Hype

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Senior Software Engineer

$90K - $160K
Location
New York, NY, US
Job Type
Full-time
Experience
3+ years
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Ravi Bakhai
Ravi Bakhai
Founder

About the role

We're building a trading app that makes it easy to trade any and send any cryptocurrency from your phone.

We're a small team looking to bring on our next team member who is excited about building consumer technology that directly impacts people. We’re growing fast with elite retention metrics working in a fun space!

Who we are looking for:

We are looking for a rockstar senior engineer who is excited about shaping an early product, is a hard worker, and team player. You will be working in a fast-paced environment in which you will work on all stages of product development: conception, system design, frontend/backend, polish, data analysis, and maintenance. You will be collaborating with teammates who are also incredibly passionate about building high-quality, design-intuitive, and data-driven consumer products.

Responsibilities

  • Ideate with other team members
  • Build frontend features within our platform
  • Build scalable backend infrastructure to support the above projects
  • Analyze product usage data
  • Consider everything a ‘work in progress’: constantly polish existing features and iterate on user feedback
  • Closely collaborate with cross-functional partners in design and product

Must Haves:

  • 4+ years of experience writing production software - strong preference for consumer over B2B
  • 2+ years of experience solving complex distributed systems problems and strong understanding of data processing frameworks
  • Experience in building scalable and high-performance systems
  • North American timezones - ideally NYC based
  • Willing to work long hours when needed

Nice to Haves:

  • Worked at a hyper-growth startup
  • Interest in crypto / fintech
  • Spent time in DeFI
  • Interested in trading :)

Preferred Qualifications

  • BS/MS in Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics, or other quantitative field

About the interview

  1. Intro call
  • This stage is a more informal call to get to know more about the role, and for you to evaluate whether it’s a good fit for you.
  1. Technical Screen
  • Sceen in which you'll be asked basic programming questions, advanced programming questions, and system design questions
  1. Behavioral & Product Inteview
  • This will be a deeper behavioral interview where we'll get to know you better as well as a product interview to understand how you think through different ideas and UX
  1. Sprint - In Person
  • This will be a sprint in which we'll see how we work together as a team. If you have other obligations we can adjust this criteria. Ideally this will be in person, however, we understand if remote is the only option
  1. Reference Check & Offer
  • At this stage we'd ask for a reference check and proceed with an offer!

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Ravi Bakhai
Ravi Bakhai
Founder