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Backend Engineer, Staff (Remote)

US, Remote

We’re building tools that simplify portfolio tracking and tax compliance in the digital assets space. Our platform enables individuals and businesses to seamlessly track investments, performance, and taxes. We’re a globally distributed team on a mission to make digital finance accessible, transparent, and stress-free.

Highlights
  • Foundational tools in the cryptocurrency/fintech space
  • Millions of tax forms generated and billions in assets tracked
  • Partnerships with top industry players
  • Backed by leading investors and advisors
  • Comprehensive benefits package

Your Mission

As a Staff Backend Engineer, you’ll play a key role in shaping backend architecture, scaling systems, and driving critical engineering initiatives. You’ll collaborate with product and design teams, lead projects, and mentor engineers while helping build a world-class engineering culture.

What You’ll Do
  • Architect and scale backend systems to support millions of users
  • Lead critical technical projects with focus on performance and reliability
  • Design and optimize data processing pipelines, distributed systems, and APIs
  • Collaborate across teams to align technical work with business goals
  • Mentor engineers and foster best practices
  • Continuously improve system performance, observability, and maintainability

What We’re Looking For
  • 8+ years of backend engineering experience
  • Strong computer science fundamentals (algorithms, data structures, system design, optimization)
  • Deep knowledge of backend technologies (databases, messaging systems, pipelines, orchestration)
  • Proven technical leadership and mentoring experience
  • Experience with large-scale data ingestion and processing systems
  • Proficiency in Python
  • Comfort working in an early-stage, high-growth environment with ambiguity
  • [Bonus] Experience in fintech, crypto, or financial systems

Example Projects
  • Scaling data ingestion & computation platforms to handle millions of transactions
  • Building trade insights platforms that factor in history, fees, arbitrage, and slippage
  • Implementing country-specific tax regulations for accurate, compliant reporting

How We Work
  • Code reviews and continuous integration
  • Multiple daily automated deployments to production
  • Automated testing with >85% coverage

Our Tech Stack
  • Web: HTML, Typescript, React, React Native
  • Mobile: React Native, Expo, GraphQL
  • Backend: Python, Flask, GraphQL, Postgres, Redis, BigTable
  • Infrastructure: GCP, Terraform, Docker, Pub/Sub, Datadog, PagerDuty

(You don’t need experience with every tool—we value curiosity and adaptability.)

Compensation & Benefits
  • Salary: $210,000 – $240,000 USD (location does not affect range)
  • Equity package
  • Medical, dental, vision, 401(k), life insurance, PTO, and more

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