Senior/Lead Backend Engineer
Crossbar
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Santa Clara, CA
Company
Crossbar
Location
Santa Clara, CA
Type
Full Time
Job Description
About the Role:
We are seeking aSenior/Lead Backend Engineerto design and deliver the core services that power our next-generation wallet ecosystem. You will be responsible for buildingscalable, modular, and high-quality backend systems in Go, supporting features such astransaction history (cross-chain), swap aggregation, and multi-chain balance services.
This role requires deep backend expertise, with a focus oncode abstraction, clean architecture, and high availability. As a senior technical leader, you’ll partner with SDK, infra, and product teams to create backend services that scale to millions of users while maintaining enterprise-grade reliability.
Key Responsibilities:
• Service Architecture & Development:
• Design and implement backend services inGolangto deliver transaction history, swap aggregation, multi-chain balances, and other wallet-critical features.
• Cross-Chain Support:
• Build abstractions that unify data and operations across multiple blockchains (EVM, Cosmos, Solana, Aptos, Sui, Tezos, and others).
• Code Quality & Abstraction:
• Apply best practices inGo software design patterns, dependency management, and modular architectures to ensure clean, reusable, and extensible code.
• API Design & Delivery:
• Define and deliverrobust, developer-friendly APIsconsumed by the Wallet SDK, frontends, and external partners.
• Performance & Scalability:
• Optimize Go services forhigh throughput and low latency, capable of handling consumer-scale traffic with B2B SaaS-grade reliability.
• Reliability & Monitoring:
• Implement observability (metrics, logging, tracing, alerting). Guarantee uptime and ensure rapid incident response and recovery.
• Collaboration & Leadership:
• Work closely with SDK, infra, and product teams to align backend delivery with roadmap goals. Mentor other engineers and establish backend engineering best practices.
Requirements:
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience.
• 5–10 years of professional backend development, with3+ years in Golang.
• Proven experience deliveringproduction-grade distributed systems and APIs.
• Strong background incross-chain data integration(transaction history, balance fetching, swaps) is highly valued.
• Hands-on experience withdatabases (SQL/NoSQL), caching, messaging systems, and API gateways.
• Familiarity withKubernetes, Docker, Terraform, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Solid knowledge ofcloud environments (Google Cloud preferred, AWS/Azure acceptable).
• Strong understanding of modular, scalable software architecture.
• Excellent problem-solving, debugging, and collaboration skills.
• Optional: Previous experience in blockchain, fintech, or other high-scale consumer platforms.
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