Backend Engineer

Money is becoming software. That changes everything about how it has to be protected. Stablecoins, tokenized assets, and payments made by AI agents are moving real value at machine speed. That’s where Blockaid comes in. We build the security technology behind how money moves. Coinbase, MetaMask, Uniswap, and many of the largest platforms moving money today rely on us to screen billions of transactions and stop fraud, scams, and hacks before they reach a single user.

We’re backed by investors including Sequoia Capital, Ribbit Capital, and Cyberstarts, firms behind some of the biggest names in cybersecurity.

The Role:

As a Backend Engineer, you will design, build, and scale the core backend systems that power our security platform—directly shaping the safety of millions of Web3 users. You’ll work closely with a team of world-class engineers to deliver highly reliable, performant, and secure infrastructure.

What You'll Do:

• Lead feature development end-to-end, from requirements to production.
• Build systems that protect millions of users from fraud, scams, and hacks.
• Contribute across the full software development lifecycle in an agile environment.
• Drive technical innovation by staying ahead of emerging technologies.
• Uphold the highest standards of code quality, scalability, and performance.
• Take true ownership of our product, tech stack, and development processes.
  
  

• 5 years of backend-focused engineering experience, with a proven track record of building and scaling complex systems in a fast-paced startup environments
• Strong proficiency in GO/Rust/Python for backend development.
• Deep understanding of data systems, including SQL/NoSQL databases and data warehouses.
• Experience designing and building scalable data pipelines and real-time processing systems, Customer facing APIs.
• Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (AWS/GCP), Kubernetes, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Skilled with- ETL/ELT tools (Apache Airflow/dbt/Dagster) and streaming platforms (Kafka/Kinesis/RabbitMQ).
• Familiar with real-time analytics frameworks such as Flink, Spark Streaming, or similar.
• Curiosity and eagerness to learn; background in cybersecurity, blockchain is a strong plus.