Senior Software Engineer, Trading Infrastructure

Aptos Labs is a people-first blockchain company building infrastructure for decentralized assets. The Senior Software Engineer will develop critical backend services and platform infrastructure powering trading on the Aptos blockchain, including APIs, indexers, data pipelines, node infrastructure, SDKs, and developer tools. The role also involves writing production-ready code and collaborating with protocol, infrastructure, and product engineering teams.

Responsibilities:

• Leading initiatives to design, build, and optimize backend services and platform infrastructure for the Aptos blockchain
• Developing scalable APIs, indexing services, and data pipelines to support trading data access
• Building and maintaining infrastructure for trading
• Writing clean, performant, well-tested, and production-ready code
• Collaborating closely with protocol engineers, infrastructure teams, and product engineers

Requirements:

• 5+ years of experience building and shipping scalable backend systems
• Strong experience building backend systems in languages such as Rust, Go, C++, Java, Python, or similar
• Deep understanding of systems programming concepts
• Strong understanding of distributed systems, databases, and API design
• 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
• Experience with blockchain infrastructure, indexing, or node operations (a plus)
• Web3 experience or familiarity (a plus)
• Background in payments, DeFi, or TradFi (a plus)