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Backed by $16M from top-tier investors, we operate a crypto prime brokerage processing over $7B in monthly volume, and Upshift - an retail yield platform with ~$500M TVL at peak, delivering vaults-as-a-service across 30+ chains. We are a small, senior team that ships fast, owns outcomes, and operates at the intersection of traditional finance and DeFi.\nWhy This Role Matters\nWe are hiring a Full Stack Engineer to own critical product surfaces end-to-end across both August (prime brokerage) and Upshift (retail yield platform) - from backend services that interact with smart contracts and DeFi protocols, to the frontend interfaces used by institutional traders, protocol teams, and vault depositors. You’ll be scoping, designing, and shipping features that directly impact revenue and protocol growth, with significant autonomy and minimal process overhead.\nWhat You’ll Own\nDesign and implement backend services in Python that interface with on-chain protocols, indexers, and third-party APIs \nOwn the integration layer between our systems and DeFi protocols - including vault interactions, liquidity routing, and cross-chain operations\nBuild and maintain on-chain data indexing and processing pipelines that power our products\nArchitect and build features across our prime brokerage and yield platforms, from database schema to API layer\nContribute to frontend features in React/JavaScript when needed across our prime brokerage and yield products\nDrive technical decisions on system architecture, API design, and data modeling with direct input from engineering leadership\nInstrument, monitor, and optimize services for reliability at scale - our systems process real money 24/7 \nCollaborate closely with a small team of senior engineers, product, and the co-founders to shape the product roadmap\nWhat We’re Looking For\n5-10 years of professional software engineering experience, with a track record of owning and shipping full-stack products \nStrong proficiency in Python with working knowledge of JavaScript\nHands-on experience building and deploying Web3 applications - DeFi protocols, dApps, or blockchain infrastructure \nComfortable working in React codebases and contributing to frontend features when needed\nExperience designing and operating backend systems: REST/GraphQL APIs, microservices, message queues, relational and NoSQL databases\nComfort working with blockchain tooling: Web3.js or Ethers.js/Viem, Solidity (reading and reviewing), smart contract ABIs, on-chain data indexing\nStrong opinions on code quality, testing, and system design - you’ve built systems that are sustainable and other engineers were happy to inherit \nBias toward action and ownership - you take initiative, move fast without cutting corners, and don’t wait for permission to solve problems\nEven Better If You Have\nExperience at a crypto prime brokerage, trading firm, or DeFi protocol team\nFamiliarity with vault architectures (ERC-4626), yield aggregation, or cross-chain bridging\nBackground in building systems that handle financial transactions with strict accuracy and auditability requirements\nExperience with infrastructure-as-code, CI/CD pipelines, and cloud platforms (AWS preferred)\nContributions to open-source Web3 projects or a strong on-chain footprint\nOur Stack\nLanguages: Python, JavaScript\nBackend: FastAPI, Node.js, PostgreSQL, Redis\nFrontend: React, Next.js, TailwindCSS\nWeb3: Ethers.js, Viem/Wagmi, Hardhat, The Graph\nInfra: AWS, Docker, GitHub Actions, Terraform\nOur Approach to AI\nWe actively integrate AI into our engineering workflow and expect every engineer to leverage AI tools (Copilot, Claude, Cursor, etc.) to move faster, write better code, and automate repetitive work. You'll have a token budget to improve your productivity.\nCompensation & Benefits\nHealth, dental, and vision insurance\n401(k) plan\nUnlimited PTO and hybrid culture (East Coast time zone preferred, NYC a plus) \nMultiple team offsites and retreats per year\nChance to work directly with business partners and clients\nSmall team, high leverage - your work directly shapes the product and the company\nIf you are passionate about on-chain finance and want to work with an elite team of engineers and researchers to build the next generation of digital asset infrastructure, we encourage you to apply for this exciting opportunity at August.","description_format":"text","description_chars":4441,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":5,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["Unlimited PTO","Vision insurance"],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"United States","iso":"US","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Blockchain & Crypto","DeFi","Web3 & dApps","Blockchain Infrastructure"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-09-26T01:57:44Z"}],"liveness":{"score":5,"band":"cold","label":"Long shot","p_open":1,"p_active":0.196,"p_room":0.28,"age_days":141,"expected_fill_days":30,"reasons":["conf:43","win:tail","crowd:"],"computed_at":"2026-10-01T05:45:00Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/august-full-stack-engineer","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/august-full-stack-engineer.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-01T11:15:27Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","usage":{"tier":"crawler","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":2810,"day_limit":5000,"remaining_today":2190,"minute_limit":60,"resets_at":"2026-10-02T00:00:00Z"}}}