Protocol Backend Engineer

MLabs

9h • Hybrid

About The Position

Join a stablecoin platform that provides a superior digital-dollar building block, enabling developers to create and customize their own stablecoins in minutes. This platform allows businesses to monetize digital dollar use cases and maintain control over their money tech stack without operational heavy-lifting, offering features like custom branding, compliance behaviors, and yield distribution mechanics. The company is seeking an experienced Protocol Backend Engineer to enhance the growing set of $M Extensions projects, support partners' technical teams, improve existing products, and create and maintain comprehensive documentation.

Requirements

• 7+ years of software engineering experience with strong proficiency in TypeScript and/or Rust.
• A foundational understanding of smart contract development for EVM-compatible chains.
• A proven history of building scalable RESTful and GraphQL APIs.
• Direct experience with DeFi applications, including lending, derivatives, AMMs, and stablecoins, with the ability to implement complex on-chain financial logic.
• Practical experience deploying applications across multi-region cloud platforms using CI/CD processes and containerization tools like Docker and Kubernetes.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with non-EVM chains such as Solana or Sui.
• Prior experience with the Fireblocks API.

Responsibilities

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

Benefits

• Competitive base salary accompanied by equity and/or token grants commensurate with experience.
• Opportunity to work with a global team with the flexibility of remote work or operating from hubs in NYC or Berlin.
• Comprehensive healthcare insurance coverage, a wellbeing allowance, and gym membership support.
• Access to top-tier IT equipment to tailor the ideal workspace.
• An annual development budget for skill enhancement, conferences, and worldwide on-site company events.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed