Backend Engineer - Card Transaction Processing

Ether.fi seeks Backend Engineer for Card Transaction Processing. $170K–$200K, hybrid in New York/Cayman/Denver. Focus on scalable transaction processing, cloud, CI/CD, observability.

Ether.fi is one of the largest crypto companies in the world, with over $10B in assets under management. Its products (Stake, Liquid, Cash) enable users to earn yield in DeFi strategies and spend their assets in the real world with crypto-backed credit cards. Responsibilities: - Own core areas of the backend systems and extend current functionality to improve throughput and latency. - Design, develop, and optimize scalable transaction processing services for high-throughput, low-latency financial transactions. - Tackle user frictions for card transactions being declined. - Drive improvements in Cloud Infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, automation, observability, and monitoring systems.

Strong fundamentals in software engineering and problem solving. Shipped impressive products with thousands of real users. 5+ years of professional coding experience.

Salary: $170K–$200K per year. Hybrid work in New York / Cayman / Denver.