--- title: 'Staff Backend & Platform Engineer – FinOps, IAM & Blockchain at Moonshot' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/staff-backend-platform-engineer-finops-iam-blockchain-moonshot-united-states-s5fcgyzg5zcj' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-09-23' --- # Staff Backend & Platform Engineer – FinOps, IAM & Blockchain at Moonshot - **Company:** Moonshot - **Location:** United States - **Employment:** full-time - **Work type:** remote - **Posted:** 2026-03-07 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-23 - **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/moonshot/9d84e7b2-d8d1-47d3-b818-17d5513049f3 ## Job description Moonshot is the “Robinhood for DeFi”—an iOS and Android app that lets anyone trade cryptocurrencies on-chain through a user-friendly interface. Since our launch in July 2024, we’ve attracted 2M+ users. Our mission: Make moonshots possible for everyone. Our vision: Make a world where life-changing financial outcomes are within everyone's reach. Everyone on our team is both a decision-maker and an implementer—united by a sense of urgency and driven by the conviction that our work can transform global finance. If you thrive on curiosity, welcome tough challenges, and aspire to leave a meaningful mark on the world, Moonshot is the place for you. You’ll run toward the hardest problems alongside high-caliber teammates who consistently push each other to excel and who share your dedication to shaping the future of decentralized finance. This role is full-time, preferably located in NYC. Open to remote for the right candidate. The Opportunity As a Staff Backend & Platform Engineer at Moonshot, you’ll own some of the most critical systems in our stack: identity and access, funds movement and ledgering, and the blockchain infrastructure that powers our on-chain trading. This role is similar to staff engineers at leading crypto wallets and exchanges who own authentication stacks, key management, and high-scale financial backends. You’ll design, build, and operate systems that must be both highly reliable and extremely secure, enabling product teams to move quickly on a solid foundation. ## What You’ll Do - Design, build, and operate Identity & Access Management services: - Authentication flows, sessions, device trust. - Authorization and entitlements (roles, permissions, policies). - Security controls such as MFA and key management (working with security teams). - Own financial operations systems: - Transfers and payments orchestration. - Ledgering and reconciliation flows. - Limits, risk controls, and transactional correctness. - Build and maintain blockchain infrastructure: - Node and RPC management. - Transaction submission, monitoring, and retry logic. - Indexing and streaming of on-chain data into internal services and data stores. - Define and uphold reliability and observability standards: - SLOs and error budgets for core services. - Dashboards, alerts, runbooks, and incident management practices. - Lead large, cross-functional technical projects from design through rollout, collaborating with Product, Security, and Ops. - Mentor and guide other engineers, contributing to engineering standards, design reviews, and documentation. - Stay close to industry best practices in auth, key management, and secure infrastructure for crypto and trading. ## What We Look For in You - 5–12+ years of backend or product or platform engineering, including experience with high-scale, high-availability systems in fintech, crypto, or similar domains. - Deep expertise in at least one of: - Identity & access / security engineering - Financial systems / ledgering / payments - Blockchain infrastructure / on-chain data - Strong experience designing and operating distributed systems (datastores, queues, streaming, background workers). - Track record driving architecture decisions and seeing them through implementation and adoption. - Strong operational mindset: monitoring, on-call, incident response, and postmortems. - Excellent collaboration skills, especially with Product, Security, and Ops. Nice to Haves - Experience with Flutter, React Native, React, Headless CRMs - Experience with Go, Rust, Solana - Experience with Google Cloud or Amazon Web Services - Experience with crypto wallets, exchanges, or onchain protocols including DeFi, L2s, ZK - Exposure to data warehousing and analytics for financial reporting. - Contributions to open-source projects. Location - NYC preferred (with periodic in-person sprints). - Remote-friendly within the United States and Canada; travel ~1wk/quarter ## Compensation & Package - Competitive salary and meaningful equity. - 5% 401(k) match. - Health benefits with employer-covered premiums, plus life insurance coverage. - One-time office setup stipend. - Flexible PTO. ## About Moonshot ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Moonshot is a mobile-first decentralized finance (DeFi) trading platform that lets anyone trade cryptocurrencies, tokenized equities, and perpetual futures on-chain through a user-friendly interface. - **Entity Type**: Private (funding stage not publicly disclosed) - **Headquarters**: Miami, Florida, USA - **Founded**: 2024 - **Founders**: Not publicly available ## Core Business - **Primary industry**: Decentralized Finance (DeFi) / Cryptocurrency Trading - **Target customers**: B2C – retail traders and investors looking for an intuitive gateway to digital assets and on-chain finance. - **Mission**: “Make moonshots possible for everyone” – democratizing access to high-potential financial opportunities and onboarding the world to decentralized finance. ## Products & Services - **Moonshot App (iOS & Android)**: A mobile trading platform that enables users to discover, evaluate, and trade tokens, tokenized equities, and leveraged perpetual futures. Combines a Robinhood-like UX with on-chain settlement. [moonshot.com](https://moonshot.com/about) ## Market Standing - **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed - **Key Metric**: Over $4B in total volume processed and a community of 2M+ traders (as of mid-2025/2026). [moonshot.com](https://moonshot.com/about) - **Notable Investors/Partners**: Not publicly listed - **Growth Signals**: Launched in July 2024 and grew to 1.5M+ users within the first year; expanded from memecoin trading to tokenized equities and perpetual futures; actively hiring across engineering roles to support scaling. [web3.career](https://web3.career/founding-engineer-moonshot-money/101407) ## Competitive Advantages - **User Experience**: “Robinhood for DeFi” – simplifies on-chain trading for mainstream users, lowering technical barriers. - **Full-Suite Offering**: Combines memecoins, tokenized equities, and leveraged futures in one app, reducing the need for multiple platforms. - **On-Chain Infrastructure**: Built on Solana with plans to expand to Base and other L2s, ensuring fast and low-cost transactions. - **Lean, High-Autonomy Team**: Small team of passionate engineers and product people who own end-to-end features, enabling rapid iteration. ## Strategic Focus - **Scaling the platform** to handle millions of users and high transaction volumes while maintaining reliability and security. - **Expanding blockchain support** beyond Solana (e.g., Base, other L2s) to increase asset accessibility. - **Deepening product capabilities** in tokenized equities and derivatives to attract a broader retail audience. - **Growing the team** with top engineering talent to accelerate product development and infrastructure robustness. ## Why Work Here - **Mission-Driven**: A clear, ambitious goal to make decentralized finance accessible to everyone. - **High Growth & Impact**: Rapid user and revenue growth means engineers tackle fascinating scaling challenges and see their work reach millions. - **Ownership & Autonomy**: Engineers are trusted to design and ship features end-to-end; ideas and initiative are highly valued. - **Competitive Compensation**: Top-of-market salary ($200k–$250k for founding engineer roles), meaningful equity, 401(k) with 5% match, and benefits including medical, dental, vision, and life insurance. - **Work Environment**: Remote-friendly within the US and Canada, with an option for in-person/hybrid in Miami and relocation assistance. Unlimited PTO, flexible hours, and a collaborative team culture. - **Tech Stack**: Modern stack (Flutter, Go, Postgres, Redis, Kubernetes, Solana) – ideal for engineers passionate about Web3 and consumer fintech. [web3.career](https://web3.career/web3-companies/moonshot-money+blockchain) ## Sources 1. [moonshot.money](https://www.moonshot.money/) – Company website 2. [moonshot.com/about](https://moonshot.com/about) – About page with mission, vision, and key metrics 3. [web3.career (Founding Engineer)](https://web3.career/founding-engineer-moonshot-money/101407) – Job posting with compensation, tech stack, and culture details 4. [web3.career (Senior Backend Engineer)](https://web3.career/web3-companies/moonshot-money+blockchain) – Additional role description and benefits 5. [jobs.ashbyhq.com/moonshot](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/moonshot) – Official careers page (not directly scraped but provided) ## Other roles at Moonshot - [Growth Lead](https://feeny.ai/job/growth-lead-moonshot-new-york-4mdvw2zfr1g9) — New York, NY - [Senior Backend Engineer](https://feeny.ai/job/senior-backend-engineer-moonshot-new-york-43a6jaz3g47r) — New York, NY - [Senior Backend & Platform Engineer – FinOps, IAM & Blockchain](https://feeny.ai/job/senior-backend-platform-engineer-finops-iam-blockchain-moonshot-united-states-ehe55dm5n5e3) — United States