Protocol Backend Engineer

MLabs

1d • Remote

About The Position

Join a stablecoin platform for builders, providing a superior digital-dollar building block that allows developers to create and customize their own stablecoins in minutes. This platform enables 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.
We are hiring on behalf of a company who is seeking an experienced Protocol Backend Engineer. 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.

Requirements

• Professional Experience: 10+ years of software engineering experience with strong proficiency in TypeScript and/or Rust.
• Blockchain Knowledge: A foundational understanding of smart contract development for EVM-compatible chains (experience with non-EVM chains such as Solana or Sui is a plus).
• Backend Expertise: A proven history of building scalable RESTful and GraphQL APIs.
• DeFi Background: Direct experience with DeFi applications, including lending, derivatives, AMMs, and stablecoins, with the ability to implement complex on-chain financial logic.
• Cloud & Infrastructure: Practical experience deploying applications across multi-region cloud platforms using CI/CD processes and containerization tools like Docker and Kubernetes.
• Tooling: Prior experience with the Fireblocks API is highly desirable.
• Communication: Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Nice To Haves

• Blockchain Knowledge: A foundational understanding of smart contract development for EVM-compatible chains (experience with non-EVM chains such as Solana or Sui is a plus).
• Tooling: Prior experience with the Fireblocks API is highly desirable.

Responsibilities

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

Benefits

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

What This Job Offers

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