Senior Software Engineer, Trading Infrastructure

As a Senior Software Engineer on the Trading Infrastructure team at Aptos Labs, you will build the critical infrastructure that powers trading on the Aptos blockchain. You'll work on APIs, indexers, node infrastructure, SDKs, and developer tools that form the foundation for trading and trading products. The systems you build will directly enable billions of volume on Aptos. You'll help shape technical direction and may grow into leading other engineers as the team scales.

What you'll do

• Lead initiatives to design, build, and optimize backend services and platform infrastructure for the Aptos blockchain
• Develop scalable APIs, indexing services, and data pipelines to support trading data access
• Build and maintain infrastructure for trading
• Write clean, performant, well-tested, and production-ready code
• Collaborate closely with protocol engineers, infrastructure teams, and product engineers

What you bring

• 5+ years of experience building and shipping scalable backend systems
• Strong experience building backend systems in languages such as Rust, Go, C++, Java, Python, or similar
• Deep understanding of systems programming concepts
• Strong understanding of distributed systems, databases, and API design
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to work autonomously

Nice to have

• Experience with blockchain infrastructure, indexing, or node operations
• Web3 experience or familiarity
• Background in payments, DeFi, or TradFi
• Comfort leveraging AI tools to enhance productivity and code quality

What we offer

• Base salary of $150k-$250k (Bay Area)
• Protocol token grants
• 100% insurance premium coverage for medical, dental, and vision for you and your dependents (US employees)
• Equipment of your choice
• Flexible vacation time, 11 holidays, and floating company days off
• 401k matching (US employees)
• Fun and inclusive in-person and digital events

About Aptos Labs

Aptos is a people-first blockchain founded by some of the original creators and maintainers of the Diem blockchain. The company is on a mission to help billions of people achieve universal and fair access to decentralized assets in a safe and scalable way. This role is based in Palo Alto, CA or New York, NY.