About the company
Who We Are: Ethena Labs is building the first ETH based yield-bearing synthetic dollar. Arthur Hayes is a founding advisor and the team has deep experience across traditional finance and crypto engineering from firms such as Cerberus, Wintermute, Flow Traders, Deribit, Paradigm, Aave, Blockdaemon and Kaiko. We are backed by every major exchange and trading entities in the space. What we are Doing: We are building derivative infrastructure to enable Ethereum to transform into the Internet Bond via delta-neutral derivatives positions, to create the first crypto-native, yield bearing synthetic dollar: sUSDe. We believe creating a synthetic dollar which is not reliant on existing banking infrastructure is the single most important problem to solve and largest opportunity in crypto today. USDe will form the first part of a broader ecosystem of products we are building including fixed and floating rate internet bonds and composable repo leveraged markets.
Job Summary
What You’ll Do
📍Strengthen our backend infrastructure and scalability by refactoring and optimizing existing Python-based systems. 📍Develop and maintain robust, secure, and well-documented APIs for asset minting/redeeming and other core functions. 📍Handle a continuous flow of new integration requests, automating where possible to streamline the process. 📍Improve system reliability and security through automated failover, robust error handling, and implementing security features. 📍Collaborate closely with the other members of the product engineering team to deliver new features efficiently and on time. 📍Mentor fellow engineers on backend best practices, including scalable architecture and database management. 📍Drive engineering excellence and automation by establishing modern development processes, including CI/CD pipelines and automated testing. 📍Contribute to ongoing system audits and post-mortems to ensure the platform is future-proofed against growing user and transaction volumes.
What We’re Looking For
📍Deep knowledge of backend development, including building scalable APIs, data pipelines, and integrations. We are Python heavy 📍Experience in API development (e.g., REST/GraphQL) with a focus on security, reliability, and ease of extension. 📍Proficiency in database design and optimisation (SQL/NoSQL) for high-performance environments. 📍An understanding of DevOps and infrastructure (AWS/GCP, Docker/Kubernetes, CI/CD). 📍Experience scaling systems to handle increasing loads, including latency reduction and resource optimization. 📍A proactive and curious problem-solver who can adapt to a fast-paced environment and make data-driven decisions. 📍Strong collaboration and mentorship skills. 📍If not already having an understanding of crypto-native concepts (e.g., asset minting/redeeming, airdrop systems)
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