Senior / Principal Blockchain Engineer (Stealth DeFi Project)

This job is for a core member of the backend engineering team at Paradigm, a company that is revolutionizing the future of finance. The role involves building and maintaining major features, with a focus on distributed systems and blockchain technology. The ideal candidate should have experience in architecting and developing blockchain smart contract platforms. They will work closely with product and engineering teams to deliver value to customers, while also focusing on integrations, scalability, and performance. The responsibilities include designing and implementing a decentralized protocol for crypto derivatives trading, developing APIs and SDKs, and ensuring high performance and responsiveness through monitoring and reporting. The candidate should have at least 5 years of backend engineering experience and proficiency in modern languages and cryptography concepts.

• Participate in the design and implementation of a decentralized protocol for crypto derivatives trading
• Develop, test, and deploy the backend and smart contracts needed for the decentralized protocol
• Design and develop APIs and/or SDKs to support trade execution services
• Own monitoring, alarming, analytics, and reporting on all services built, ensuring high performance and responsiveness
• Communicate requirements effectively within and across teams

• 5+ years of backend engineering experience, ideally building products from ideation to launch with a strong engineering team
• Demonstrable, in-depth knowledge and experience with at least one modern language such as Javascript, Python, Golang, Java, C++
• Proficient in basic cryptography concepts
• Hands-on experience architecting and developing existing blockchain smart contract platforms

• Competitive pay and transparent pay bands
• Flexible work environment
• Unlimited vacation with a minimum required PTO of 10 days annually.
• Celebrate your national holidays, in addition to floating holidays, to honor what matters to you, not HQ.
• Full benefits (benefits vary by country)
• We offer the highest benefits package offered by our Employment of Record partners; insurance carriers and plans vary by country
• Generous technology and learning allowances
• $5000 first-year budget to spend on your computer, peripherals, office essentials...whatever makes you most efficient and comfortable. You'll receive a $2000 refresh each anniversary.
• $1000 budget to spend on learning and development materials, courses or conferences.