Tech Lead, Koinly
Ruby + Database Performance, Scalable Crypto Tax Platform
$100-120k
More information about location
Tax management platform for cryptocurrency traders
Posted today
Tax management platform for cryptocurrency traders
21-100 employees
Posted today
$100-120k
More information about location
21-100 employees
Company mission
To provide a secure and compliant cryptocurrency tax solution, giving peace of mind and confidence in tax reporting.
Role
Who you are
- Weâre looking for a self-motivated individual who takes pride in their work, values high-quality code, and cares deeply about the overall application experience
- If you have a data mindset, a sharp eye for clean, scalable code, a bias for ownership, and want to work in the fast-growing crypto space, apply now!
- If you value autonomy, technical excellence, and clear communication over meetings and process complexity, Koinly is the place for you
- Prior team or technical lead experience - managing engineers/projects and taking responsibility for the teamâs software design and delivery
- Excellent Ruby skills and a good understanding of React
- Demonstrable experience building scalable products using technologies such as RabbitMQ, Kafka, OLTP/OLAP databases, AWS
- Strong debugging and memory/speed optimization skills
- Wish to stay hands-on in all technical aspects while leading a team of engineers
- Outstanding communication and collaboration skills (both written and verbal)
- Strong attention to detail and a keen eye for code quality
- 7+ years of coding experience
What the job involves
- At Koinly, we're hiring a Tech Lead. This is a hands-on leadership role where you'll act as the guardian of a clean, well-tested, high-performance codebaseâensuring it remains simple, scalable, and stable in production (most of the time)
- Youâll lead by example: reviewing code, mentoring engineers, and solving our most complex architectural and performance challenges, especially around databases at scale
- We pride ourselves on having very high test coverage and rarely having any prod issues. Our backend follows a microservices architecture, consisting of multiple small servicesâprimarily built with Rubyâthat collectively power the user experience
- Lead a small squad of 3-5 engineers, while remaining hands-on for around 50% of the time, removing roadblocks and helping with more complex projects and issues
- Collaborate closely with tech leadership and work hand-in-hand with your product counterpart
- Participate in triaging features and support requests from other teams
- Perform code reviews, coach/mentor developers
- Consistently work to deliver reliable, performant, well-tested code with a strong focus on simplicity
- Monitor & resolve issues on production (performance, errors etc)
- Team size: 10 engineers in a 35-person team
- Your first month:
- Your first few weeks at Koinly are all about mutual discovery
- Youâll receive hands-on tasks that help us understand your technical strengths and how you operate in our async-first, ownership-driven environment
- At the same time, youâll get to explore whether our way of working challenges and supports you in the right ways
Application process
- Start date: ASAP
- An initial call with the talent team (30 mins)
- A call with our technical recruiter (45 mins)
- A take-home task that is related to the work you would be doing (~3 hours)
- A second call that may involve live-coding and architecture problems (1.5 hours)
- Final call with our founder (30 mins)
Our take
Trading cryptocurrencies has become a lucrative profession for many investors, but one that is difficult to remain compliant within. The nature of the assets leads to constant price fluctuations and trading of many cryptocurrencies spread across multiple wallets, and its decentralised nature makes this activity difficult to track and analyse for tax calculations.
Koinly provides a tax management platform for cryptocurrency traders, allowing users to import cryptocurrency transaction records directly from ledgers, and aggregate it all into a tax report. The platform also helps users to track their portfolios, ROI, and capital gains within a minimalist dashboard, helping them to identify how to reduce taxes for the next year.
Many different cryptocurrency platforms aim to help traders analyse markets and make smart investment decisions, but the complications of tax reporting for crypto remain untackled. Koinly has recognised this gap in the market, claiming that its platform helps reduce the amount of time and money it takes to produce a crypto earning tax report, whilst identifying tax issues and ultimately ensuring compliance.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-44% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company benefits
- đ¸ Workplace pension scheme
- đ 25 days holiday a year
- đ Power down week
- đŞ Parental leave
- đˇ Paid sick leave
- đť Choice of laptop and working equipment
- đ˘ CBD office, with hybrid and flexible work arrangements minimum 3 days in the office
- đ Work within one of the most rapidly growing industries in the world
- đ Perks, including Koinly swag
- â Free drinks & snacks
- đ Regular and fun team social events!
Company HQ
London, UK
Leadership
Robin Singh
(Founder)Professional Associate at the National Association of Tax Professionals since 2019.
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