Senior Blockchain Developer
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Senior Software Engineer, Blockchain
Paxos
full-time
Posted on:
Location: 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $173,284 - $203,864 per year
Job Level
Senior
Tech Stack
AWSCloudDockerGoJavaKafkaKotlinKubernetesPythonRust
About the role
- Paxos: mission to open the world’s financial system by enabling instant movement of any asset, any time, using blockchain infrastructure that tokenizes, custodies, trades and settles assets for major financial institutions.
- Blockchain team: builds secure, scalable, and reliable blockchain solutions and infrastructure.
- Role: Senior Engineer responsible for architecting, building, and maintaining Paxos’ blockchain infrastructure and applications; collaborate across functions and shape technical direction.
- Responsibilities include delivering secure and scalable solutions, deploying and maintaining production code on cloud platforms, troubleshooting production issues, and mentoring junior engineers.
Requirements
- 5+ years of professional experience in software engineering, with substantial expertise in blockchain technologies.
- Proven hands-on experience with deploying and maintaining code in production environments, including cloud platforms and services.
- Strong problem-solving and analytical skills; able to troubleshoot and resolve complex technical issues independently.
- Excellent communication skills and a collaborative mindset; comfortable working with stakeholders from multiple disciplines.
- Capable of managing multiple priorities effectively and delivering high-value results in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.
- Passion for learning and making meaningful contributions in the areas of blockchain protocols, cryptographic principles, consensus algorithms, and decentralized applications (dApps).
- Mentor junior engineers and contribute to a culture of technical excellence and continuous learning.
- Proficiency in at least one modern programming language (Golang or Java preferred; Kotlin, Rust, Python, or C++ also valued).
- Solid foundation in computer science fundamentals, including data structures, algorithms, and distributed system design.
- Experience building and maintaining cloud-native services using tools such as Kubernetes, Docker, Kafka, and AWS.
- Experience working on high-throughput, low-latency systems or trading infrastructure is a strong plus.
