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Zero Hash

Senior Software Engineer

Posted 14 Days Ago
In-Office or Remote
Hiring Remotely in Chicago, IL, USA
Senior level
In-Office or Remote
Hiring Remotely in Chicago, IL, USA
Senior level
Design and develop scalable software in an event-driven microservices environment. Build Golang microservices, collaborate with platform engineers on service setup, respond to production issues, troubleshoot complex systems, and communicate with client technical teams. The role requires strong problem-solving skills, database schema knowledge, autonomy, and the ability to work effectively in a fast-paced fintech environment.
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About the Job

Zero Hash is looking for a Senior Software Engineer to help architect and build new features, as well as scaling the gateway to Finance 2.0. We are a high performing team looking for an equally ambitious and driven teammate.
The right candidate for this position is detail oriented, deeply technical, and driven. You are eager to learn new technologies and complex systems. You build resiliency and scalability into the platform at every step.
If you're looking to have a massive impact in a high-growth startup in one of the most exciting markets in decades, you will find this role challenging and rewarding in equal measure.

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Key Responsibilities 
  • Support the company’s vital business by contributing to the design and development of software in an event-driven microservices environment
  • Develop microservices in Golang
  • Work with platform engineers to setup new services
  • Respond to production issues and alerts
  • When necessary, communicate directly with client technical teams
Requirements
  • 5+ years of experience, preferably in the FinTech space
  • A humble and scrappy get-it-done mindset; you’re resourceful and in your element going from 0 to 1
  • Excellent problem solving skills - can troubleshoot complex systems
  • Deep Proficiency with Golang.
  • Understanding of SQL and database schema design
  • Comfort with ambiguity; the ability to independently lay out and test clear hypotheses and solve problems without well-defined direction
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Preferred
  • Bachelors in computer science or equivalent experience
  • Experience at a banking-as-a-service, brokerage-as a service, payment-as-a-service business
  • Experience with digital assets
Benefits

We believe a happy, motivated, and healthy team is the best way to succeed. We offer the following benefits:

  • Chance to earn equity
  • Maternity & Paternity leave
  • WeWork Membership
  • WFH Yearly Stipend
  • L&D Stipend (after 6 months)
About Zero Hash

Zero Hash is a B2B embedded infrastructure platform that allows any platform to integrate digital assets natively into their own customer experience quickly and easily (a matter of API endpoints). We power neo-banks, broker-dealers, and payment groups to offer digital asset trading and custody, crypto-backed rewards and round-ups programs as well as yield through staking and DeFi and NFTs.
Our thesis is very simple: every financial services firm will offer digital assets within the next 2 years and will do so through platforms such as Zero Hash. Zero Hash is defining the new FinTech vertical of digital-assets-as-a-service.
Clients include MoneyLion, Wirex, Deserve, MoonPay, Tastytrade. Backed by Point72 Ventures, NYCA, Bain Capital, Tastytrade.

The Zero Hash Culture

All Zero Hash employees are guided by the following characteristics and core principles:

  • Independence/Ownership - An ability to work autonomously. Join Zero Hash, pitch ideas, and shape the work you do.
  • Passion - We are innovating quickly and challenging the status quo. We want you to think big, be creative and ​make a difference every day.
  • Collaborative - A good attitude and respect for others. We’re teammates, not co-workers. Everything we do is a shared success and equally a shared failure - we talk in terms of “we” not “me”.
  • Initiative - An ability and passion for learning and asking questions. We will champion you, challenge you and push you to achieve your best - and we expect you to do the same.
  • Empathy - An ability to listen, respect, and understand your co-workers, customers, and everyone you interact with no matter how different they are to you.
  • Adaptability - An ability to respond quickly. We are in a fast-paced industry and so we expect you to be creative when solving a new problem and comfortable under pressure.
  • Transparency - We believe that transparency is critical to empowering everyone to make the best decisions, both the company to its people and vice versa.
  • Integrity - Integrity creates trust. As both an organization collectively and as individuals, it is our most valuable asset.

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For candidates based in Colorado, please contact colorado-wages @zerohash.com to request compensation and benefits information regarding a particular role(s). Please include with your email the city you reside (or intend to reside in Colorado) and the title/link to the roles you're interested in.

**We’ve recently seen an increase in individuals impersonating zerohash recruiters to target job seekers. Please stay vigilant and keep the following in mind to ensure you are communicating with the real zerohash team:

  • Verified Emails Only: Official outreach will only come from a  @zerohash.com email address.
  • No Messaging Apps: We will never contact you via unsolicited text messages, WhatsApp, or Telegram.
  • Official Applications: Only apply directly through our careers webpage (zerohash.com/careers) or zero-hash.breezy.hr.

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327 N Aberdeen St, Chicago, IL, United States, 60607

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