Senior Backend Engineer, Staking & DeFi

The world of digital assets is accelerating in speed, magnitude, and complexity, opening the door to new ways for leveraging the blockchain. Fireblocks’ platform and network provide the simplest and most secure way for companies to work with digital assets and it trusted by some of the largest financial institutions, banks, globally-recognized brands, and Web3 companies in the world, including BNY Mellon, BNP Paribas, ANZ Bank, Revolut, and thousands more. 

About the Team

The Web3 Staking & DeFi team at Fireblocks is looking for an experienced Backend Developer to help drive our growth in the digital asset space. In this role, you’ll work on integrating new staking protocols and developing native crypto products, allowing customers to earn rewards on idle assets and experience seamless interactions with DeFi solutions like swaps. Our team collaborates with prominent industry players to deliver innovative and integrated experiences on the Fireblocks platform. Security is foundational to everything we build, and you’ll play a key role in creating products that are secure by design. Join us to shape the future of crypto by creating powerful, native products and staking solutions.

What You’ll Do

Your role will provide you with challenges that include designing architecture at scale and researching new blockchain technologies.

You’ll ensure systems are designed with secure architecture patterns, implementing best practices in access control, data protection, and threat mitigation.

If you are an innovative developer with self-learning skills, who likes to research new technologies and you’re passionate about engineering and solving hard problems – come and join us!

What You’ll Bring

• 7+ years of experience as a Backend Engineer.
• Experience in researching and integrating new technologies.
• Experience in writing code in Agile, CI/CD environment, k8s.
• A strong understanding of secure coding practices and experience in building security-conscious systems.
• Experience working with NodeJS
• Frontend experience - Advantage.
• Experience working with C++ -Advantage
• Experience with blockchain or cryptocurrency - Big advantage

Fireblocks' mission is to enable every business to easily and securely access digital assets and cryptocurrencies. In order to do that, we strongly believe our workforce should be as diverse as our clients, and this is why we embrace diversity and inclusion in all its forms. 

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