Senior Backend Developer Node.js
Tether.io
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Job Description
Join Tether and Shape the Future of Digital Finance
At Tether, we’re not just building products, we’re pioneering a global financial revolution. Our cutting-edge solutions empower businesses—from exchanges and wallets to payment processors and ATMs—to seamlessly integrate reserve-backed tokens across blockchains. By harnessing the power of blockchain technology, Tether enables you to store, send, and receive digital tokens instantly, securely, and globally, all at a fraction of the cost. Transparency is the bedrock of everything we do, ensuring trust in every transaction.
Innovate with Tether
Tether Finance: Our innovative product suite features the world’s most trusted stablecoin, USDT, relied upon by hundreds of millions worldwide, alongside pioneering digital asset tokenization services.
But that’s just the beginning:
- Tether Power: Driving sustainable growth, our energy solutions optimize excess power for Bitcoin mining using eco-friendly practices in state-of-the-art, geo-diverse facilities.
- Tether Data: Fueling breakthroughs in AI and peer-to-peer technology, we reduce infrastructure costs and enhance global communications with cutting-edge solutions like KEET, our flagship app that redefines secure and private data sharing.
- Tether Education: Democratizing access to top-tier digital learning, we empower individuals to thrive in the digital and gig economies, driving global growth and opportunity.
- Tether Evolution: At the intersection of technology and human potential, we are pushing the boundaries of what is possible, crafting a future where innovation and human capabilities merge in powerful, unprecedented ways.
Why Join Us?
Our team is a global talent powerhouse, working remotely from every corner of the world. If you’re passionate about making a mark in the fintech space, this is your opportunity to collaborate with some of the brightest minds, pushing boundaries and setting new standards. We’ve grown fast, stayed lean, and secured our place as a leader in the industry.
If you have excellent English communication skills and are ready to contribute to the most innovative platform on the planet, Tether is the place for you.
Are you ready to be part of the future?
About The Senior Backend Developer Node.js Role
As a Senior Backend Developer Node.js, you will be a part of the team that works on the development and maintenance of the backend components of multiple services related to the platform. This includes:
- New Products and Features: Tether continuously strives to create innovative new features in order to provide the most professional experience for customers. These are developed and deployed using agile methodologies, to ensure the user experience remains the best in the industry.
- Scalability: All backend services that power Tether platform must remain effortlessly smooth, responsive, and real-time for customers as the platform continues to scale to accommodate new user growth.
- Security: Tether makes Security its most important feature. The Backend Development team is responsible for building all the API services and backend processes with the highest security principles and standard, in order to protect the safety of the entire user base.
Responsibilities
- Work closely with developers, product managers, designers, and other stakeholders to translate requirements into clear, practical architectures.
- Improve existing core backend services written in NodeJS.
- Implement new solutions that interact with different core services through RPC calls.
- Write complex database queries for compliance and financial purposes.
- At least 5 years of experience working with Javascript/Nodejs.
- Familiar with microservices architecture.
- Have actively participated in the development of a complex platform.
- Good experience in interacting with databases (MySQL, MongoDB).
- Ability to quickly learn new technologies.
- Good understanding of security practices.
Preferred skills:
- Experience with blockchain integration.
- Comfortable with high-availability concepts.
- Ruby and Rails experience.
- Other technologies of interest: Message queues (Redis), Caches and Job Queues.
Key skills/competency
- Node.js
- Backend Development
- Microservices
- Database Management (MySQL, MongoDB)
- Security Principles
- API Development
- Scalability
- Blockchain Integration
- Agile Methodologies
- System Architecture
How to Get Hired at Tether.io
- Research Tether.io's culture: Study their mission, values, recent news, and employee testimonials on LinkedIn and Glassdoor to understand their pioneering spirit in digital finance.
- Tailor your resume for backend excellence: Highlight your Node.js, Javascript, and microservices architecture experience, emphasizing contributions to scalability, security, and complex platform development at Tether.io.
- Showcase your fintech passion: During interviews, articulate your understanding of blockchain technology and its impact on financial solutions, demonstrating genuine interest in Tether.io's innovative products like USDT.
- Prepare for technical depth: Be ready to discuss your experience with MySQL, MongoDB, RPC calls, and security practices, possibly demonstrating problem-solving skills with practical coding examples relevant to backend development at Tether.io.
- Emphasize remote collaboration skills: Since Tether.io operates a global remote team, highlight your excellent English communication and ability to work effectively in a distributed environment during your application and interview process.
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