Senior Software Engineer
Clear Streetabout 3 hours ago
New York, NY, USA
Senior
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Base Salary
$170k - $250k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design and implement high-performance backend services and APIs for financial applications.
- Build and maintain systems for trading, settlement, and asset custody (fiat and crypto).
- Integrate with blockchain networks (e.g., Ethereum, Bitcoin) and third-party financial APIs.
- Ensure system reliability, security, and scalability under high-throughput conditions.
- Develop and maintain data pipelines for real-time and batch financial data processing.
- Collaborate with product, frontend, and DevOps teams to deliver end-to-end solutions.
- Implement monitoring, logging, and alerting to ensure system health and uptime.
Requirements
- 5+ years of backend engineering experience in a production environment.
- Strong proficiency in one or more backend languages (e.g., Python, Java, Go, Rust or Node.js).
- Solid understanding of distributed systems, microservices architecture, and RESTful APIs.
- Experience working with relational and/or NoSQL databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, MongoDB).
- Familiarity with financial systems (trading, payments, risk, or accounting systems).
- Hands-on experience with defi services.
- Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure).
Benefits
- Opportunity to join a growing team where you can make a difference.
- A new, high-quality code base with little technical debt.
- An environment that embraces a DevOps-oriented culture with a focus on CI/CD methodology.
- A meritocratic philosophy that champions collaboration.
- Competitive compensation, benefits, and perks.
- In-office benefits include lunch stipends, fully stocked kitchens, happy hours, and amazing views.
Tech Stack
Apache KafkaAWSAzureGoGoogle Cloud PlatformJavaMongoDBNode.jsPostgreSQLPythonRabbitMQRust
Categories
BackendDevOps