About Careertakes

👉 Important disclosure: Careertakes is a third-party recruiting platform supporting this hiring process. If selected, you will be employed directly by our client, Financial Services.

Applicants for this role may also receive access to additional matched opportunities through the Careertakes platform.

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About the role

Confidential Client’s Tokenization team is building the infrastructure to make public and private equity tradable 24/7 on decentralized exchanges. You will own and operate backend services that enable issuance, custody, reconciliation, and on-chain settlement of tokenized equities. This role is located in New York, NY. In-person attendance is expected at least 3 days per week.

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What You’ll Do

• Design, build, test, and deploy backend services that mint, custody, and settle tokenized equities with correctness and auditability as core requirements
• Implement integrations between traditional brokerage systems (ledgers, corporate actions) and on-chain systems (smart contracts, chain indexers, DEX flows)
• Ship product-facing features and platform capabilities for correctness-critical flows (idempotency, reconciliation, failure-mode handling)
• Improve system performance, reliability, and engineering productivity through instrumentation, automation, and design improvements
• Collaborate closely with product, compliance, and platform teams to deliver secure, scalable solutions that move real customer assets

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What You’ll Bring

• 2+ years of professional software development experience
• Strong backend development experience in Go, Python, or Java and familiarity with cloud-native architectures
• Solid system design and data modeling skills for distributed, correctness-critical systems
• Experience or strong interest in blockchain fundamentals (EVM, smart contracts, wallets, on-chain settlement) and a demonstrated ability to learn deeply and quickly
• Ownership mindset and experience delivering end-to-end projects in cross-functional teams
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience preferred

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What We Offer

• Challenging, high-impact work on frontier financial infrastructure
• Competitive base pay plus bonus opportunities, equity, and 401(k) matching
• Top-tier health benefits (employer-paid coverage for employees, dependent coverage as noted by the client)
• Access to leading AI tools and continuous AI upskilling
• Flexible benefits spending (wellness, learning), life & disability coverage, fertility and mental health benefits
• Paid time off, parental leave, company holidays, and an exceptional office experience

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Compensation (base pay for New York, NY)

• Zone 1 (Menlo Park, CA; New York, NY; Bellevue, WA; Washington, DC): $166,000—$195,000 USD (base pay range for New York, NY). In addition to base pay, the role may be eligible for bonus, equity, and benefits. Final compensation will depend on job-related factors such as experience, location, and business needs.

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Equal Opportunity & Hiring Transparency

Careertakes and our client are Equal Opportunity Employers committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce. We prohibit discrimination or harassment of any kind. To support a fair and efficient hiring process, AI tools may be used to assist with application review or resume screening. These tools do not replace human decision-making. Final hiring decisions are made by people.

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