Full time - permanent role - Paris or full remote from Western EU - 58-70k€ + shares

We’re looking for a Back-end Engineer at Kiln. We are maintaining about 26 protocols. In this role, you’ll be responsible for:

1) Building the product: You’ll be working closely with the Product and Infrastructure teams to plan, architect, and implement our core product. You’ll take part in the construction of the roadmap with the rest of the team. In this role, it includes:

• Development of data aggregators for blockchains

• Development of new Golang microservices within the Kiln stack

• Taking part in automation & deployment processes

• Framework development

2) Owning what you build: As you architect, test, and refine the Kiln platform, you will ensure that our services communicate with each other seamlessly, have minimal downtime, and recover quickly (daytime, no on-calls)

3) Helping grow the Team: Everyone on the early team plays an important role in attracting, closing, and growing other talented team members. You can also mentor or brainstorm with other backend developers.

Our stack

• Mostly in Golang with a bit of JavaScript and TypeScript

• Communication between services is done using HTTP Rest, and most of our databases are backed by PostgreSQL

• Everything runs in Kubernetes on GCP

Preferred experience

Skills & background

• Strong communication skills both in French & English to facilitate the design of scalable architectures with SREs

  • French can be a "nice to have" if you have several professional web3 experiences

• Golang (over 1 year of experience)

• Over 4 years of experience designing, building, and deploying user-facing, infrastructure-related, and/or API-based products (Python, PHP...)

  • Experience coding in JavaScript and TypeScript is a plus

• Experience working with container technologies such as Docker, Kubernetes, and Continuous Integration is a plus

• Familiarity with CGP is a plus

Soft skills

• Curiosity and the ability to dig into a topic and follow through

• Team spirit: discuss, do not try to impose

• Be pragmatic to not over-engineer unnecessarily: startups need to quickly adapt

• Own what is coded and shipped to production

• Trust & clear communication

• Real interest in the blockchain and cryptocurrency space

About Kiln:

Kiln is the leading enterprise-grade rewards platform that enables institutional customers to stake assets and integrate staking & DeFi functionality into their offerings. Our API-first platform provides fully automated validators, staking & DeFi protocols access, and comprehensive data and commission management.

With $11+ billion in crypto assets staked through our platform, Kiln has established a strong presence on Ethereum, managing over 4.5% of the network through 50,000+ validators — all with zero slashing events.

Kiln serves more than 140 leading customers, including Binance, BitPanda, Bitgo, Fireblocks, VanEck, and TrustWallet.

Our team of 92 ecosystem enthusiasts brings experience from industry leaders like Google, Circle, Ledger, Chainalysis, and other prominent technology and cryptocurrency companies.

We've raised $30M in total funding from prominent investors including 1kx, Crypto.com, Illuminate Financial, Consensys, Wintermute, Kraken Ventures...

Join Kiln and help us make the web more secure, stable, decentralized, and fair!

How Kiln will support you:

At Kiln, our values drive us: Technical Excellence ensures top security and usability; Innovation-Driven Meritocracy elevates groundbreaking ideas; Trust and Transparency build reliability through open communication; and People First keeps our team and clients at the heart of everything we do.

• A fast-paced, bureaucracy-free work environment

• Equity share options in the business: if Kiln succeeds, we all succeed!

• Competitive salary

• Flexible holiday

• Flexible remote working

• Choose your IT equipment

• Contribution to Internet connexion

• Significant personal development budget (books, training)

• Overseas tech conferences budget

Kiln is an Equal Opportunity Employer

We are committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace where everyone is valued and respected. We welcome applications from all backgrounds, including women or persons with disabilities.

Your interview process

Our thorough process ensures the best fit for both you and Kiln, and we strive to make each step valuable and efficient.

1. Recruiter's discussion (45 min) with Myriam

2. Take-home test (< 3 hours)

3. Technical Interview (90 min)

4. Core Values Interview (45 min)

5. Founders Interview (30 min)

6. Offer!

Your personal information will be securely stored in our Applicant Tracking System (ATS) and will not be shared with external parties. We comply fully with GDPR regulations to protect your data and privacy.

Please note that we do not sponsor visas for persons without work authorization in your location. This role is for full-time employees only (no B2B or contractors). Thank you!