Staff Software Engineer

Posted 20 Days Ago
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New York, NY
Senior level
Blockchain • Fintech • Software • Cryptocurrency • Web3
Leading decentralized perpetuals exchange
The Role
The Staff Software Engineer at dYdX will focus on building decentralized technologies for financial markets, writing low latency financial software, developing high-performance REST and WebSocket APIs, and mentoring other team members while managing project priorities and deliverables.
Summary Generated by Built In

At dYdX you'll have an opportunity to build state-of-the-art decentralized technologies that will redefine global financial markets. By joining us at this stage in our growth, you will help make fundamental decisions that will shape the course of dYdX. 

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ABOUT dYdX:

  • We’ve built the world’s leading decentralized exchange for advanced trading of crypto assets
  • dYdX is founded by an ex-Coinbase, ex-Uber engineer, with a Princeton CS background. Our team has previous experience at Coinbase, Uniswap, Google, Amazon, Lyft, Meta and other top companies
  • We're a world-class team with top backers and advisors, including Andreessen Horowitz, Polychain Capital, Brian Armstrong, Fred Ehrsam, Naval Ravikant, Elad Gil, and more 

RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • Write low latency financial software that will process billions of dollars a day worth of trading volume, including order book matching engines, trading engines, and REST & Websocket API endpoints.
  • Develop open source blockchain-based code that powers the dYdX protocol.
  • Build high performance REST & WebSocket APIs to power our frontend app as well as programmatic traders.
  • Architect performant and reliable backend systems.
  • Work together with multi-functional teams to develop the best overall product.
  • Manage individual projects priorities, deadlines and deliverables with your technical expertise.
  • Mentor and develop other team members on design techniques, and coding standards.

REQUIREMENTS:

  • 5+ years experience working as a full-time developer.
  • You write secure, efficient, high quality code and have a strong understanding of CS fundamentals.
  • You have experience with or are open to learning JavaScript, TypeScript, Go, Node.js, PostgreSQL, Redis, Kafka, Express, WebSockets, Docker, AWS, Terraform.
  • You are a fast learner who can quickly master new technologies.

NICE TO HAVES:

  • You've worked on high quality products in the finance or security space
  • You have experience building & operating complex, highly reliable distributed systems involving microservices and APIs
  • An interest in full-stack development. Experience building and architecting backend Web Services, as well as Web or Mobile applications
  • You have a strong interest in decentralized finance
  • You have experience building blockchain applications, or smart contracts
  • You have experience architecting and developing solutions to ambiguous problems with significant impact
  • CS Degree or equivalent experience

Salary range for this role is $230K to $305K USD (NY). Compensation subject to experience and location. Published salary bands pursuant to transparency laws, and do not include possible variable compensation such as annual merit increases, bonus eligibility, commission, or equity incentive.

Top Skills

Go
JavaScript
Typescript
The Company
HQ: San Francisco, CA
53 Employees
On-site Workplace
Year Founded: 2017

What We Do

dYdX is the most powerful decentralized open trading platform for advanced crypto financial products, built as a standalone appchain. Trade perpetual contracts with low fees, deep liquidity, up to 20x more buying power all while maintaining full custody and control of your assets.

Why Work With Us

dYdX is on a mission to democratize access to financial opportunity. Our team has experience from top companies like Google, Coinbase, Goldman Sachs, and Facebook. We're backed by the top investors in crypto like a16z, Paradigm, and Polychain. We offer top compensation and generous benefits.

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