Software Engineer, Trading Product

Aptos is a people-first blockchain on a mission to help billions of people achieve universal and fair access to decentralized assets in a safe and scalable way. Founded by some of the original creators and maintainers that researched, designed, and built the Diem blockchain, we have dedicated several years toward this mission. We believe the open-source Diem technology we have developed is an important foundation of a safe and scalable web3 world where everyone has more equitable opportunities to grow and access financial assets with lower fees and fewer intermediaries.

About the role

We're looking for a talented, driven Software Engineer to build experimental trading products on Aptos. This role will have significant impact and visibility—you'll help shape technical direction and may grow into leading other engineers as the team scales. You should love building products from scratch and experimenting, learning from how those products are used. You will be joining a lean team with a lot of autonomy—you should be a self-starter and thrive on self-directed work in a fast-paced environment. This role sits in our Palo Alto, CA or New York, NY office.

Responsibilities

• Work fast to design, build, and experiment with trading products for the Aptos blockchain
• Develop scalable APIs, indexing services, and data pipelines to support trading data access
• Build and maintain infrastructure for trading
• Write clean, performant, well-tested, and production-ready code
• Collaborate closely with protocol engineers, infrastructure teams, and product engineers

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience building and shipping products
• Strong experience building products in languages such as Typescript or similar
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to work autonomously in a fast-paced environment
• Comfortable leveraging AI tools to enhance productivity and code quality

Qualifications

• Background in payments, DeFi, or TradFi (a plus)
• Experience with blockchain (a plus)
• Web3 experience or familiarity (a plus)

Pay

The base salary range for this full-time position is $150k–$250k. The range reflects the minimum and typical maximum target for new hire salaries for a candidate based in the Bay Area at any level. Individual pay is determined by work location, job-related skills demonstrated during interviews, working experience, and relevant education or training. This range does not include equity, tokens, or benefits.

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, and floating company days off
• Competitive salary
• Protocol token grants
• 401k matching (US Employees)
• Fun and inclusive in-person and digital events