Senior Software Engineer, Backend (Developer - Onchain Payments)

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Requirements:

• 6+ years of experience in software development with a strong focus on backend development working closely with frontend engineers; crypto experience is a plus.
• Mastery of Go and/or Ruby; experience with Solidity is a plus.
• Proven track record of rapidly shipping high-quality backend systems.
• Solid understanding of Ethereum and EVM-compatible chains, and experience with developing smart contracts.
• Demonstrated commitment to excellent developer experiences and open source code, especially in relation to crypto and payments.
• Understanding of distributed systems, microservices architecture, and event-driven architectures.
• Experience with databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB), caching systems (Redis, Memcached), and message queues (Kafka, RabbitMQ).
• Experience with developer operations, including Cloud providers like AWS and containerization technologies such as Kubernetes.
• Understanding of web security best practices and secure coding for financial systems.
• Exceptional problem-solving skills and ability to find elegant solutions in the crypto payment processing domain.
• Outstanding communication, leadership, and collaboration skills, effectively working with cross-functional partners.
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities:

• Bring a 0-to-1 product to life to replace the global payment stack with crypto rails.
• Design, develop, and maintain a scalable, reliable, and secure payment processing backend using Go, Ruby, and Solidity.
• Work with frontend engineers to rapidly prototype user flows, gain market feedback, and productionize code.
• Build the backend orchestration for a novel open-source web3 payment protocol.
• Collaborate closely with product managers, designers, and cross-functional partners to achieve product market fit.
• Leverage and improve upon an existing legacy codebase of Coinbase Commerce.
• Follow best practices for operational excellence and maintenance of legacy code.
• Optimize backend performance for efficient transaction processing and high availability.
• Troubleshoot and debug complex fullstack issues.