Senior Software Architect (100% Remote - Worldwide)

Stack

Responsibilities

• ▹Design, build and maintain scalable backend services and APIs in Node.js
• ▹Develop reliable infrastructure components for high-availability systems
• ▹Improve system scalability, performance and operational resilience
• ▹Contribute to architecture discussions and technical decision-making
• ▹Work on integrations with blockchain networks and digital asset infrastructure
• ▹Support systems for token operations, permissions, transaction workflows and operational controls
• ▹Contribute to internal tooling and platform reliability
• ▹Improve observability, monitoring and operational tooling
• ▹Support deployment workflows and infrastructure automation
• ▹Contribute to technical documentation and engineering best practices
• ▹Work closely with Product, Engineering and other internal teams
• ▹Help translate business and product requirements into scalable technical solutions

Requirements

• ▹5+ years of experience in backend software engineering
• ▹Strong hands-on Node.js expertise, the primary stack
• ▹Experience building scalable backend systems and APIs
• ▹Strong understanding of distributed systems and cloud infrastructure
• ▹Experience with databases, asynchronous systems and microservices architectures
• ▹Familiarity with blockchain infrastructure and digital asset ecosystems
• ▹Strong debugging and problem-solving skills
• ▹Experience in fast-paced engineering environments
• ▹Experience with financial infrastructure or fintech platforms
• ▹Familiarity with Ethereum and EVM-compatible ecosystems
• ▹Understanding of token standards and blockchain transaction workflows
• ▹Experience with monitoring and observability tooling
• ▹Excellent English communication skills, mandatory

Nice to have

• ▹Familiarity with token standards such as ERC-1400, permissions frameworks, transfer restriction mechanisms and multi-signature workflows
• ▹Experience with tokenization platforms, custody providers or institutional fintech infrastructure
• ▹Familiarity with compliance tooling (KYC/AML integrations, whitelisting frameworks)
• ▹Experience in lean, remote-first engineering teams

Soft skills

What we offer

• ▹Fully remote, from anywhere in the world

About the company

Tether is a digital finance company behind USDT, one of the world's most trusted stablecoins, and tokenization services, with energy, data and education businesses. Its team works remotely from around the world.