Who are we?
FalconX is a pioneering team of operators, investors, and builders committed to revolutionizing institutional access to the crypto markets. Operating at the intersection of traditional finance and cutting-edge technology, FalconX addresses the industry's foremost challenges: Navigating the digital asset market can be complex and fragmented, with limited products and services that support trading strategies, structures, and liquidity found in conventional financial markets. As a comprehensive solution for all digital asset strategies from start to scale, FalconX operates as the connective tissue empowering clients with seamless navigation through the ever- evolving cryptocurrency landscape.
Who is on the team?
We are entrepreneurs. Many in our company have been founders or have aspirations to eventually start their own company. We take these ambitions and experiences to bring a solutions-oriented mindset to the problems we encounter day-to-day.
We are experienced. We have been fortunate to have learned from mentors and peers at institutions such as Google, LinkedIn, JUMP Trading, Citadel, PEAK6 Investments, Goldman Sachs, Harvard Business School, Carnegie Mellon, IIT + more.
Impact
At FalconX, you’ll help create a more open financial system. In building trading, credit and custody infrastructure, we are enabling thousands more institutions to enter the market and support a more open and accessible financial system. The world’s largest financial institutions from Wall Street to Silicon Valley will turn to you for products that provide unparalleled seamless, efficient and secure access to the cryptocurrency sector.
FalconX is hiring a Senior Software Engineer to help scale our Custody and Staking infrastructure, a fast-growing product line that extends our industry-leading Prime Brokerage platform. In this role, you’ll design and build backend systems that power secure, reliable, and scalable wallet infrastructure supporting all major chains and protocols.
We’re looking for a strong backend engineer with experience building resilient, high-performance systems. Familiarity with cryptocurrencies, blockchain protocols, and wallets is a plus.
Responsibilities
- Drive architectural design and implementation of scalable wallet and staking infrastructure
- Build and operate secure, high-availability backend services powering wallet infrastructure across major blockchains (e.g. Bitcoin, Ethereum, and others)
- Develop generalizable systems and interfaces that allow us to scale the protocols we support
- Collaborate tightly with a small, high-caliber team to deliver reliable, high quality-systems with a strong attention to detail
- Collaborate with Engineering and Product leadership to prioritize, design, and deliver new features on an ambitious product roadmap
- Ensure systems are designed with strong security, reliability, and operational efficiency in mind
- Rapidly iterate to support new blockchain features and protocols, while maintaining production-quality performance
- Treat customer-facing issues with a high sense of urgency, while ensuring ongoing communication, quality, and resolution
- Provide ongoing maintenance of the technology stack as it matures, ensuring production-quality reliability, impeccable performance, and ease of use
Preferred Qualifications
- Proven experience designing, building, and scaling backend systems
- Track record of delivering and maintaining production services over multiple years of iteration and growth
- Strong programming skills in one or more languages, such as Java, Python, TypeScript, or Go
- Experience operating distributed systems and deploying services at scale with modern tooling (e.g., Kubernetes, Docker, cloud providers)
- Solid knowledge of software design principles, data structures, and modern development practices
- Familiarity with cryptographic signing algorithms, asymmetric cryptography, and key management is a plus
- Prior experience with digital asset custody, wallets, or blockchain infrastructure is a plus, but not required
- Self-starter with the ability to adapt quickly, learn new technologies, and drive technical decision-making
Base pay for this role is expected to be between $179,000 - $242,000 USD for New York City and San Francisco Bay Area. This expected base pay range is based on information at the time this post was generated. This role will also be eligible for other forms of compensation such as a performance linked bonus, equity, and a competitive benefits package. Actual compensation for a successful candidate will be determined based on a number of factors such as location, skillset, experience, and qualifications.
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Inclusivity Statement
FalconX is committed to building a diverse, inclusive, equitable, and safe workspace for all people. Our roles are intended for people from all walks of life. We encourage all those interested in applying to our organization to submit an application regardless if you are missing some of the listed background requirements, skills, or experiences!
As part of our commitment to inclusivity, FalconX would like to acknowledge that the EEOC survey has limited potential responses that you can select. For legal reasons, FalconX must use this language to align with federal requirements, however, we want to ensure that you are able to provide a response to our own voluntary survey questions about your identity that best aligns with your most true self.
FalconX is an equal opportunity employer and will not discriminate against an applicant or employee based on race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, sex (including gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity), age, physical or mental disability, veteran or military status, genetic information, citizenship, or any other legally-recognized protected basis under federal, state, or local law.
Applicants with disabilities may be entitled to reasonable accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act and other applicable state or local laws. A reasonable accommodation is a change in the way things are normally done which will ensure an equal employment opportunity without imposing undue hardship on FalconX. Please inform FalconX’s People team at [email protected], if you need assistance with participating in the application process.
