Backend Software Engineer - Rainier Recruiting

Why should you be interested?

An exciting position has opened due to growth. Rainier Recruiting has partnered with a cryptocurrency startup valued at $50m and is raising their series A venture round currently. They are hiring a new backend engineer. Passive candidates who are employed and curious to hear are more than welcome to have a “no-commitment” conversation with our Recruiting team about why this could be an exciting career opportunity. 




Compensation:

$250,000 salary + bonus + equity (negotiable)




Location:

Strong preference for San Francisco candidates who are willing to work hybrid; however, remote candidates in California will be considered with some onsite flexibility required for quarterly meetings at San Francisco HQ.







What they offer:

• Competitive base salary, equity compensation and great benefits
• You'll be a foundational member of the team
• A top-notch culture that is technology obsessed, transparent and constantly strives for excellence
• A smart leadership team and colleagues that will help you learn and grow in a collaborative environment 

Position Overview: 

We're seeking a Staff Engineer to shape our backend infrastructure and develop crypto-native features for our app.

• Our tech stack includes Typescript trpc and AWS App Runner.
• We're a lean, international team with several members based in San Francisco. Preferably, you are in the San Francisco Bay Area or a major American city.
• As our sixth engineer, you'll join a highly technical team of eight. You'll work closely with our existing engineering team, which consists of frontend engineers (React Native) and fellow backend engineers.

 

Qualifications:

• 7+ years of experience in building scalable, distributed systems end-to-end.
• You're passionate about making the on-chain world more accessible — but actual crypto experience is not required.
• You possess positive energy, are ambitious, bias towards low-effort-high-impact projects, and communicate clearly.
• We are very active in the Farcaster community and hope you will be too!

 




Who is Rainier Recruiting? 

Rainier Recruiting is a boutique, award winning national staffing agency and executive search firm. Using an approach that “treats every

candidate like an executive search”, we offer positions in contract-to-hire, Full-Time, and executive search. Named the #1 Best Workplace in Washington State in 2022, recognized as a ClearlyRated Best of Staffing firm, and identified as a top recruitment firm by multiple business journals, Rainier Recruiting is fast becoming a respected company. We are no longer the “best recruiters you have never heard of”. Rainier Recruiting is also proud to share our clients have a 93% repeat business rate. Rainier Recruiting is an equal opportunity employer and service provider and does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, gender, gender identity, national origin, citizenship status, sexual orientation, disability, political affiliation or belief, or any other protected class. We are committed to the principles of Equal Opportunity Employment and are dedicated to making employment decisions based on merit and value, for ourselves, our client companies, and for the candidates we represent. We engage in socially conscious business practices and believe that diverse, equitable, inclusive, and non-biased talent and recruitment processes are foundational to the success of every organization that we partner with.