Job description
Exodus is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to develop and to scale the core services that power our wallets, APIs, and white label integrations. In this position you will focus on building reliable infrastructure, optimizing performance, and scaling Exodus’s backends. The ideal candidate is a systems thinker with deep backend experience and a passion for creating fast, secure, and scalable software that users never have to think about.
What You Will Do
- Design, build, and evolve the core backend services that power millions of Exodus customers’ wallets.
- Architect scalable systems that are fault-tolerant, performant, and secure.
- Lead the end-to-end delivery of backend projects from inception to production.
- Champion engineering excellence by writing clean, testable, and maintainable code, and setting standards for service reliability and performance.
- Make smart, technical decisions that support our long-term vision while solving today’s challenges.
Collaborate closely with product, security, and frontend teams to deliver seamless, resilient user experiences.
Who You Are
- You have 5+ years of experience building and maintaining backend systems in production.
- You’re a Javascript Pro.
You’ve designed and deployed scalable, reliable infrastructure using cloud-native technologies (e.g., AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform).
You write clean, well-tested, and observable code, and advocate for best practices across engineering teams.
- You care deeply about security, performance, and delivering an excellent customer experience.
- You thrive in a remote, async-first environment and are self-directed and highly accountable.
A Plus
- Experience working in crypto
- Familiarity with payment systems, wallets, or blockchain infrastructure.
- Strong understanding of distributed systems and networking fundamentals.
- Contributions to open-source projects or experience maintaining public APIs.
- Prior experience mentoring or leading small teams of engineers.
About Exodus
Exodus is a multi-asset cryptocurrency wallet with a built-in exchange feature. We started our movement in 2015 and have been a distributed team since then. Our mission is to help half of the world exit the traditional financial system and move into the crypto financial system by the year 2030.
What We Offer
- Freedom to work wherever you want, whenever you want.
- Building the future. Cryptocurrencies lay the foundation to the internet of value, the next major wave in application technology and personal finance.
- Collaborative and feedback-driven culture.
- Opportunity to grow.
- Fair pay, no matter where you live along with a competitive benefits package.
- 100% pay in Bitcoin with a buffer to account for price changes and exchange fees.
- All the tools you need to do the job
Benefits
Health: Most of our health insurance plans are covered 100% for you and covered 50% for your dependents. We’ll also cover dental insurance. If you are outside of the United States, we will reimburse you up to $500 per month for any medical and dental insurance for you and your dependents.
PTO: 30 days of paid time off per year on top of a flexible schedule where you can work wherever and whenever. If you’re part-time with us, you’ll still receive 15 days of paid time off.
Unlimited Bereavement: We will pay you your full salary for the first two weeks for the loss of any immediate family members but we allow you to take all the time you need to grieve outside of that.
Parental Leave: 13 weeks of fully paid leave with and a month of flexible work for the primary caregiver. 4 weeks of paid leave if you are the child’s secondary caregiver.
Tax Help: Getting paid in Bitcoin new to you? Don’t worry! We will reimburse you for speaking with a professional tax specialist in your state/country to make sure everything is taken care of.
Perks: Exodus offers a variety of seasonal perks such as coverage for gym memberships and therapy. We also offer quarterly Wellness Days! We want to make sure all of our employees know they are our priority and give back for your hard work often.
Our Hiring Process
To apply, we’d love to learn more about you. Please answer our application questions! Submitting a resume is optional.
Our hiring process consists of several different stages.
Recruiter Interview: If we like your initial application, expect to schedule an interview with a member of our recruitment team. This interview will focus on getting to know you a bit more and will focus on explaining the culture of the company. We want to know more about why you want to join our team, how you feel about our mission and cryptocurrency now, and how it fits into your overall career plan to make sure this is the right place for you.
Live Coding Interview: Not every role consists of a live coding assessment, but if yours does, it will be directly related to the job you apply for.
Interview with your future manager: This is to make sure that you are a fit for the role you are applying to and to explore your career history. In this interview, we’ll learn more about the hard and soft skills you possess to help determine if you’d be a good fit for us.
Interview(s) with your future colleagues: We call these focus interviews, and they are a time for you to learn more about your role from someone you will closely collaborate with. It’s also a time for us to see how we align in terms of competencies and expected outcomes of the role.
Pay Transparency Notice: Salary and all other total compensation information (commission and benefits) will be discussed in detail during the hiring process.
Salary Range
$150,000—$200,000 USD
