Backend Engineer, 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 — ...

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

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

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
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