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Sep 18, 2026

Staff Backend Engineer, Aave App

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Job Description

Aave Labs is hiring a Staff Backend Engineer to build the backend infrastructure behind the Aave App, a consumer savings app for onchain financial products, owning account and wallet services, transaction orchestration, blockchain indexing, and consumer-facing APIs.

Responsibilities

  • Own account/wallet services, transaction orchestration, and blockchain indexing for the Aave App
  • Build balances/yield data pipelines and funding/withdrawal flows
  • Design and ship consumer-facing APIs
  • Partner cross-functionally on production system ownership at scale

What we are looking for

  • 6+ years backend engineering with ownership of complex production systems
  • Strong Rust preferred (or Go, C++, Java)
  • Distributed/event-driven systems experience
  • API/GraphQL and PostgreSQL expertise
  • Blockchain systems experience (transaction signing, key management, wallet infra) highly desirable

Additional Information

Aave Labs develops the Aave Protocol, the largest onchain lending market, and the Aave App consumer savings product. Compensation includes token grants alongside salary.

The Company: Aave Labs

Original developer of the Aave Protocol, the world's largest onchain lending market.

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Aave Labs is looking for

People working in

Engineering >

Who specialize in

Backend

With these skills

Rust, Go, C++, Java, PostgreSQL, GraphQL, blockchain/EVM transaction infrastructure

Willing to work

Full-time

With an experience level

Lead / Principal

Location

Hybrid • Remote (EU)

Capacity

40 hours/week

Equity option

Token grant (company-wide benefit)

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