Senior Software Engineer (L2)

With millions of wallets created and a global audience, Bitcoin.com is one of the world's leading crypto content and onboarding platforms. We're now starting something new, from a blank repo in Rust, and we're early enough that the architecture is still being decided. Join us in bringing crypto to the next billion users. This is a fully remote position based in Europe. Key Responsibilities • Design and build the core services behind the product: APIs, data models, integrations, and make the architectural calls that will shape the system for years • Own significant pieces of the product end-to-end, from design through production, including on-call ownership and incident response • Partner directly with Product and Design to shape requirements, pushing back where needed so what gets built holds up under real-world load • Set the technical standard for the codebase: write code others can maintain, and hold the team to that bar through reviews and mentorship • Drive architecture and technical decisions while the foundations are still being laid, and bring the judgment to know which decisions are expensive to reverse • Mentor other engineers and help level up the team's practices around testing, instrumentation, and code quality What We Are Looking For: Required • 5+ years of professional experience, with a track record of owning systems in production, not just shipping features • Strong Rust, Go, Java or Kotlin; production Rust strongly preferred • Proven experience designing REST APIs at scale; contracts, versioning strategy, and the judgment to know what will and will not age well • Deep experience with AWS or equivalent, containers, and CI/CD, including having built or hardened these systems, not just used them • Fluent with AI coding tools like Claude Code, with strong judgment on when to trust, and when to override, their output • Experience mentoring engineers and/or leading technical initiatives • Clear written and verbal English, and a self-driven work style • BS in Computer Science or equivalent experience Nice to Have • Payment rails (SEPA, SWIFT, ACH) or card issuing • Regulated fintech: PSD2, KYC/AML, PCI DSS • Crypto custody, on-chain settlement, stablecoin flows • Monitoring and analytics tools (Sentry, New Relic) • Experience setting technical direction or architecture for a product from its earliest stages • Solid blockchain fundamentals: ERC20, RPC nodes, UTXO vs account models Why Join Us • Competitive salary and benefits • Build a new product from the ground up, not maintain someone else's • Room to grow in a fast-moving global organization • Shape the architecture and technical culture of a fast-moving global organization • One of the most recognized names in crypto • Flexible, modern, remote-friendly environment Originally posted on Himalayas