Crypto Startup Jobs in Washington (NOW HIRING)

Location: Remote - Remote - Based In ET+2 / -3, NY Preferred

Remote | Full-time

Compensation: $170K - $220K

Our client is a venture-backed financial technology firm dedicated to transforming the global movement of money through stablecoin infrastructure. Backed by premier investors such as Paradigm and Dragonfly, the organization is building a full-service platform designed to make issuing, managing, and integrating digital dollars seamless for developers, fintechs, and institutional partners.

The team operates with the discipline of high-performance finance and the agility of a crypto-native startup. They are currently seeking a Senior Infrastructure Engineer to design and build an internal platform that empowers product teams to deploy software with confidence, reliability, and speed. This individual will bring a software engineering mindset to infrastructure by building reusable abstractions, internal services, and developer tooling that reduce cognitive load across the engineering organization.

This is a remote-friendly role with a preference for candidates who can maintain a majority overlap with Eastern Time (ET) business hours.

Key Responsibilities

• Platform Architecture: Own and evolve core platform components, including a TypeScript-based Pulumi codebase and Kubernetes-based runtime environments.
• Engineering Standards: Enforce high engineering standards through code, architecting scalable systems that prioritize reliability and security.
• Developer Experience: Improve developer productivity by building internal development platforms focused on self-service and "golden paths."
• System Observability: Design and maintain the monitoring stack, defining SLIs/SLOs, error budgets, and operational dashboards.
• Infrastructure as Code: Build reusable systems and infrastructure primitives rather than one-off scripts to ensure a scalable and maintainable environment.
• Operational Excellence: Participate in the maintenance and operations of production-grade systems, including on-call rotations and incident response tooling.

Requirements

• Professional Experience: 5+ years of software engineering experience, with a significant focus on infrastructure and cloud domains.
• Technical Proficiency: Strong programming skills in TypeScript or another strictly typed language.
• Cloud & Orchestration: Deep understanding of AWS architecture and proven experience designing, operating, and scaling Kubernetes workloads.
• Systems Design: Strong grasp of distributed systems fundamentals, including availability, consistency, and fault tolerance.
• Tooling & Patterns: Familiarity with GitOps patterns, deployment automation, and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) systems.
• Collaborative Mindset: Ability to operate in short feedback loops and a desire to build foundational infrastructure for the future of digital finance.
• Time Zone Alignment: Ability to provide significant overlap with Eastern Time business hours.

Benefits

• High-Impact Work: Opportunity to build foundational infrastructure for a next-generation financial fabric.
• Elite Team: Work alongside a small, mission-driven group of builders from high-performance finance and crypto backgrounds.
• Growth Environment: Engagement with a fast-moving, well-funded startup during a period of high growth.
• Inclusive Culture: Our client is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer, committed to fostering a diverse and equitable workplace regardless of race, religion, gender identity, or veteran status.

Interview Process

The selection process for this position consists of the following stages:

1. Recruiter / HR Initial Screening: Candidates will be asked to respond to a set of questions via video recording.
2. Hiring Manager Interview: A technical and background discussion with the Head of Engineering.
3. Technical Interview I: Deep dive into engineering capabilities and systems design.
4. Technical Interview II: Further assessment of infrastructure expertise and coding proficiency.
5. Final Interview: Comprehensive review and cultural alignment.

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.

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