Overview

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MXON is the first live Minter on the M0 Protocol, operating the infrastructure that transforms real-world collateral like U.S. Treasuries into onchain monetary building blocks - $M. $M is M0's programmable, composable foundation for builders to create their own application-specific digital dollars via M0's $M Extensions. MXON was incubated and funded by the M0 project, and grew to become the first Minter on the M0 network.

MXON is seeking a Principal Engineer to take ownership of the systems that power the creation of $M and putting it in the hands of partner builders in the world. Youll be responsible for building out the infrastructure that enables automated minting, redemptions, inventory management, multi-chain bridging, integrations, liquidity and market access. This role starts as a senior individual contributor position, with full-stack ownership and meaningful scope, but is designed to grow into a technical leadership role as the team scales. Please note: This position is open only to candidates who are based outside of the United States.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and develop automated onchain minting and cross-chain stablecoin liquidity management solutions. You will engineer institutional-grade infrastructure with high uptime, automation, and operational resilience to support our day-to-day operations delivering reliable services to partners.
• Deploy modern web applications using best practices to ensure security, compliance, security, and high availability.
• Implement monitoring and alerting systems to deliver high-uptime, low-latency user experiences.
• Collaborate with operators and control function teams to build tools and interfaces that enhance customer experience, issuance and treasury operations, risk management, reporting and reconciliation workflows.
• Mentor mid-level engineers, conduct code reviews, and foster a culture of knowledge sharing and best practices.
• Promote engineering excellence and agile practices to deliver projects on schedule and within budget.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of professional experience in software engineering, with strong proficiency in TypeScript and solid expertise in Python and SQL.
• Proficient in smart contract development for EVM-compatible chains.
• Advanced backend experience with Node.js, Python, or similar languages, and a proven history of building scalable RESTful and GraphQL APIs.
• Prior experience with the Fireblocks API is a plus.
• Direct experience with DeFi applications, including lending, derivatives, AMMs, and stablecoins, with the ability to design and implement complex on-chain financial logic.
• Experience designing infrastructure that supports real-world financial operations and meets institutional reliability expectations is a plus
• Are comfortable working across the stack, from backend systems and APIs to CLI tools and lightweight UIs.
• Practical experience deploying and managing applications across multi-region cloud platforms.
• Proficient with CI/CD processes and containerization tools (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Based outside of the United States

Skills & Attributes

• Proactive problem solver: You have a forward-thinking mindset, actively identifies opportunities for improvement, and takes decisive action to resolve issues efficiently and effectively.
• Collaborative communicator: You foster relationships with finance experts, blockchain specialists, back-end developers and designers.
• Team-oriented mindset: You are always ready to help colleagues within and outside your team and seek assistance when needed
• Delivery-focused: You have a clear understanding of the objectives and goals and direct your efforts towards achieving them.
• High level of autonomy.

Compensation

• Competitive compensation (base salary with equity/ token grant) commensurate with experience.

Benefits

• Global team and flexibility: Join a truly global team with the flexibility to work remotely
• Health and wellness: Enjoy comprehensive healthcare insurance coverage as well as a wellbeing allowance and gym membership to support your physical and mental health.
• Customizable IT setup: Tailor your workspace with access to top-notch IT equipment.
• Professional development: Benefit from an annual development budget to enhance your skills and grow professionally, including opportunities to participate in conferences and on-site company events worldwide.

About M0

M0 is a stablecoin platform for builders. With M0, developers can create their stablecoins in minutes by extending $M - M0 s superior digital-dollar building block, and customize attributes such as branding, compliance behaviors, and yield distribution mechanics. By extending $M into their own stablecoin, businesses can monetize their digital dollar use cases and maintain control over their money tech stack, while not being burdened by operational heavy-lifting.

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Engineering and Information Technology
• Industries
• Software Development