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Principal Software Engineer

CoinTrackerUnited States | CanadaOnsite

Overview


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.

Some things we’re proud of


  • 🛠️ 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

Your mission


  • 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.

Your one year outcomes


  • 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.

What you will do


  • 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.

What we look for


  • 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

Our tech stack is


  • 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 $292,500 - $375,000. 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.

Life at CoinTracker

CoinTracker enables seamless cryptocurrency portfolio tracking and tax compliance. As adoption of cryptocurrency continues to pick up, and more exchanges, wallets and DeFi products are built, CoinTracker will continue to deliver a foundational layer in the ecosystem for tracking and using cryptocurrency. Today our users track over $1B in crypto assets on CoinTracker. Our mission is to transition the world to an open financial system.
Thrive Here & What We Value1. Building foundational tools in the cryptocurrency space2. Partnered with Coinbase, H&R Block, Intuit TurboTax, MetaMask, OpenSea, Phantom, Solana, Uniswap3. $80B+ in cryptocurrency is tracked on CoinTracker (~over 5% of the entire crypto market)4. Founders: Jon, Chandan5. $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 Perret6. Mission: Enabling everyone in the world to use crypto with peace of mind

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