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Location(s)
US and Ontario, Canada
Our Trading Engineering team is looking for Senior Software Engineers to join
our growing team. We take pride in continuous innovation, high performance,
effective mentoring/coaching, multi-disciplinary collaboration and the
authentic application of lean/agile methods, To help build and scale our
trading systems and APIs.
About Paxos
Paxos is on a mission to enable the movement of any asset, any time, in a
trustworthy way. Today's financial infrastructure is archaic, expensive,
inefficient and risky - supporting a system that leaves out more people than
it lets in. So we're rebuilding it.
As a regulated blockchain infrastructure company, we use technology to
tokenize, custody, trade, and settle assets for enterprise clients like
PayPal, Bank of America, and Interactive Brokers. Paxos is a top-funded
blockchain company, with more than $500 million in total funding from leading
investors like OakHC/FT, Founders Fund, PayPal Ventures, and Declaration
Partners. Together, we empower today's financial leaders to build a more open,
trusted economy.
As a Senior Software Engineer, you'll get to:
Design and implement high quality software from concept through to launch
taking ownership of design, coding, testing and deployment of key
proprietary software components of our tokenized commodities platforms
Apply engineering best-practices including unit and integration testing,
source code version control, agile planning/estimation
Effectively resolve ambiguity, analyzing complex requirements and breaking
down features and initiatives into tactical tasks
Effectively navigate the trade-offs among MVP vs Enterprise-Grade, Time-
to-market and in other relevant dimensions
Search for the truth in product conceptualization and development,
ensuring designs and implementations are fully aligned with the company
mission and product goals
Immerse yourself in blockchain technology, cryptocurrency for enterprises
and investors, our regulation-first approach, and more!
Your experience should include:
4+ years of software development experience, including at least one of the
following: Golang, Kotlin, Rust, Java, C++, JavaScript/TypeScript, Python
Strong computer science and programming fundamentals (data structures,
algorithms)
You might also have:
Mastery of core engineering concepts including data structures, design
best practices, run-time optimizations, and algorithmic complexity
Able to apply both OO and functional style to coding
Solid understanding of concepts like load balancing, HA/failover, ingress,
inter-service communications in a microservices style cluster,
idempotence, ACID, guaranteed delivery, etc.
Technical expert in at least one domain like Trading Systems, Distributed
Systems, Cryptography, Databases, or AWS
Can understand and articulate the architecture of an entire system,
including the technical trade-offs between different design
implementations of high performance, low latency order state management
Familiar with online web application architectures and infrastructures,
including clustering (Kubernetes), containerizing (Docker), message
queuing (MQ / Kafka), telemetry/instrumentation (Prometheus/Grafana),
etc.
Familiar with APIs / Connectivity technologies, REST API or FIX, sockets,
TCP, UDP, multicast
Eager to work openly and collaboratively with a diverse multi-disciplinary
team, collaborating effectively with stakeholders
Constantly seeks to learn new technologies, innovate and discover better
ways to solve engineering challenges of high performance trading systems
and APIs, including performance tuning, latency optimizations and constant
new development of APIs
What you'll love about Paxos:
Paxos has consistently been recognized on the Forbes Fintech 50, CB Insights
Blockchain 50 and Built In's “Best Places to Work” lists. Paxonians have
significant ownership and impact on our business, as well as benefits like
company equity, health insurance, family leave, a quarterly stipend for
development, a stipend for home office setup and unlimited PTO. From team
product demos and virtual lounge and learns to care packages and an active
Slack #shoutouts channel, there are countless opportunities to connect and
make your mark. Help us continue to build a new, open financial system from
one of our three offices or right from your home!
Learn more:
Company
Web 3.0 Is Still the Place to Be
A Conversation with Paxos Product Leaders
Paxos Raises $300M in Series D Funding at 2.4B Valuation
Customers
Paxos & PayPal Bring Crypto to Millions of Users
Mercado Libre Reaches 1M+ Users in 60 Days With Paxos
Paxos Was Built to Protect its Customers
Media
CNBC Crypto World Interviews Paxos CEO on USDP stablecoin
Paxos CEO Charles Cascarilla's Perspectives on the Current State of the
Global Economy
Yahoo Finance Interviews Paxos CEO on Testimony to U.S. Congress and
Stablecoin Infrastructure
Our Paxos team is made up of passionate people from all over the world with
different perspectives and experiences. If this opportunity excites you, but
your experience doesn't perfectly match the description…apply! Unique voices
help us build a more transparent and open economy.
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