Senior Software Engineer

Catena Labs

143d

About The Position

Catena Labs is building the first AI-native financial institution to provide the new financial infrastructure and services AI systems need to conduct commerce. We’re giving AI agents the tools to identify themselves and use money safely and efficiently. At the same time, we’re providing businesses with a trusted, licensed financial partner with the capability to manage risk and compliance. By building a financial institution with AI and stablecoin infrastructure, we are breaking down the legacy financial system barriers that prevent an AI-driven economy. Backed by leading venture investors, we’re assembling a team of engineers, designers, data scientists, and finance professionals working together to build a stronger, more resilient global economy that creates broad prosperity. We’re looking for people with the talent, curiosity, and passion to invent an entirely new category of financial services.

Requirements

• 6+ years of full stack engineering experience, with a strong foundation in backend architecture as well as experience delivering user-facing products.
• A track record of shipping complex production-quality products from initial concept to production.
• Commitment to building performant, reliable, and secure systems with polished and intuitive user experiences.
• Comfortable working in ambiguous environments, capable of independently designing and implementing technical solutions from the ground up.
• Genuine curiosity for emerging technologies like AI agents, stablecoins, and programmable identity, with desire and self-initiative to learn and apply them.
• Effectively leverage AI tools in your workflow to multiply productivity and streamline development processes.

Nice To Haves

• Hands-on experience building AI-driven solutions or integrating with modern AI toolkits.
• Experience in fintech, payments, or blockchain development.
• Proficiency with our tech stack (e.g., TypeScript, Go, React).
• Contributions to relevant open-source projects.

Responsibilities

• Build Agent Interaction Layers: Develop robust applications, APIs, and SDKs that enable secure communication, collaboration, and transactions between AI agents and users.
• Develop Core Product Experiences: Build elegant and efficient systems to handle cryptographic identity management, payment workflows, and transaction processing within the ACK framework.
• Engineer Agent-Native Financial Systems: Design and implement end-to-end user experiences tailored for AI agents, ensuring secure and reliable financial interactions.
• Create Identity and Reputation Tools: Engineer systems that empower agents to establish digital identities, discover peers, and manage their reputations effectively.
• Contribute to Scalable Infrastructure: Build performant backend services and scalable APIs that ensure rapid and secure coordination among decentralized AI agents.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Senior