Member of Technical Staff

About the role

This is a builder role with a research dimension. You'll move fluidly between deep technical exploration and shipping production-grade systems, working across the off-chain and infrastructure layers that make Edge's products operable for regulated institutions — validator and staking infrastructure, custody and key management integrations, compliance automation, and the services that sit between on-chain protocols and institutional stacks.

Responsibilities

• Design and build the off-chain systems and infrastructure that power Edge's on-chain products — validator and staking architectures, custody and key management integrations, compliance automation, and the APIs and services that connect institutional workflows to on-chain settlement.
• Own deployments end-to-end: infrastructure-as-code, observability, audit logging, runbooks, and the SLAs that institutional clients depend on.
• Take ownership of architecture and implementation, not just execution against a spec.
• Move ideas from research and prototype through to production without losing rigor.
• Contribute to technical research and help define the direction of new systems.
• Engage with emerging on-chain primitives and assess how they translate into production-grade infrastructure for regulated institutions.

Requirements

• Strong fundamentals in distributed systems, backend engineering, and production cloud infrastructure.
• Experience designing and operating systems with real reliability, security, and auditability requirements.
• A track record of taking ideas from prototype to production with care and rigour.
• Comfort working in a high-autonomy, fast-moving environment.
• Working knowledge of blockchain systems — Ethereum, Solana, validator operations, or on-chain protocols — or a clear track record of picking up new domains deeply and quickly.
• High agency, low ego. You own your work end-to-end and hold yourself accountable for quality.

Bonus points

• Experience with regulated financial infrastructure, custody systems, or institutional capital markets workflows.
• Background running validator infrastructure or staking systems at scale.
• Familiarity with secure key handling, HSMs, or distributed systems at scale.
• Prior work integrating with KYC/AML, treasury, or risk systems.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• Minimum of 5 years of relevant professional experience.
• Proven ability to deliver complex projects on time and within budget.
• Experience with Kubernetes, Docker, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Knowledge of regulatory compliance frameworks and standards.
• Experience with smart contracts and blockchain development.

Skills

• Strong programming skills in languages such as Go, Rust, Python, or Java.
• Experience with distributed systems, microservices architecture, and cloud-native technologies.
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Ability to work independently and manage multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.

Benefits

• Competitive base salary and discretionary bonus
• Hybrid/Flexible Working Arrangements
• Flexible Time Off (paid)
• 3% 401(k) company contribution
• Company-paid health and protective benefits for employees, partners, and other dependents
• Generous paid Parental Leave
• Competitive family planning benefits for US employees
• Opportunities to learn about the Crypto industry
• Smart, entrepreneurial, and fun colleagues
• Free daily snacks and weekly breakfasts/lunches
• Employee Resource Groups
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