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Moonpay

Senior Blockchain Platform Engineer

Moonpay · New York - Hybrid

Posted about 2 months ago · $190,000 - $255,000

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Is this posting real?

This role has been open
72 days
Moonpay's roles stay open a median of 60 days
Reposted
No
Salary listed
Yes
28% of Moonpay's roles list one
Ghost-job risk at Moonpay
high
22 stale, 2 reposted of 29 open
Hiring momentum
43 roles opened in the last 90 days
↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
Last confirmed on the employer's board
2026-10-24

Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Moonpay's own lever board since 2026-08-04. Full hiring picture for Moonpay.

About this role

As a Senior Blockchain Platform Engineer at MoonPay, you will design and improve high-volume transaction broadcasting pipelines and manage the transaction lifecycle. Your role involves contributing to wallet infrastructure, building cross-chain integrations, and ensuring end-to-end engineering ownership through project estimation, planning, and execution. You will also focus on improving system reliability and operational guardrails while collaborating closely with product managers.

Our read on this posting4.2out of 5
benefits
5/5
freshness
1/5
career value
5/5
role clarity
5/5
pay transparency
5/5

Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Moonpay as an employer.

What you need

  • Strong backend/platform engineering fundamentals
  • Experience operating production systems with real uptime requirements
  • Hands-on experience interacting with live blockchain networks in production
  • Clear understanding of transaction lifecycle in at least 1 Blockchain and failure recovery
  • You think in failure modes, not just happy paths

Nice to have

  • Experience with at least 1 wallet infrastructure (Eth, Bitcoin, Solana) or custody systems
  • Awareness of MEV, slippages, pricing impact and swap execution risks
  • Experience with high-throughput or financial systems
  • Experience working at exchanges, custody providers, wallet infrastructure teams, or high-volume DeFi platforms
  • Familiarity with UTXO-based chains (e.g., Bitcoin), including coin selection and fee bumping strategies (RBF / CPFP)

What you get

  • Competitive salary package
  • Equity package: financial freedom starts with our employees, so all employees have ownership at MoonPay
  • Pay-for-performance equity bonus: those who drive outsized outcomes receive outsized rewards
  • Moonshot award: we honor exceptional impact. 20 employees a year, each earning a $250,000 equity grant
  • Pension: employer contributions from day one
  • Employee referral program: refer great people, earn 10K in USDC

Worth weighing

  • No specific technologies or programming languages mentioned, which may affect clarity on the tech stack
  • High expectations for performance and accountability may lead to a demanding work environment
  • The role emphasizes the importance of AI in daily tasks, which may require adaptability to new tools

Summarised from Moonpay's posting. Read the full original.

Listed by Moonpay on their lever job board, last confirmed open on 2026-10-24. PitchMeAI is not the employer.

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