Remote Backend Engineer, Senior (United States & Canada)

Description:

• CoinTracker is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to join their distributed team in the United States and Canada.
• The company focuses on simplifying cryptocurrency portfolio tracking and tax compliance for consumers and businesses.
• The role involves building new features, products, integrations, and back-end services.
• The engineer will design scalable systems to support millions of users and will own and deliver top-level product and engineering objectives.
• Collaboration with team members across the company is essential.
• The company is proud of its achievements, including generating over 1 million tax forms and tracking over $250 billion in cryptocurrency.

Requirements:

• Candidates must have 5+ years of professional experience as a backend engineer, preferably in the data engineering or crypto/finance domain.
• Strong computer science fundamentals, including algorithms, data structures, system design, and distributed systems, are required.
• Deep knowledge of backend technologies, including databases, orchestrators, messaging systems, and data pipelines, is essential.
• Candidates should write high-quality code, value software testing, and uphold best practices in engineering, security, and design.
• Experience in designing, scaling, and maintaining production systems in high-growth or early-stage environments is preferred.
• Strong fundamentals with a cloud platform like GCP or AWS are necessary.
• Candidates must be able to work effectively in a remote setting and overlap with core hours of 9 AM to 12 PM PT / 12 PM to 3 PM EST.

Benefits:

• The starting salary for this position ranges from $175,000 to $210,000 USD, with compensation based on job-related factors.
• The position includes equity in CoinTracker.
• Benefits offered include medical, dental, vision, 401(k), life insurance, and paid time off (PTO).