Senior Software Engineer, Identity & Regulatory Platform

Paxos builds regulated blockchain infrastructure that tokenizes, custodies, trades and settles assets for financial institutions. The Identity & Regulatory Platform team builds the trust layer behind every Paxos product: identity verification, KYC/KYB, sanctions screening and customer onboarding.

Responsibilities

• Own the customer journey from lead to onboarding to activation across the Paxos Dashboard and Identity APIs
• Instrument the onboarding funnel, find friction and run experiments that cut time-to-activation
• Design, build and operate backend services for KYC/KYB, identity verification, screening and identity lifecycle
• Use AI to automate compliance work such as document review, case triage and risk assessment
• Own integrations with third-party identity and screening vendors, including async workflows and webhooks
• Build data-privacy capabilities (GDPR erasure, PII handling) into the platform
• Write design docs, lead technical decisions, mentor teammates and join on-call

What we are looking for

• 5+ years building production backend systems, with 1+ year at senior level
• Strong in Go, Java or Python (Go strongly preferred)
• Experience designing APIs and data models for sensitive or regulated data
• Outcome-oriented mindset around conversion, activation and time-to-value
• Bonus: identity, KYC/AML or onboarding systems; experimentation; LLM features in production

Additional Information

Remote within the United States (East Coast). The employer lists a base salary range of $188,000 – $215,475 plus equity and a 10% annual bonus. Paxos only recruits via paxos.com/careers and @paxos.com email addresses.