownership of their work with a “roll up your sleeves” mentality, is comfortable with ambiguity, proactively identifies problems and solutions, and drives their work forward with minimal oversight.

• We’re a startup so we’re not just looking for someone to run a playbook. We want you to help build it.

• Passion for what we’re building here at Ethena and a strong alignment with our core values (which includes an impeccable sense of humor).

• Getting spun up quickly on our million-line codebase, best practices, and 6 years of product learnings.

$180,000 - $200,000 a year

At Ethena, we’re committed to fair and equitable compensation. We carefully evaluate each candidate’s skills and qualifications to provide our best possible offer upfront. Our no‑negotiation policy ensures that our first offer is always our best offer, promoting pay equity throughout our organization.

This is sedentary work that primarily involves sitting/standing in a home office environment.

Ethena is a remote‑first organization and is currently hiring candidates based in the United States or Canada.

We provide unlimited PTO.

Ethena is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. We believe that a successful organization is one that celebrates its employees for who they are, who they love, and the unique lens through which they experience the world. Ethena does not discriminate based on race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, Veteran status, or other legally protected status.

We understand that our differences make us better. They empower us to learn from each other, lean on each other, and create a product and community that models the behavior we hope to see in others.