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# Senior/Staff Backend Engineer - Crypto

- **Company:** Career Renew
- **Location:** New York, NY, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Database Design, Distributed Systems, Performance Tuning, Blockchain, TypeScript, Backend, Low Latency, Production Code
- **Published:** October 23, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.thejobnetwork.com/job/020fbb7f-559c-4025-9e5f-0a5e6a6fe3c2/seniorstaff-backend-engineer-crypto

## About the Role

* 10+ years of backend engineering experience, with multiple cycles of building, scaling, and operating distributed systems in production
 * Proven track record of owning foundational backend architecture in high-growth or high-scale environments
 * Deep expertise in Rust, Go, or TypeScript, with strong systems-level intuition
 * Strong understanding of distributed systems design: consensus, failure modes, replication, consistency models, and performance tradeoffs
 * Extensive experience with database design and data modelling, including complex tradeoffs around consistency, latency, and durability
 * Comfortable owning ambiguous, cross-cutting problems that span multiple services and teams
 * Recognised as a go-to technical authority by senior engineers and peers
 * High-agency and execution-focused. You shape direction by building
 * Crypto experience is a plus

## Description

Job Description Career Renew is recruiting for one of its clients a Senior/Staff Backend Engineer - Crypto - this is a fully onsite role in NYC.

We are the development company that builds and operates the entire technology stack behind the largest memecoin launchpad in production today.

~$1B daily volume. Low latency, high throughput, constant load.

What You'll Do

 * Own the most critical and complex backend systems, directly writing and shipping production code across core services
 * Lead the design and implementation of high-scale distributed systems that power real-time, high-throughput workloads
 * Set technical direction for foundational backend architecture while remaining deeply involved in execution
 * Make principled architectural decisions that balance iteration speed with long-term scalability, resilience, and maintainability
 * Drive multi-service initiatives that cut across storage, compute, APIs, and blockchain infrastructure
 * Anticipate scaling constraints and correctness risks before they surface, proactively designing durable solutions
 * Establish patterns and standards for observability, reliability, performance tuning, and operational excellence
 * Raise the engineering bar through design reviews, RFCs, and direct mentorship, influencing through technical depth and clarity of thinking
 * Act as a technical anchor during high-pressure incidents, ensuring systems remain stable under load
 * Improve internal developer velocity by evolving tooling, CI/CD pipelines, and service abstractions