ABOUT UNCHAINED

Unchained offers a suite of bitcoin financial services built on top of a unique collaborative custody model. These include: buying and selling bitcoin directly to and from cold storage, bitcoin retirement accounts, bitcoin-backed loans, concierge services to educate clients on best security practices, and cold storage solutions for institutions and other businesses.

POSITION OVERVIEW

We are looking for a Software Engineer to join Unchained and contribute to our cutting-edge products and services. As a Software Engineer, you will have the opportunity to work on innovative projects that revolutionize the way people manage their finances, invest, and transact in the digital age. You will collaborate with a talented team of engineers, designers, and financial experts to build scalable, secure, and user-friendly software applications that empower our customers to achieve their financial goals.

Unchained Engineering is filled with talented, hard-working, and passionate engineers. We want to see a strong sense of ownership, intrinsic drive, a desire to learn and grow, and, ultimately, output and results. We hold each other to a very high standard and expect that accountability to be mutual. Finally, we strive to embody aspects of the Bitcoin ethos – transparent, brutally honest, and based on proof of work. If that sounds like just the thing you’ve been missing in your career up to this point – we look forward to seeing you in the inbox.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Design, implement, and deliver new cross-application features, including making major changes to our existing schemas or APIs
• Put to use, or obtain, domain specific knowledge of bitcoin and financial services that help you anticipate architecture and product decisions
• Review pull requests for our proprietary and open source products
• Identify opportunities to improve existing systems and workflows for security, flexibility and usability

WHO YOU ARE

• You have strong Python and JavaScript/TypeScript Skills
• You have experience with UNIX-like servers and the command line
• You have knowledge of and previous experience in AWS environments
• You have experience with backend applications including schema and API design (Flask, PostgreSQL, SQLAlchemy, messaging queues, etc.)
• You have experience with frontend applications and frameworks (React, Electron, HTML/CSS)
• You have a passion for building solid, reliable, and secure applications
• You get excited going deep into a bitcoin-focused project
• You reside in the United States and are authorized to work without sponsorship

Even Better

• You have experience with Kubernetes and Helm charts
• You have experience working with bitcoin at the protocol level (redeem/witness scripts, extended public keys (xpubs), signatures, taproot)
• You have experience working with bitcoin and lightning network nodes
• You have experience with microservices architecture, service authentication, and deployments

WHAT WE OFFER:

• Company paid medical, dental, and vision coverage
• 401k with employer match 
• Employee stock options
• Unlimited PTO
• Training & development opportunities
• Remote work flexibility

P.S. Want to really impress us? Include a (non-AI generated) cover letter telling us why you’re the perfect fit. It’s totally optional—but we’ve got a soft spot for a great cover letter.