Dakota

Senior Software Engineer, Back-End

United States

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Role family: Engineering
Seniority: Senior
Stated salary: $140,000 – $200,000 per year
Country: US
Work mode: Remote-friendly
First seen by hirly: 10 Sept 2026

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About Dakota

At Dakota, we're building the next-generation global banking platform. Our mission is to empower businesses to operate globally by combining the best of crypto and traditional finance. Launched in 2024, Dakota already serves hundreds of customers and processes billions in annualized transaction volume.

From day one, Dakota has been a fully remote company. Our lean but experienced team is distributed across North America and Europe, united by a deep sense of ownership, a relentless focus on our customers, and a commitment to expanding economic freedom worldwide.

Please note: Dakota is a remote-only, equal-opportunity employer. At this time, we are able to hire within the U.S., United Kingdom, Spain and Portugal.

About the Role

As a Software Engineer at Dakota, you'll join our core engineering team designing and implementing the robust back-end infrastructure that fuels our blockchain-integrated banking platform. From day one, you'll tackle high-visibility projects that directly impact our financial products and customer experience. Your career path can evolve toward deep technical specialization in specific components of our system or broaden into a versatile engineering role that spans multiple domains, depending on your strengths and our growing business requirements.

Tech Stack

Google Cloud Platform (GCP) as our primary cloud infrastructure provider

Kubernetes for orchestrating our containerized microservices

Golang for most of our backend services and infrastructure tools

TypeScript for our front-end applications, deployed via Vercel

PostgreSQL & TimescaleDB for data management and financial transaction history

Buildkite for CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation

GitHub for version control and collaboration

Sentry for error tracking and Incident.io for incident management

Requirements

5+ years experience in software engineering

Strong grasp of Golang

Ability to own and drive engineering projects

Extreme proactivity in identifying and fixing issues in the product and code base

Excellent troubleshooting skills and ability to diagnose complex system issues

Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate across engineering teams

Located in the US, UK, Spain or Portugal

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with crypto/Web3

Familiarity with financial systems or payment processing

Proficient with LLMs and effective prompting techniques for major models, especially Claude

Knowledge of accounting principles or accounting systems

What We Offer

Engaging problems that increase economic freedom globally

A collaborative environment with a high-caliber team from Coinbase, Anchorage, Messari, Square, Airbnb, and more

Competitive salary and equity in a high-growth fintech

Fully remote working environment

Coworking space monthly stipend

Home office equipment stipend

Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance

Regular team events and off-sites

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