Description:

Notabene is on a mission to integrate crypto into the everyday economy, serving over 100 customers globally, including financial institutions and fintechs.
The Staff Backend Engineer will play a crucial role in shaping secure and scalable crypto transaction processing.
This position involves architecting, building, and maintaining core transaction-processing services to enhance scalability, reliability, and performance.
The role includes designing high-throughput, low-latency microservices for the Transactions team and contributing to a secure transaction authorization platform.
Responsibilities include collaborating with various teams to gather requirements, developing the Transactions team roadmap, and driving large-scale technical projects from inception to deployment.
The Staff Engineer will also mentor and support other engineers within the organization.

Requirements:

Candidates must have 8+ years of professional software engineering experience, with at least 3+ years in a senior or staff-level backend engineering role.
Proficiency in back-end languages such as Node.js, Typescript, or Deno is required, with Rust or Go experience being a significant advantage.
A deep understanding of cryptography and public/private key encryption/signing is essential, along with knowledge of decentralized identity and verifiable credentials.
Extensive experience with PostgreSQL and SQL optimization is necessary, as well as the ability to architect and troubleshoot high-throughput transactional databases.
Expertise in event-driven microservices development and hands-on experience with Kafka is required.
Candidates should have experience deploying and managing services on AWS, with knowledge of container orchestration tools like Kubernetes and Docker being highly desirable.
Knowledge of security principles related to secure data handling and encryption in financial or transactional data systems is important.
Strong problem-solving skills, attention to detail, and the ability to work independently in a remote-first environment are essential.
Excellent communication and writing skills are required for effective collaboration across teams.

Notabene values inclusion and diversity, providing an equal employment workplace and affirmative action employer status.
The company encourages applications from a broad array of candidates, including those without blockchain experience.
Notabene is open to candidates returning to work after a gap in employment or those looking to advance their careers.