Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Ondo Finance is a company focused on providing institutional-grade, blockchain-enabled investment products and services. As a Backend Engineer, you will build and scale infrastructure for financial products, collaborating closely with various teams to ensure high-performance applications that enhance user experience.
Responsibilities
- Design and implement scalable, secure backend systems and APIs for interacting with both onchain protocols and offchain infrastructure
- Collaborate with smart contract engineers to define interfaces and workflows between backend services and blockchain networks (EVM and non-EVM)
- Own integrations with custodians, identity/KYC providers, payments infrastructure, and third-party blockchain tooling
- Support internal ops, investor services, and compliance teams with automation, auditability, and observability tools
- Establish and enforce backend engineering standards, best practices, and security protocols across the stack
- Participate in code reviews and architecture discussions, contributing to a culture of engineering excellence
Skills
- 4+ years of backend software engineering experience, ideally with strong familiarity in modern languages such as Go (Golang), Python, C++, and TypeScript
- Strong understanding of distributed systems, system design, and API development
- Experience integrating with cloud infrastructure (AWS preferred), third-party services, and security/compliance-sensitive systems
- Demonstrated interest in Web3 or DeFi—whether through professional experience or side projects
- Familiarity with EVM-based blockchains and smart contract interactions is a plus, but not required
- Comfort operating in a fast-moving startup environment with high ambiguity and high ownership
- Located in a US time zone (PT–ET)
- Experience working with blockchain/Web3 data providers like The Graph, Alchemy, or Moralis
- Prior work on tokenized asset platforms, DeFi protocols, or custodial/wallet infrastructure
- Understanding of Solidity or other smart contract languages
Benefits
- Competitive compensation including salary, future token rights, and/or equity (according to your preferences)
- Full benefits (medical, vision, and dental) and flexible vacation policy (PTO)
- Small remote-first team across many countries — you'll be an early team member helping shape our vision, culture, and design practices
- A+ colleagues — our team includes alumni from: Goldman Sachs, Blackrock, Two Sigma, Bridgewater, SpaceX, AWS, Meta, Google, Pinterest, McKinsey, Circle, Uniswap, Phantom
- Best-in-class investors — we are proud to be backed by leading crypto experts and VCs, including Pantera Capital, Founders Fund and Coinbase Ventures
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