Platform Engineer, Xapo
Bitcoin banking service and savings account
Be an early applicant
Bitcoin banking service and savings account
101-200 employees
Be an early applicant
101-200 employees
Company mission
Xapo Bank's mission is to empower its clients with the freedom to transact, earn interest and invest globally while simultaneously embracing the full potential of Bitcoin.
Role
Who you are
- 1-3 years of relevant working experience
- A foundational understanding of the technologies that power an automated, self-service platform is essential. This includes:
- Infrastructure as Code:
- TerraformCloud Providers: Primarily AWS (ECS, RDS, SQS, etc.) and some GCP (Cloud Run, BigQuery, etc.)
- Containerization: DockerCI/CD & Automation: Possible experience with pipelines such as GitHub Actions
- Monitoring & Observability: Tools like Coralogix or similar
- Scripting: We use Python and Bash for the scripts we integrate into our infrastructure or develop to support our automated tasks
- We welcome a person who is able and eager to contribute to solving common platform issues using established procedures and, more importantly, to identify opportunities for automation within those solutions. This involves thinking beyond the immediate fix to prevent future manual work
- We welcome teammates who value building strong, collaborative relationships. This includes clearly communicating the status of your work on platform improvements and understanding the needs of the developers who use the platform
- A natural inclination to automate repetitive tasks and continuously look for ways to make processes more efficient for yourself and others is very valuable to us
- A dedicated workspace
- A reliable internet connection with the fastest speed possible in your area
- Devices and other essential equipment that meet minimal technical specifications
- Alignment with Our Values and the Xapo Values-Driven Leadership principles
What the job involves
- As a Platform Engineer at Xapo, you would be joining a team whose core mission is to improve and maintain Xapo's cloud-native platform
- The focus is on enhancing self-serve functionality and driving automation wherever possible
- Your role is to help empower Xapo's developers by making the platform more efficient, reliable, and easier to use, allowing them to ship products faster and with greater confidence
- This position offers a significant opportunity to learn and grow by contributing directly to the systems that increase developer velocity and operational excellence
- The team's primary responsibility is to act as stewards and enhancers of the existing developer platform
- To maintain and improve a cloud-native platform
- To expand the platform's self-service capabilities, allowing engineering teams to manage their resources and workflows independently
- To aggressively automate manual processes to reduce toil, increase reliability, and improve developer efficiency
- To ensure the platform remains highly observable, scalable, and secure as it evolves
- Monitoring and proactively managing the infrastructure to meet its requirements
- Ensure continuous service availability and operational integrity 24/7, which includes participation in a compensated on-call rotation
Our take
The invention of blockchain technology has given rise to many cryptocurrencies over the last decade, with tokens such as Bitcoin presenting promising investment potential. However, purchasing Bitcoin is usually associated with volatile trading as opposed to savings accounts, showing a gap in the market for long-term traditional investors.
Xapo provides a Bitcoin banking service and savings account, combining traditional banking infrastructure with blockchain technology to offer savings accounts with up to 2% annual interest. Access to the bank requires a membership application with the company focussing on high-volume investors, protecting every account with dedicated account managers and cutting-edge security whilst providing additional benefits such as payment cards and ATM withdrawals.
The company will undeniably face significant competition from cryptocurrency trading giants such as Binance and Coinbase. However, Xapo has taken a smart approach of combining Bitcoin investment with traditional banking, recognising that many people seek a more stable and long-term relationship with crypto. In 2023, it launched a Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) payment feature and integration with the Faster Payments System, exemplifying the digital bank's firm rooting in the European financial market.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
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Company
Funding (2 rounds)
Jul 2014
$20m
SERIES B
Mar 2014
$20m
SERIES A
Total funding: $40m
Company benefits
- Shape the Future: Improve lives through cutting-edge technology, work 100% remotely from anywhere in the world
- Great work-life balance: Build amazing things with a balance of autonomy and collaborative teamwork. Set your own work schedule and make use of a flexible PTO plan when you need to recharge
- Expect Excellence: Collaborate, learn, and grow with a high-performance team. Learn how you learn best - from books to conferences, you’ll get a yearly budget for your individual learning and development goals
Company HQ
Gibraltar
Leadership
Seaumus Rocca
(CEO)Previously the Group Head of Funding and Liquidity Risk at Standard Chartered Bank, Equity Trading CFO at Macquarie Group and a Finanbce VP for Latin Markets at Credit Suisse.
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