Senior Backend Engineer | Crypto

  • Category: IT Engineer & Developer Jobs
  • Location: Chicago, Illinois
  • Job Type: Full Time / Part Time
  • Salary: Estimated: $ 25K to 31K
  • Published on: 2025/09/21

Job highlights
Identified by Google from the original job post
Qualifications
BS in CS or equivalent
5 years of software engineering experience, preferably in the crypto space
Experience with at least one compiled language such as Rust, C++, or C AND 1 backend development language (TypeScript, Python, Node, or similar)
Experience with the Solana ecosystem or having written code that interfaces with such (indexers, RPC nodes, validator nodes, wallet connectors, wallets)
Understanding of networking protocols and frameworks including TCP, UDP, WebSockets, Protocol Buffers, and gRPC
Understanding of Solana architecture, including leaders, shreds, transaction structures (e.g. list of instructions within a transaction), and Jito bundles
Strong system and software design skills, including the ability to reason about technical tradeoffs of different architectural approaches
iOS or Android experience
Benefits
Salary $150,000 - $300,000 per year
Competitive base salary plus bonus, Great Benefits, Remote Work, Growth Opportunity, Great Culture, PTO, 401K, and much more!
Responsibilities
In this role you work will primarily focus building backend, real-time services powering the production software
Job description
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Job details

Venture backed DeFi startup is hiring for a Senior Backend Engineer!

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Salary $150,000 - $300,000 per year

A Bit About Us

Well-Funded, venture backed startup is looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join their growing team! This startup is partnered with big names in the crypto space and is a core contributor to a Solana liquidity aggregator and a mobile trading app used by over half of a million users. In this role you work will primarily focus building backend, real-time services powering the production software.

Why join us?

Competitive base salary plus bonus, Great Benefits, Remote Work, Growth Opportunity, Great Culture, PTO, 401K, and much more!

Job Details

Requirements
• BS in CS or equivalent
• 5 years of software engineering experience, preferably in the crypto space
• Experience with at least one compiled language such as Rust, C++, or C AND 1 backend development language (TypeScript, Python, Node, or similar)
• Experience with the Solana ecosystem or having written code that interfaces with such (indexers, RPC nodes, validator nodes, wallet connectors, wallets)
• Understanding of networking protocols and frameworks including TCP, UDP, WebSockets, Protocol Buffers, and gRPC
• Understanding of Solana architecture, including leaders, shreds, transaction structures (e.g. list of instructions within a transaction), and Jito bundles
• Strong system and software design skills, including the ability to reason about technical tradeoffs of different architectural approaches

Bonus Qualifications
• iOS or Android experience

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