Staff Backend Engineer, Privy
Who we are
About Privy
Our mission is to make privacy and user ownership the default online. We build simple, flexible developer tooling that make it easy to build products that put users first. By leveraging modern cryptography, we shift the status quo around digital ownership and protect the accounts and assets of millions of users.
Learn more about Privy: Privy and Stripe: Bringing crypto to everyone
What you’ll do
Engineering at Privy is not just about writing world-class code. We create software that turns complex technical systems into delightful developer tools. We assemble tried-and-true primitives into intuitive, responsive APIs and beautiful interfaces. We believe in open-source work and transparency with our teammates and users. We encourage each other to think big, run experiments and follow our curiosity so we can build better tooling that lets developers shine and empower their users.
Who you are
Minimum requirements
- 8+ years of experience building and maintaining a production system at scale
- An understanding of modern API development best practices and design
- Experience in building data models, managing database migrations and best practices, and infrastructure configuration
- An ability to thrive in a fast paced environment.
- A growth mindset and a constant curiosity and fearlessness to dive into the unknown.
- An ability to write maintainable, well-tested, modular code, but also be pragmatic about moving fast.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to write clear technical documentation.
Preferred qualifications
- Strong preference for experience in an API-based business and in payments, fintech, or crypto.
- Written open-source developer tooling
- Published about your work (open source code, internal or external presentations, blog posts, etc.)
- Past experience working in authentication or security
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