Job details
Senior Backend Developer
OpenSenior Backend Developer
Open
Tether
Blockchain / Web3
Experience Level
Senior
Salary Range (USD)
Not specified
Job Deadline
Not specified
About Company
Tether is the pioneering force behind USDT, the world's most trusted and widely used stablecoin, relied upon by hundreds of millions worldwide. Beyond stablecoins, Tether operates across five verticals: Tether Finance (digital asset tokenization), Tether Power (sustainable Bitcoin mining using eco-friendly energy), Tether Data (AI and P2P technology including flagship app KEET), Tether Education (digital learning for the gig economy), and Tether Evolution (merging technology with human potential). A lean, globally distributed team pushing the boundaries of digital finance and blockchain technology.
Job Description
As a Senior Backend Developer at Tether, you will be part of the team responsible for developing and maintaining backend components across multiple platform services. You will work on new product features, scalability of real-time services, and security — the most important feature of the Tether platform. You will collaborate with developers, product managers, designers, and stakeholders to translate requirements into clear, practical architectures, improve existing NodeJS services, and implement new solutions interacting with core services via RPC calls.
Responsibilities
- Work closely with developers, product managers, designers, and other stakeholders to translate requirements into clear, practical architectures.
- Improve existing core backend services written in NodeJS.
- Implement new solutions that interact with different core services through RPC calls.
- Write complex database queries for compliance and financial purposes.
- Build all API services and backend processes with the highest security principles and standards to protect the entire user base.
- Develop and deploy new features using agile methodologies to ensure the best user experience in the industry.
- Ensure all backend services remain effortlessly smooth, responsive, and real-time as the platform scales to accommodate new user growth.
Qualifications
- At least 5 years of experience working with JavaScript/NodeJS.
- Familiarity with microservices architecture.
- Active participation in the development of a complex platform.
- Good experience interacting with databases — MySQL and MongoDB.
- Ability to quickly learn new technologies.
- Good understanding of security practices.
Skills
JavaScriptNodeJSMySQLMongoDBMicroservicesRPCREST APIsRedisSecurity EngineeringBlockchain IntegrationRuby on RailsHigh AvailabilityAgile