Staff Blockchain Engineer, Bitcoin
Remote
Exodus is seeking a Staff Bitcoin Engineer to take full ownership of Bitcoin integration in Exodus products. As a member of the team, you will optimize everything from UTXO management and fee estimation, to Taproot support, PSBT handling, and seamless multisig functionality. The ideal candidate has deep blockchain knowledge, understands the nuances of Bitcoin transaction construction, and knows how to build secure, user-friendly wallet experiences at scale. Experience with hardware wallet compatibility is a huge plus. If you’ve spent years in the weeds with Bitcoin and want to bring best-in-class Bitcoin UX to millions of users, we’d love to work with you.
What You Will Do
- Own and lead Bitcoin development across the Exodus ecosystem, contributing high-impact, production-ready code that powers millions of wallets.
- Continuously improve the Bitcoin user experience—from smarter fee estimation to smoother send/receive flows—across desktop, mobile, and beyond.
- Drive conversations around architecture, features, and upgrades for our Bitcoin wallet, helping shape the future of how users interact with BTC.
- Work closely with the Bitcoin indexing team to ensure accuracy, performance, and scalability of our indexing systems.
- Proactively troubleshoot, diagnose, and resolve issues, making the Bitcoin experience seamless, secure, and dependable.
Who You Are
- You’re a seasoned veteran in the Bitcoin space having spent years deep in the protocol, building and shipping wallet integrations that real users rely on.
- You know Bitcoin inside and out—from SegWit and Taproot to PSBTs—and you’re not just familiar with the standards, you know how to implement them securely and elegantly.
- You're passionate about clean, maintainable, and well-tested code.
- You thrive when given full ownership of a product area, taking projects from architecture to deployment with confidence and care.
- You're a JavaScript pro, fluent in crafting seamless front-end and back-end experiences. Whether it’s working with indexing infrastructure or building beautiful wallet UIs, you bring a strong product sense and a deep respect for what it means to build for millions of users.
- You’re driven by a belief in self-custody and decentralization, and you want to build tools that give people true ownership of their money.
A Plus
- You’ve contributed to Bitcoin Core or other major open-source Bitcoin projects, and care deeply about the future of the protocol.
- You’ve worked hands-on with multisig setups and understand the real-world tradeoffs in usability and security.
- You've integrated with hardware wallets like Ledger and Trezor, and you understand the nuances of secure signing flows, device communication, and user experience.
About Exodus
Exodus is a multi-asset cryptocurrency wallet with a built-in exchange feature. We started our movement in 2015, and have been a distributed team since then. Our mission is to help half of the world exit the traditional financial system and move into the crypto financial system by the year 2030.
What We Offer
- Freedom to work wherever you want, whenever you want.
- Building the future. Cryptocurrencies lay the foundation to the internet of value, the next major wave in application technology and personal finance.
- Collaborative and feedback-driven culture.
- Opportunity to grow.
- Fair pay, no matter where you live, along with a competitive benefits package.
- 100% pay in Bitcoin with a buffer to account for price changes and exchange fees.
- All the tools you need to do the job.
Benefits
Health: Most of our health insurance plans are covered 100% for you and covered 50% for your dependents. We’ll also cover dental insurance. If you are outside of the United States, we will reimburse you up to $500 per month for any medical and dental insurance for you and your dependents.
PTO: 30 days of paid time off per year on top of a flexible schedule where you can work wherever and whenever. If you’re part-time with us, you’ll still receive 15 days of paid time off.
Unlimited Bereavement: We will pay you your full salary for the first two weeks for the loss of any immediate family members, but we allow you to take all the time you need to grieve outside of that.
Parental Leave: 13 weeks of fully paid leave with and a month of flexible work for the primary caregiver. 4 weeks of paid leave if you are the child's secondary caregiver.
Tax Help: Getting paid in Bitcoin new to you? Don’t worry! We will reimburse you for speaking with a professional tax specialist in your state/country to make sure everything is taken care of.
Perks: Exodus offers a variety of seasonal perks, such as coverage for gym memberships and therapy. We also offer quarterly Wellness Days! We want to make sure all of our employees know they are our priority and give back for their hard work often.
Our Hiring Process
To apply, we'd love to learn more about you. Please answer our application questions! Submitting a resume is optional.
Our hiring process consists of several different stages.
Recruiter Interview: If we like your initial application, expect to schedule an interview with a member of our recruitment team. This interview will focus on getting to know you a bit more and will focus on explaining the culture of the company. We want to know more about why you want to join our team, how you feel about our mission and cryptocurrency now, and how it fits into your overall career plan to make sure this is the right place for you.
Live Coding Interview: Not every role consists of a live coding assessment, but if yours does, it will be directly related to the job you apply for.
Interview with your future manager: This is to make sure that you are a fit for the role you are applying to and to explore your career history. In this interview, we’ll learn more about the hard and soft skills you possess to help determine if you’d be a good fit for us.
Interview(s) with your future colleagues: We call these focus interviews, and they are a time for you to learn more about your role from someone you will closely collaborate with. It’s also a time for us to see how we align in terms of competencies and expected outcomes of the role.
Pay Transparency Notice: Salary and all other total compensation information (commission and benefits) will be discussed in detail during the hiring process.
Salary Range$178,000—$241,000 USD ApplyJob Profile
RestrictionsFully remote
Benefits/Perks100% pay in bitcoin Competitive benefits Competitive benefits package Competitive pay in bitcoin Dental Insurance Fair pay Flexible remote work Flexible schedule Fully remote Gym memberships Health and dental coverage Health insurance Opportunity to work with cutting-edge crypto tech Paid Time Off Parental leave PTO Quarterly Wellness days Reimbursement for medical expenses outside US Seasonal perks Tax help Unlimited bereavement Wellness Days
Tasks- Contribute to architecture and upgrades
- Ensure system scalability
- Implement secure transaction protocols
- Improve user experience
- Lead bitcoin development
- Optimize bitcoin wallet features
- Troubleshoot issues
- Work with indexing systems
Backend Development Benefits Bitcoin Blockchain Communication Compensation Crypto Cryptocurrencies Cryptocurrency Decentralization Device communication Feedback Fee estimation Frontend development Hardware wallet integration Indexing infrastructure Javascript Multisig Open Source Contribution Performance Optimization Protocol standards PSBT Scalability Secure signing flows Security Best Practices Self-custody Taproot Troubleshooting User Experience Design UTXO management Wallet development
Experience5 years
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