Senior Backend Engineer

Intro

M0 is a stablecoin platform for builders. With M0, developers can create their stablecoins in minutes by extending $M - M0’s superior digital-dollar building block, and customize attributes such as branding, compliance behaviors, and yield distribution mechanics. By extending $M into their own stablecoin, businesses can monetize their digital dollar use cases and maintain control over their money tech stack, while not being burdened by operational heavy-lifting.

M0 is seeking an experienced Protocol Backend Engineer to join our growing team. In this role, you will enhance the growing set of $M Extensions projects, support partners' technical teams, improve existing products, and create and maintain comprehensive documentation.

Key Responsibilities:

• ​​Design and develop automated onchain minting and cross-chain stablecoin liquidity management solutions.
• Deploy modern web applications using best practices to ensure security, compliance, security, and high availability.
• Implement monitoring and alerting systems to deliver high-uptime, low-latency user experiences.
• Mentor mid-level engineers, conduct code reviews, and foster a culture of knowledge sharing and best practices.
• Promote engineering excellence and agile practices to deliver projects on schedule and within budget.

Qualifications:

• 7+ years of professional experience in software engineering, with strong proficiency in TypeScript and/or Rust.
• Basic understanding of smart contract development for EVM-compatible chains, and optionally for non-EVM chains such as Solana, Sui, and others.
• Advanced backend experience with proven history of building scalable RESTful and GraphQL APIs.
• Prior experience with the Fireblocks API is a plus.
• Direct experience with DeFi applications, including lending, derivatives, AMMs, and stablecoins, with the ability to design and implement complex on-chain financial logic.
• Practical experience deploying and managing applications across multi-region cloud platforms.
• Proficient with CI/CD processes and containerization tools (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Skills & Attributes:

• Proactive problem solver: You have a forward-thinking mindset, actively identifies opportunities for improvement, and takes decisive action to resolve issues efficiently and effectively.
• Collaborative communicator: You foster relationships with finance experts, blockchain specialists, back-end developers and designers.
• Team-oriented mindset: You are always ready to help colleagues within and outside your team and seek assistance when needed
• Delivery-focused: You have a clear understanding of the objectives and goals and direct your efforts towards achieving them.
• High level of autonomy.

Compensation:

• Competitive compensation (base salary with equity/ token grant) commensurate with experience.

Benefits:

• Global team and flexibility: Join a truly global team with the flexibility to work remotely or from one of our hubs in NYC or Berlin.
• Health and wellness: Enjoy comprehensive healthcare insurance coverage as well as a wellbeing allowance and gym membership to support your physical and mental health.
• Customizable IT setup: Tailor your workspace with access to top-notch IT equipment.
• Professional development: Benefit from an annual development budget to enhance your skills and grow professionally, including opportunities to participate in conferences and on-site company events worldwide.