Senior Backend Engineer
What engineering roles in crypto pay
158 salaries · our own dataThis role pays $180k-$200k, below the $205k median for engineering roles in crypto on this board.
As a Senior Backend Engineer at Mesh, you'll design, develop, and maintain backend services and APIs that enable consumers to pay and be paid with any asset. You'll work closely with Engineering and Product teams across North America, Europe, and India to build crypto-first, secure products that facilitate traditional financial activity like payments and transfers.
What you'll do
- Develop and maintain backend services and APIs
- Work closely with Azure cloud services for deployment and scalability
- Conduct thorough testing, debugging, and resolution of software defects
- Contribute to code reviews, architectural decisions, and system design
- Create high-quality, efficient, and reliable code following best practices
- Optimize performance and scalability of backend systems for handling large data volumes
- Build crypto-first and secure products to facilitate traditional financial activity such as payments and transfers
- Stay updated on the latest trends and technologies in fintech, crypto, and backend development
What you bring
- 5-7+ years of professional experience as a backend Software Engineer, preferably in fintech or crypto
- Strong proficiency in backend programming languages such as C#, Java, Scala, or Go
- A security-first mindset with good knowledge of common security concepts such as AuthN, AuthZ, SAML, API security, and encryption
- An understanding of crypto concepts such as blockchains, RPCs, and self-custody wallets
- Solid understanding of RESTful API design principles and microservices architecture
- Familiarity with cloud platforms such as Azure
- Knowledge of DevOps practices and CI/CD pipelines
- Excellent communication and collaboration abilities
What we offer
- Base salary range of $180,000-$200,000 USD (adjusted by location and market conditions)
- Competitive equity
- Comprehensive health coverage for you and your family
- Unlimited PTO
- Dedicated learning budget for courses, conferences, and certifications
- Hybrid work model with office expectations of approximately 40% of the time (two days per week) for employees in San Francisco, New York, and Bangalore hubs
- Remote-friendly approach with flexibility to work from your most productive location
- Top-tier tools and equipment
About Mesh
Mesh enables consumers to pay and be paid with any asset by making crypto payments reliable, useful, and ubiquitous. The company combines a powerful orchestration engine with a seamless consumer app to unlock liquidity for the world. Backed by leading investors including SBI, Money Forward, Paradigm, Dragonfly, Galaxy, and PayPal Ventures, Mesh is building infrastructure for the next era of the global economy.
Context for this role
From the live jobs we track on CryptoJobsHQ, updated daily.
Mesh has 18 open roles on CryptoJobsHQ: 7 in Engineering, 4 in Legal & Compliance and 3 in Finance. All are on-site or hybrid, mostly in the US and Canada. 7 were posted in the last 7 days. The median advertised base salary is $263k, from 13 listings that publish pay.
All 18 Mesh roles →1,659 Infrastructure roles are open across crypto right now.
Browse Infrastructure Jobs →- Site Reliability Engineer at Bitword · On-site
- Staff Cloud Infrastructure Engineer at OKG · Hybrid
- Senior iOS Engineer, Crypto Perpetuals at Robinhood · On-site
- Staff Cloud Infrastructure Engineer at OKX · Hybrid
