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Superstate

Staff Backend Engineer

Superstate, New York, New York, us, 10261


Tired of the inefficiencies and complexities of traditional finance? We are too. At Superstate, we create investment products that benefit from the speed, programmability, and compliance advantages of blockchain tokenization.

As an engineer at Superstate, you'll play a pivotal role in shaping the future of tokenized assets. You'll work on blockchain-integrated systems that allow investors to self-custody financial assets, and design the systems, APIs, and infrastructure to make finance itself more efficient.

What you'll do

Build back-end web services that interact with blockchains and traditional financeBuild out APIs and integrations with our partner custodiansDesign and build out an internal Transfer AgentLead, build and test our infrastructure as code effortsEnthusiastically collaborate with a small team, owning and planning projects for long-term impactTeach and mentor other engineersWhat you'll bring to the team

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related technical field9+ years of professional engineering experienceExpertise in building fault tolerant, high performance, and highly available cloud infrastructure in AWSDeep Rust experienceFamiliarity building web-services for highly-trafficked websitesFamiliarity with SQL, query planning and optimizationFamiliarity with the current DeFi ecosystemExceptional judgment, strategic thinking and creative problem-solving skills with a strong analytical mindsetBonus points if you have experience with these technologies

Pulumi or TerraformAWS - Fargate, RDS, Cloudfront, EC2, ECS, Nitro EnclaveCloudflarePostgresDockerTypescriptSolana ProgramsLayer 2 blockchains and cross-chain bridgesSolidity or YulFoundryBenefits & Perks

Competitive compensationEquity ownershipFlexible vacation policyPaid parental leaveFull medical, dental, and vision insurance

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We welcome qualified candidates of all races, creeds, genders, age, veteran status and sexuality to apply.

Founded in 2023, Superstate is backed by leading investors including Distributed Global, CoinFund, Breyer Capital, Galaxy, ParaFi, 1kx, and Cumberland.