Staff Backend Engineer

Cointracker • San Francisco, CA

275d • $210,000 - $240,000 • Remote

About The Position

CoinTracker makes cryptocurrency portfolio tracking and tax compliance simple. CoinTracker enables consumers and businesses to seamlessly track their cryptocurrency portfolio, investment performance, taxes, and more. We are a globally distributed team on a mission to enable everyone in the world to use crypto with peace of mind. Join our close-knit, early-stage distributed team, where we tackle complex technical challenges and build transformative crypto products that give people peace of mind. As a Staff Backend Engineer, you will play a critical role in shaping our backend architecture, scaling our systems, and driving high-impact engineering and product initiatives. You'll work cross-functionally to influence technical direction and mentor engineers, helping us build a world-class engineering team.

Requirements

• 8+ years of backend engineering experience.
• Strong CS fundamentals, including algorithms, data structures, system design, and performance optimization.
• Deep knowledge of backend technologies, including databases, orchestrators, messaging systems, data pipelines, and more.
• Track record of technical leadership, leading complex projects, mentoring engineers, and setting engineering standards.
• Experience with large-scale data ingestion and processing systems.
• Drawn to an early-stage, high-growth startup environment with less stability and more ambiguity.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in crypto or financial systems.

Responsibilities

• Architect and scale backend systems to support millions of users and transactions.
• Lead and drive critical technical projects, ensuring long-term scalability, performance, and reliability.
• Design and optimize complex data processing pipelines, distributed systems, and APIs.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Product, Design, and other teams to align technical execution with business objectives.
• Mentor and guide engineers, fostering technical excellence and best practices across the team.
• Continuously improve system performance, observability, and maintainability.

Benefits

• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• 401(k)
• Life insurance
• Paid time off (PTO)
• Equity in CoinTracker

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Industry: Publishing Industries