Backend Engineer
Privy helps developers build on crypto rails by providing wallet infrastructure through APIs for embedded wallets and user onboarding.
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About Privy
Privy helps developers build on crypto rails by providing secure wallet infrastructure through APIs. With it, users can spin up embedded wallets, integrate onchain systems, and onboard users across EVM, Solana, and Bitcoin networks. Privy was acquired by Stripe in 2025.
Skills
About the Role
You will design and build backend systems for wallets, identity, and onchain infrastructure at scale. You will create platform primitives and APIs, lead complex initiatives across architecture, data, and distributed systems, and improve the scalability, reliability, and performance of the core platform. You will help shape technical direction through high-leverage engineering work.
Requirements
- 8+ years of experience building and maintaining production systems at scale
- Understand modern API development best practices and design
- Build data models, manage database migrations, and configure infrastructure
- Write maintainable, well-tested, modular code
- Demonstrate excellent written and verbal communication skills, including technical documentation
Responsibilities
- Design and build backend systems for wallets, identity, and onchain infrastructure at scale
- Create platform primitives and APIs that enable teams to build faster
- Lead complex technical initiatives across architecture, data, and distributed systems
- Improve the scalability, reliability, and performance of the core platform
- Shape technical direction through high-leverage engineering work
Benefits
- Equity
- Company bonus or sales commissions/bonuses
- 401(k) plan
- Medical benefits
- Dental benefits
- Vision benefits
- Wellness stipends
