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Career Renew is recruiting for one of its clients, a next-generation payments, asset management, and operations platform aFounding Lead Backend Engineer - candidates need to be based in New York area, transfer of H1B visa's is accepted.

First and foremost, were building an engineering organization dedicated to producing the best. We are building a culture where we work as a team, we operate as a unit, and we trust each other to produce the best code and culture we can.

Our first product a fully collateralized, freely tradeable USD stablecoin will be launched in the year ahead. Itll be competing directly with the heavyweight stables in the market today but will differentiate materially in terms of its value proposition, resource allocation, and GTM model. The stables collateral will be managed by VanEck, one of the worlds largest asset managers and ETF issuers (~$80B AUM).

Who you are:

• Capable of moving fast while prioritizing code quality and maintainability
• Fast-learner: you are proactive and able to pick up new things quickly
• Experience architecting applications from scratch
• You take extreme pride in building the best

Responsibilities:

• Architect, develop and maintain the server-side logic, databases, APIs, and other backend processes to meet application requirements
• Develop a high-trust high-quality engineering culture
• Collaborate closely with our CTO and CEO to directly impact product roadmap
• Collaborate with frontend developers to ensure seamless integration of user-facing elements.
• Engage in the entire application lifecycle, focusing on coding, debugging, and deploying with an emphasis on high quality, scalable code.
• Develop and maintain our database layer, APIs, and other web services
• Hire, Teach, and Mentor junior engineers

Requirements

• 5+ years of backend development
• Strong expertise in Typescript and Golang (willing to learn rust)
• Proficiency in both SQL and NoSQL databases, understanding of ACID properties, and knowledge of distributed database architectures
• Proficient in RESTful API and GraphQL development, with a deep understanding of OpenAPI/Swagger documentation
• Proven experience working on large projects with long-term impact on a single system or team
• Experience leading the development of distributed systems and micro-service architecture
• Ability to handle unexpected challenges, perhaps even those that fall outside strict backend development
• Must be open to learning new technologies, methodologies, and moving between different tasks
• Must be able to articulate complex technical issues to non-technical stakeholders

Bonus Qualifications:

• Experience in high-security or financial applications
• Knowledge of Front End Development and Devops
• Experience interacting with blockchains