Sr. Backend Java Engineer

About Us

We’re a well-funded, Bay Area Cryptocurrency startup (stealth mode). Led by passionate FinTech, crypto, and blockchain veterans, we are highly execution oriented, having successfully raised money and built products at some of the world’s most well-known companies.

Our Mission

We believe that in the future, everyone - regardless of location, education, or financial status - will have access to the same financial services and investment opportunities. By building a bridge between centralized finance “CeFi” and decentralized finance “DeFi” through blockchain technology, we will make it easy for anyone to buy, exchange, stake, and earn across crypto assets and DeFi protocols.

The Product

A licensed and regulated social-first Crypto marketplace that:

• Connects KYC’d investors with a community of investors and educators
• Offers a secure place to create, buy, and sell Crypto and NFT collections
• Gives access to a curated selection of earning opportunities on DeFi protocols
• Enables users to securely store their assets and collections in a private key wallet

The Role

Build and maintain a FinTech Microservices backend platform that serves our frontend application, external partners, and integrates with external services such as exchanges and payment providers.

Responsibilities

• Translate application requirements and use cases into functional requirements
• Contributing in all phases of the development lifecycle (scrum)
• Create API documentation for FE team and external partners.
• Design, build, and maintain efficient, reusable, and reliable Java code
• Ensure the best possible performance, quality, and responsiveness of the applications
• Identify bottlenecks and bugs, and devise solutions to these problems
• Help maintain code quality, organization, and automatization
• Debug and resolving technical issues

Desired experience

• You are passionate about democratizing access to financial products and services
• 5+ years of previous working experience in Java development
• Hands-on working experience in Spring and Docker framework
• Experience working in an Agile/Scrum development process
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git
• Familiarity with continuous integration

Compensation & Perks

• Flexible work environment: In-office or U.S. remote
• Competitive salary, equity, and benefits
• 401k
• Unlimited PTO

Application

• Contact:
• LinkedIn profile and/or CV
• Link to Github, StackOverflow, personal website and/or blog (if available)