Principal Software Engineer (United States & Canada)

CoinTracker makes cryptocurrency portfolio tracking and tax compliance simple. CoinTracker enables consumers and businesses to seamlessly track their cryptocurrency portfolio, investment performance, taxes, and more. We are a globally distributed team on a mission to enable everyone in the world to use crypto with peace of mind. Learn more about our mission, culture, and hiring process.

• 🛠️ Building foundational tools in the cryptocurrency space

• 📄 Over 1M tax forms generated

• 💲 $80B+ in cryptocurrency is tracked on CoinTracker (~over 5% of the entire crypto market)

• 🤝 Partnered with Coinbase, H&R Block, Intuit TurboTax, MetaMask, OpenSea, Phantom, Solana, and Uniswap

• 🗺️ Founders: Jon previously built TextNow (200M downloads), Chandan was previously a product manager at Google & Google[x]

• 💼 $100M+ venture capital raised from Accel, General Catalyst, Y Combinator, Initialized Capital, Coinbase Ventures, Kraken Ventures, Intuit Ventures, 776 Ventures, Balaji Srinivasan, Claire Hughes Johnson, Gokul Rajaram, Serena Williams, Zach Perret

• 🌴 Awesome benefits

• Drive the technical vision and architecture for CoinTracker.

• Identify and solve complex technical challenges related to performance, scalability, and system reliability.

• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to engineers, fostering a culture of engineering excellence.

• Scale the end-to-end data foundation stack to support 10M+ transactions per user.

• Establish the foundational architecture for the new Cost basis engine product.

• Develop a long-term engineering vision aligned with business goals.

• Tackle the most challenging technical problems and provide guidance on trade-offs and optimal solutions.

• Work cross-functionally with product, design, and leadership teams.

• Contribute to code reviews and architectural discussions.

• Mentor engineers fostering a culture of learning and technical excellence.

• Stay ahead of industry trends, introduce new technologies, and align engineering efforts with business objectives.

• Role-agnostic

  • Impact: Demonstrated ability to drive business impact

  • Mission alignment: Hungry and motivated about making progress towards our mission of Enabling everyone in the world to use crypto with peace of mind.

  • Trust: Say what you believe. Do what you say.

  • Communication: Able to clearly talk about the details and also zoom out to the bigger picture

• Role-specific

  • 14+ years of experience in software engineering with a proven track record of designing and implementing large scale systems.

  • 3+ years of experience in a technical leadership role.

  • Deep knowledge of backend technologies, including cloud platforms, databases, orchestrators, messaging systems, data pipelines, and more.

  • Demonstrated ability to lead technical initiatives from inception through execution.

  • Experience with real-time data processing systems.

  • Experience with Enterprise SaaS development.

  • [Bonus] Experience in crypto or financial systems

• Web: HTML, Typescript, React, React Native, Styled-Components

• Mobile: React Native, Expo, GraphQL

• Backend: Python, Flask, GraphQL, Postgres, Redis, Python RQ, Temporal

• Infrastructure: GCP, Terraform, Docker, Pub/Sub, Datadog, PagerDuty

• You don’t need to know any or all of these, but be willing to learn!

The starting salary for this position is between $270,000 - $375,000 USD. Candidate's location does not impact the posted salary range. The actual compensation offered will be based on a variety of job-related factors including relevant skills, education, and experience. This position also includes equity in CoinTracker and benefits like medical, dental, vision, 401(k), life insurance, and PTO.