Backend Engineer

Backend Software Engineer - Digital Money & Global Payments

Location: New York (Hybrid)

Compensation: $150K - $200K

We are a lean and mighty team of passionate builders and veteran founders, backed by top investors in fintech and crypto. Our mission is to empower the next generation of money and financial products globally. We are seeking a Backend Software Engineer to join us at the cutting edge intersection of real-world payments and digital money, where you will deliver massive impact at a small, quickly growing company.

You will be a critical part of defining our technical and product roadmap, operating within an open and flat structure where you have the freedom to explore ideas and influence the company's vision. You will focus on scaling our infrastructure to handle millions of end-users globally while driving key architectural decisions for our rapidly evolving product.

What You'll Do:

• Core Development: Contribute directly to our backend and integrate a variety of complex third-party services.
• Scalability: Rapidly ship new capabilities to customers and scale our infrastructure to support millions of end-users globally.
• Architecture: Help drive critical architectural decisions for our rapidly evolving product stack.
• Blockchain Integration: Interact with smart contracts across multiple chains to bridge real-world payments and digital money.

Requirements

• Technical Proficiency: Demonstrated experience with Node.js and other backend technologies.
• Builder Mentality: A strong desire to build and experiment, evidenced by involvement in side projects or a history of rapid execution.
• Domain Interest: A genuine interest in the crypto space (either "crypto maxi or crypto curious").

Nice-to-Haves (But Not Mandatory):

• Fintech Experience: Prior experience in the fintech sector (neobank or card issuing experience is a plus).
• Smart Contracts: Direct experience working with smart contracts.

Benefits

• Equity Plan: On top of a competitive salary ($150K - $200K), we offer every employee an equity option plan so we all benefit from our success.
• Flexible Working: We support a flexible workplace—work from home or in the office, depending on where you are most productive.
• Time Off: Unlimited time off, with a required 10-day minimum for personal rejuvenation.
• Health & Wellness:
• Flexible Benefits: Easy-to-access, comprehensive health, dental, and vision plans (company pays a percentage for the employee and dependents for US-based employees).
• Wellness Spending: Company card usage for eligible health and wellness spending (e.g., gym memberships, fitness classes).
• Life Insurance: 100% company-subsidized life insurance plan.
• Product Exposure: Issued cards to utilize and test our core products and services.
• Team Summits: Regular company summits to strengthen relationships and collaboration across the global team (stay tuned for upcoming destinations!).

Due to the high volume of applications we anticipate, we regret that we are unable to provide individual feedback to all candidates. If you do not hear back from us within 4 weeks of your application, please assume that you have not been successful on this occasion. We genuinely appreciate your interest and wish you the best in your job search.

Commitment to Equality and Accessibility:

At MLabs, we are committed to offer equal opportunities to all candidates. We ensure no discrimination, accessible job adverts, and providing information in accessible formats. Our goal is to foster a diverse, inclusive workplace with equal opportunities for all. If you need any reasonable adjustments during any part of the hiring process or you would like to see the job-advert in an accessible format please let us know at the earliest opportunity by emailing [email protected].

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