We're assisting a well-funded startup in the financial services space with their search for founding engineers. They provide stablecoin payment processing solutions allowing businesses to instantly move money anywhere in the world at a fraction of the cost of traditional solutions. The role will work onsite in their SF office, and they're hiring a handful of engineers at this time.
What you'll do:
Full Stack & End-to-End – Design, implement, and operate complete services and user-facing features, from requirements gathering through production support
System Design & Architecture – Develop highly available, event-driven systems for ledgering, compliance, and risk that scale with transaction volume while maintaining zero downtime
Implementation Engineering – Embed with customers, collect feedback, and iterate rapidly to ensure our roadmap aligns with user needs
Technical Decision-Making – Balance speed and long-term scalability, selecting appropriate technologies (Next.js/TypeScript, C#, Go, Python, modern cloud infrastructure) for each problem domain
What you'll bring:
3+ years of professional software engineering, including the delivery of 0-to-1 products and scaling them in production
Previous platform engineering experience with exposure to payments or compliance
Proficiency in at least two of: Next.js/TypeScript, C#, Go, Python
Full-stack ownership spanning modern front-end frameworks, back-end services, and cloud infrastructure
Excellent written and verbal communication; ability to influence internal and external cross-functional stakeholders
Proven expertise with AI-assisted development tools—especially Cursor or windsurf, to accelerate code generation, refactoring, and automated test creation
Our approach is simple but effective. We focus on getting to know the people we work with on both sides of the equation. Understanding a company's culture, vision, and goals are just as important as learning about their compensation package, organizational structure, and stock price. Likewise, it is imperative to know what motivates a candidate most and what their compatibility in certain work environments would look like. We strive to keep the focus on the personal aspects that contribute to successful professional relationships.
DRH Search likes to earn the trust of all organizations we partner with, and we offer a very affordable pricing model.
