Staff Engineer, Platform

The world of digital assets is accelerating in speed, magnitude, and complexity, opening the door to new ways for leveraging the blockchain. Fireblocks' platform and network provide the simplest and most secure way for companies to work with digital assets and it trusted by some of the largest financial institutions, banks, globally-recognized brands, and Web3 companies in the world, including BNY Mellon, BNP Paribas, ANZ Bank, Revolut, and thousands more.

About The Team
The Developer Experience (DX) team at Fireblocks is dedicated to building infrastructure and tools that empower developers to seamlessly integrate with our platform. We're seeking a seasoned Staff Engineer developer to join our team and play a key role in shaping the developer journey by creating scalable, reliable, and developer-friendly solutions.

What You'll Do

• Lead architecture and system design for critical components of the Developer Experience platform, ensuring scalability, resilience, and long-term maintainability.
• Own end-to-end delivery of complex initiatives, from requirements gathering and design to implementation, rollout, and observability.
• Design, implement, and maintain robust microservices supporting high-throughput and low-latency operations.
• Define and uphold API design standards, including gateway configuration, versioning strategy, and long-term lifecycle management.
• Build and optimize backend systems that enable developer-facing products such as SDKs, APIs, and webhooks.
• Work with both relational and NoSQL databases to ensure data consistency, scalability, and performance.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design systems that meet operational and business requirements.
• Research and implement cloud-native architectures to support Fireblocks' growth and scalability.
• Contribute to the creation of developer tools and standards that improve the usability of our APIs and SDKs.

What You'll Bring

• 10+ years of experience in backend development, with a strong focus on scalable infrastructure.
• Proficiency in and TypeScript; additional experience with other backend languages is a plus.
• Strong expertise in relational and NoSQL databases, including schema design, query optimization, and troubleshooting.
• Experience designing and managing RESTful APIs, including versioning strategies, API gateway integration, and developer-first design.
• Proven experience designing and deploying microservices-based architectures in production environments.
• Hands-on experience with cloud providers (AWS, GCP, Azure) and container orchestration tools (e.g., Kubernetes, Docker).
• Solid understanding of system design principles, distributed systems, and scalability.
• Experience with monitoring and logging frameworks (e.g. Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack).
• Deep understanding of REST APIs and event-driven architectures.
• Advantage - Familiarity with AWS, Servers-less
• Strong problem-solving skills, with the ability to troubleshoot production issues effectively.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and thrive in a service-oriented, fast-paced environment.

Bonus Points

• Experience designing developer-centric SDKs, tools, or CLI utilities.
• Track record of contributing to internal platform teams or DX-focused initiatives.
• Knowledge of OpenAPI/Swagger specifications and API documentation best practices.
• Passion for elevating developer experience and usability across engineering platforms.
• Hands-on experience in designing developer-friendly SDKs and APIs.
• Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and best practices for automated testing and deployment.

Fireblocks' mission is to enable every business to easily and securely access digital assets and cryptocurrencies. In order to do that, we strongly believe our workforce should be as diverse as our clients, and this is why we embrace diversity and inclusion in all its forms.
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