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Dakota

Senior Software Engineer, Back-End

Reposted 3 Months Ago
Remote
Hiring Remotely in United States
140K-200K Annually
Senior level
Remote
Hiring Remotely in United States
140K-200K Annually
Senior level
Join Dakota's core engineering team to design and implement back-end infrastructure for a blockchain-integrated banking platform, addressing high-visibility projects.
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About Dakota

At Dakota, we're building the next-generation global banking platform. Our mission is to empower businesses to operate globally by combining the best of crypto and traditional finance. Launched in 2024, Dakota already serves hundreds of customers and processes billions in annualized transaction volume.

From day one, Dakota has been a fully remote company. Our lean but experienced team is distributed across North America and Europe, united by a deep sense of ownership, a relentless focus on our customers, and a commitment to expanding economic freedom worldwide.

Please note: Dakota is a remote-only, equal-opportunity employer. At this time, we are able to hire within the U.S., United Kingdom, Spain and Portugal.

About the Role

As a Software Engineer at Dakota, you'll join our core engineering team designing and implementing the robust back-end infrastructure that fuels our blockchain-integrated banking platform. From day one, you'll tackle high-visibility projects that directly impact our financial products and customer experience. Your career path can evolve toward deep technical specialization in specific components of our system or broaden into a versatile engineering role that spans multiple domains, depending on your strengths and our growing business requirements.

Tech Stack
  • Google Cloud Platform (GCP) as our primary cloud infrastructure provider

  • Kubernetes for orchestrating our containerized microservices

  • Golang for most of our backend services and infrastructure tools

  • TypeScript for our front-end applications, deployed via Vercel

  • PostgreSQL & TimescaleDB for data management and financial transaction history

  • Buildkite for CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation

  • GitHub for version control and collaboration

  • Sentry for error tracking and Incident.io for incident management

Requirements
  • 5+ years experience in software engineering

  • Strong grasp of Golang

  • Ability to own and drive engineering projects

  • Extreme proactivity in identifying and fixing issues in the product and code base

  • Excellent troubleshooting skills and ability to diagnose complex system issues

  • Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate across engineering teams

  • Located in the US, UK, Spain or Portugal

Preferred Qualifications
  • Experience with crypto/Web3

  • Familiarity with financial systems or payment processing

  • Proficient with LLMs and effective prompting techniques for major models, especially Claude

  • Knowledge of accounting principles or accounting systems

What We Offer
  • Engaging problems that increase economic freedom globally

  • A collaborative environment with a high-caliber team from Coinbase, Anchorage, Messari, Square, Airbnb, and more

  • Competitive salary and equity in a high-growth fintech

  • Fully remote working environment

  • Coworking space monthly stipend

  • Home office equipment stipend

  • Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance

  • Regular team events and off-sites

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