Software Engineer, Payments Product Lead

Palo Alto, California. Posted 3 months ago

The role

You will be the founding technical leader of the payments unit. You will own the Aptos Payment API, lead partner-facing engineering, and build trust infrastructure including revenue attribution and KYC integrations.

What you will do

Spec, ship, and run the Aptos Payment API
Act as the technical face of the unit for partner-facing engineering
Build trust infrastructure including revenue attribution and reconciliation
Integrate single-window KYC/KYB and a testnet sandbox
Manage integration with the trading stack
Hire and lead the first two engineers
Make build-vs-buy decisions with written memos

Required qualifications

8+ years building payment infrastructure at production scale
Hands-on chain-native settlement experience
Front-facing gravitas to lead external technical relationships
Product engineer's instincts
Player-coach ability to ship code and hire engineers

Nice to have

APAC corridor experience
FX and market-structure fluency
Working familiarity with payments regulation
A prior 0→1 experience

Benefits

100% insurance premium coverage for medical, dental, and vision for you and your dependents (US Employees)
Equipment of your choice
Flexible vacation time
11 holidays
Floating company days off
Competitive Salary
Protocol Token Grants
401k matching (US Employees)
Fun and inclusive in-person and digital events

About the company

Aptos is a people-first blockchain on a mission to help billions of people achieve universal and fair access to decentralized assets. It was founded by original creators and maintainers of the Diem blockchain.