Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Recruiting from Scratch is a specialized talent firm dedicated to helping companies build exceptional teams. They are seeking a Staff Software Engineer to own architecture and build the infrastructure for global, programmable money movement across traditional finance and blockchain ecosystems.
Responsibilities
- Own and extend core backend systems that power financial transactions across blockchain and traditional payment networks
- Design and build scalable microservices and APIs for transferring value securely and reliably
- Architect systems supporting payments, tokenization, wallets, and financial infrastructure
- Collaborate with product and engineering teams to define and ship new capabilities
- Integrate systems with banks, fintech platforms, and blockchain protocols
- Lead technical design and drive system architecture decisions across teams
- Troubleshoot and resolve production issues, ensuring system reliability and performance
- Build and maintain infrastructure including databases, messaging systems, and APIs for high-scale financial workflows
Skills
- 7+ years of professional software engineering experience
- Strong backend expertise in Java (preferred) or Go
- Proven experience building and operating scalable, production-grade distributed systems
- Deep experience in at least one domain: payments processing, API platforms, or blockchain systems
- Strong understanding of RESTful API design and distributed system architecture
- Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure) and container orchestration (Kubernetes, ECS/EKS)
- Strong experience with SQL databases and schema design
- Demonstrated technical leadership, including leading teams (4+ engineers) on architecture and system design
- High standards for code quality, testing, and system reliability
- Experience with Web3, blockchain systems, or smart contract logic
- Experience working on financial infrastructure or regulated systems
- Familiarity with event-driven architectures and messaging systems
- Experience building developer platforms or public APIs
Benefits
- Bonus: 10–15% annual
- Equity: $800K – $1M RSUs (4-year vest)
- Fully remote (U.S.-based) with West Coast collaboration preference
- Multiple team options across payments, liquidity, developer platform, and blockchain infrastructure
- High ownership environment with strong technical leadership expectations
- Flat organization with high feedback velocity and direct communication culture
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