What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Backend Engineer position at Mesh?
About Mesh
Founded in 2020, Mesh is the first global payment network for crypto, connecting hundreds of exchanges, wallets, and financial services platforms to enable seamless digital asset payments and conversions. By unifying these platforms into a single network, Mesh is pioneering an open, connected, and secure ecosystem for digital finance. Mesh has raised over $120M in funding and is backed by notable investors including Paradigm, PayPal Ventures, Galaxy Ventures, Money Forward, QuantumLight, Samsung Next, Consensys, and more. For more information, visit https://www.meshconnect.com/.
Overview
We are seeking a talented and experienced Software Engineer with a strong background in backend engineering. As a member of our team, you will play a crucial role in designing, developing, and maintaining our innovative software solutions Mesh is a global company with headquarters in San Francisco, California USA. This candidate will work closely with the Engineering and Product teams spread across North America, Europe and India.
Responsibilities
Founded in 2020, Mesh is the first global payment network for crypto, connecting hundreds of exchanges, wallets, and financial services platforms to enable seamless digital asset payments and conversions. By unifying these platforms into a single network, Mesh is pioneering an open, connected, and secure ecosystem for digital finance. Mesh has raised over $120M in funding and is backed by notable investors including Paradigm, PayPal Ventures, Galaxy Ventures, Money Forward, QuantumLight, Samsung Next, Consensys, and more. For more information, visit https://www.meshconnect.com/.
Overview
We are seeking a talented and experienced Software Engineer with a strong background in backend engineering. As a member of our team, you will play a crucial role in designing, developing, and maintaining our innovative software solutions Mesh is a global company with headquarters in San Francisco, California USA. This candidate will work closely with the Engineering and Product teams spread across North America, Europe and India.
Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain backend services and APIs
- Work closely with Azure cloud services for deployment and scalability.
- Conduct thorough testing, debugging, and prompt resolution of software defects.
- Stay up-to-date with industry trends and emerging technologies.
- Contribute to code reviews, architectural decisions, and system design.
- Create high-quality, efficient, and reliable code following best practices.
- Optimize performance and scalability of backend systems for handling large data volumes.
- Stay updated on the latest trends and technologies in fintech/crypto and backend development.
- Build crypto first and secure products to facilitate traditional financial activity, such as payments, transfers etc.
- 7 years of professional experience as a Backend Software Engineer, preferably in the fintech/crypto industry.
- Strong proficiency in backend programming languages such as C#, Java, Scala, Go, etc.
- A security first mindset: with good knowledge of common security concepts such as AuthN, AuthZ, SAML, API security, encryption etc
- An understanding of crypto concepts such as blockchains, RPCs, self custody wallets etc
- Solid understanding of RESTful API design principles and microservices architecture.
- Familiarity with cloud platforms such as Azure.
- Knowledge of DevOps practices and CI/CD pipelines.
- Excellent communication and collaboration abilities.