Staff Backend Engineer, Custody Core (Crypto Security)

SoFi

Confirmed live yesterday High trust

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Work type
On-site
Location
San Francisco, CASeattle, WANew York, NYFrisco, TXCottonwood Heights, UTHelena, MTJacksonville, FL
Salary
$153,600–$264,000 / yr
Posted
42 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live yesterday

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Salary context

Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $186k
This role $209k
$120k most similar roles pay here $279k

This role pays more than 66% of similar roles. Most pay $153,825–$217,556 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $209k versus about $186k for comparable roles.

Based on 240 similar postings.

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About SoFi

SoFi Technologies is a fintech company offering student and personal loans, mortgages, credit cards, investing, banking, and insurance products, positioning itself as a one-stop financial services platform. Industry: Financial Technology & Personal Finance

SoFi currently has 17 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $156,800–$247,500 across 17 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Staff Backend Engineer, Custody Core (Crypto Security)

Staff Backend Engineer, Custody Core (Crypto Security) joins the team to build the next generation of the digital asset custody platform. This role focuses on designing and developing core services for secure custody, blockchain transaction processing, wallet infrastructure, and institutional products. The engineer will develop transaction orchestration services for deposits, withdrawals, staking, and treasury operations while building integrations with blockchain infrastructure and settlement networks. Key responsibilities include improving platform resiliency through redundancy and automated recovery, optimizing transaction throughput, and implementing cryptographic controls. The role requires expertise in distributed systems, cloud-native architectures, REST APIs, asynchronous messaging, and event-driven systems. Required technologies include AWS, PostgreSQL, Redis, and Kafka. The work centers on solving complex problems in crypto infrastructure to protect customer assets through secure, highly available financial services and robust wallet lifecycle management.

What you'll do

  • Design and build backend services for the digital asset custody platform.
  • Develop secure transaction orchestration services for deposits, withdrawals, transfers, staking, and treasury operations.
  • Build integrations with custody providers, blockchain infrastructure, and institutional settlement networks.
  • Design APIs to support both retail and institutional crypto products.
  • Develop services for wallet lifecycle management and direct blockchain interactions.
  • Improve platform resiliency through redundancy, disaster recovery, observability, and automated recovery mechanisms.
  • Build scalable event-driven architectures to handle blockchain state changes and transaction processing.
  • Implement cryptographic controls and authorization workflows in partnership with Security Engineering.

What we're looking for

  • 7+ years of backend software engineering experience.
  • Strong experience with distributed systems and cloud-native architectures.
  • Experience building highly available production services.
  • Strong understanding of REST APIs, asynchronous messaging, and event-driven systems.
  • Experience with AWS or comparable cloud platforms.
  • Experience with PostgreSQL, Redis, Kafka, or similar technologies.
  • Strong understanding of CI/CD and modern software development practices.
  • Excellent debugging and production incident response skills.

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