Backend Engineer, Cryptocurrency and Blockchain

CipherTrace, a Mastercard company, is a rapidly growing leader in cryptocurrency intelligence and compliance. Our team has introduced novel solutions to challenges including sanctions compliance for DeFi and the Crypto Travel Rule. Our mission is to grow the blockchain economy by making crypto safe for users and trusted by governments. CipherTrace operates on a global scale to assist banks, cryptocurrency exchanges, law enforcement agencies, regulators, VASPs, and businesses in preventing fraud, human trafficking, money laundering, and other illicit activity where cryptocurrency is involved.

The ideal candidate should be a passionate, self-motivated, team player with experience working in a quickly evolving environment and who has a willingness to work and learn in a collaborative organization.

Responsibilities

• Build the next generation cryptocurrency tools, law enforcement tools, and DeFi platforms.
• Build the Back End infrastructure and services to support the front-end UI.
• Debug and perform quality testing on the Blockchain cryptocurrency tools.
• Monitor and improve API and database performance.
• Co-design software APIs with front-end developers to access cryptocurrency feeds.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience building enterprise applications.
• Javascript, Typescript, Scala, Golang, Rust, Python, SQL/noSQL,
• Cassandra, PostgreSQL, MySQL, BigQuery, Elasticsearch, GraphQL.
• NodeJS and asynchronous programming techniques.
• Deploying code with Kubernetes, Docker.
• AWS, Google Cloud, and container technologies.
• Stream processing pipelines and tools, such as Restful APIs, Pub/Sub, Redis, Kafka.
• Understanding of how Bitcoin and Ethereum works.
• Blockchain technologies, DeFi, law enforcement software, or cryptocurrencies.
• Comfortable working with distributed and remote teams.

Nice to Have

• Strong communication skills (both spoken and written).
• Knowledge of or experience applying machine learning models.

Perks & Benefits

We offer a comprehensive benefits package including competitive salaries, bonuses, medical, dental, and vision – which cover domestic partners as well – plus life and disability coverage, 20 vacation days, and a 401K matching plan.