How much experience is required?

At least 8 years of relevant experience for this Backend Engineer, Privy role.

What's the tech stack?

Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: Blockchain, Identity, security, Authentication, API, smart contracts.

What seniority level is this role?

Stripe targets senior candidates for this position.

Is this full-time or contract?

Full-time for this Backend Engineer, Privy role at Stripe.

Backend Engineer, Privy at Stripe

Joblaze summary

In this role, the Backend Engineer at Privy focuses on developing intuitive APIs and robust developer tools that enhance user privacy and ownership online. Key skills include extensive experience in API development, database management, and a solid understanding of modern software practices, particularly in the fintech or crypto sectors. This position is ideal for seasoned engineers with a strong background in building scalable systems and a passion for open-source collaboration. Privy emphasizes a culture of experimentation and curiosity, fostering an environment where innovative solutions can thrive.

Joblaze insights

Listed about 3 months ago on Joblaze — tracked directly from Stripe's career page.
Stripe has 567 other open roles including Account Executive, Enterprise Platforms, Tier 2 Grower, Account Executive, Product Sales - Money Management ASEAN, Account Executive, Product Sales- Money Management ANZ.
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Quick facts

How much experience is required?: At least 8 years of relevant experience for this Backend Engineer, Privy role.
What's the tech stack?: Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: Blockchain, Identity, security, Authentication, API, smart contracts.
What seniority level is this role?: Stripe targets senior candidates for this position.
Is this full-time or contract?: Full-time for this Backend Engineer, Privy role at Stripe.

From the original posting

Who we are

About Privy

Our mission is to make privacy and user ownership the default online. To do so, we build simple, flexible APIs and tools for developers that make it easy to build new products on crypto rails.

Privy owns the abstractions and infrastructure layer above wallets, integrating across chains, third-party providers, and Stripe products like Treasury and Link. We get to solve hard technical problems while leveraging Stripe's distribution to reach customers like Ramp, Klarna, Deel, Kraken, Hyperliquid, and Fomo — powering experiences for both mainstream users and crypto natives.

Learn more about Privy: Privy and Stripe: Bringing crypto to everyone

About the team

Engineering at Privy is distinguished by:

High urgency: Shipping very small iterations, very fast, to learn very quickly.
Product taste: Our customers are developers, and to build effective products for them requires technical knowledge - you will often be "the PM".
Security mindset: A great portion of our product is trust. While we have a dedicated security team, every engineer brings security to their designs from the start.

In practice, we use boring technology like Node, React, and AWS so we can focus our engineering energy entirely on pushing the boundaries of Privy's core product, e.g. through hardware enclaves, multi-region low latency APIs, and blockchain abstractions that are accessible to mainstream developers.

What you'll do

Design and build the backend systems that power wallets, identity, and onchain infrastructure at scale
Create platform primitives and APIs that enable teams across Privy and Stripe to build faster
Lead complex technical initiatives across architecture, data, and distributed systems
Improve the scalability, reliability, and performance of our core platform
Help shape our technical direction through high-leverage engineering work

Who you are

Minimum requirements

8+ years of experience building and maintaining a production system at scale
An understanding of modern API development best practices and design
Experience in building data models, managing database migrations and best practices, and infrastructure configuration
An ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment
A growth mindset, a constant curiosity, and fearlessness to dive into the unknown
An ability to write maintainable, well-tested, modular code, but also be pragmatic about moving fast
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to write clear technical documentation

Preferred qualifications

Experience in an API-driven business within payments, fintech, or crypto
Built or contributed to open-source developer tooling
Published work (open source code, talks, blog posts, etc.)
Experience working with blockchain protocols and designing or interacting with smart contracts
Experience in authentication, identity, or security