[Remote] Senior Software Engineer

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Recruiting from Scratch is a specialized talent firm connecting companies with highly skilled candidates and is recruiting for a global fintech company building infrastructure for payments, digital assets, and blockchain networks. The Senior Software Engineer will design and own scalable backend services, secure APIs, and financial infrastructure while collaborating on system architecture, integrations, reliability, and payment workflows.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and own scalable backend services and microservices that power financial transactions
• Develop secure, reliable APIs for transferring value across blockchain protocols and traditional banking systems
• Build infrastructure supporting payments, wallets, tokenization, and financial workflows
• Collaborate cross-functionally with product and engineering teams to define and ship new features
• Integrate systems with banks, payment providers, and financial platforms
• Troubleshoot system issues and ensure high availability and performance
• Contribute to system architecture, design standards, and engineering best practices
• Build and maintain data systems, messaging layers, and APIs supporting payment flows

Skills

• 6+ years of professional software engineering experience
• Strong backend development experience in Java (preferred) or similar object-oriented languages
• Experience designing and building scalable, production-grade systems
• Background working with payment systems (e.g., credit cards, bank transfers, financial infrastructure)
• Strong understanding of RESTful API design and distributed systems
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure)
• Experience with SQL databases and schema design
• Proven ability to lead technical design and mentor small teams (2–4 engineers)
• Strong focus on code quality, testing, and maintainability
• Experience with Go or other backend languages
• Exposure to blockchain, Web3, or digital asset systems
• Experience working in fintech or highly regulated environments
• Familiarity with messaging systems and event-driven architectures

Benefits

• Equity
• Fully remote (U.S.-based) with strong West Coast collaboration preference
• Multiple team options across payments, liquidity, developer platform, and blockchain infrastructure
• Collaborative, high-feedback engineering culture
• Opportunity to work on foundational infrastructure powering global financial systems

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