Staff Software Engineer, Block

• 10+ years of experience with the full lifecycle of critical production services. Ideally in one of { Rust, Java, Go, Ruby } and on AWS
• Experience advising product teams on how to address a broad set of security and privacy challenges
• Understanding of cryptography fundamentals (experience with bitcoin is a plus but not required)
• Empathy for your customers and colleagues
• Interest in the opportunities and challenges that come with building a new product area from the ground up

Desirable

• Bitkey is looking for a staff-level engineering leader that will help guide and influence the technical direction of the software and services that will power our self-custody product
• Design, build, deploy, and sustain a wide range of backend secure and reliable services supporting the wallet including multisig key management and provisioning, blockchain interaction, recovery processes, logistics, and more
• Assess risks to our customers across a wide range of product and technology areas, including mobile, backend infrastructure, key management, account recovery, third party integrations, authentication, and privacy
• Communicate clearly about risks to teammates across product, software, hardware, support, and supply chain
• Participate in our team's internal and external transparency by authoring posts and documentation accessible to a wide audience
• Make key architecture and platform choices, leveraging existing Block infrastructure and best practices where appropriate and and forging a new path when our unique needs require it
• Collaborate with engineers across of varying disciplines, product managers, and many other teams throughout the company
• Own testing, observability, and maintenance for the services you and the team create