Bastion

Own and develop backend services, improve reliability, and lead cross-service initiatives in a fast-paced startup environment. | Senior backend development experience, proficiency in TypeScript/Node.js, cloud infrastructure, and API design, with a strong understanding of observability and reliability practices. | About Bastion Bastion enables financial institutions and enterprises to issue regulated stablecoins, generate revenue on reserves, and expand their ecosystems. Bastion’s platform combines stablecoin issuance, secure custody, and seamless orchestration for cross-border transfers, on/off-ramps, and stablecoin conversions. With Bastion’s platform and APIs, businesses can create and scale their stablecoin network, while optimizing revenue, compliance, and control. You can check out our Guide for Candidates here to learn more about our work. Overview We are looking for senior software engineers focusing on the backend to join the Bastion engineering team. We are mostly based in New York, but are open to amazing engineers anywhere in the United States as long as you are effective working remotely. Work to Be Done Instead of a list of requirements, we want to give you a directional look into the first 30, 90, and 180 days on the job. We are a startup, so the pace is fast and the specific work will change. You need to be okay with that. If you think this is something you can handle, we will be excited to speak with you. First 30 days: Learn the rails, ship confidently Ramp on service layout, CI/CD, observability, engineering conventions and practices Ship a small feature slice or quality-of-life improvement in one service Add tests, dashboards, or runbook notes for the areas you touch Outcomes Multiple safe production deploys with follow-up verification You can run core services locally and trace requests through logs/metrics Updated documentation and/or PRs that improve onboarding in your area By 90 days: Own a service surface and raise the bar Take ownership of a service or capability across our product, with an eye toward issuance-readiness Lead a medium-scope project: eg. updating an API contract, implementing a partner integration, or improving robustness of a critical path Strengthen reliability with better logging, tracing, alerts, and failure handling Outcomes A delivered feature/refactor that improves a product metric, SLO, or developer ergonomics You’re a go-to person for your service domain By 180 days: Drive cross-service impact Lead a cross-service initiative, such as an API versioning plan, a data model migration, or a compliance-driven workflow change Shape technical direction with design docs and mentoring Partner with product and compliance to make pragmatic, regulation-aware tradeoffs Outcomes A multi-sprint delivery that simplifies the system and unlocks product velocity Clear before/after reliability or performance improvements Documentation and designs that help others ship faster and safer Some problems you might work on Designing stable, evolvable APIs for custody, transfers, or issuance without breaking downstream clients Building idempotent job flows for high-throughput transfers with strong audit trails Hardening key operations using hardware-backed isolation and robust key policies Improving p95 latency through query tuning, caching, or backpressure strategies Our typical stack Languages: Go and TypeScript/Node.js; some services in Rust as needed Service patterns: gRPC and REST; GraphQL/tRPC at the edge for frontend BFFs Data and async processing: Postgres, Redis, Kakfa Workflow Management: Temporal Infra: AWS, containers, Kubernetes, Terraform; hardware-backed key isolation with Nitro Enclaves for sensitive operations Observability and ops: Datadog, Grafana, Sentry, Incident.io Bastion provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, and placement. Bastion participates in E-Verify to authorize eligibility of employment in the United States.

Develop and own full-stack features including backend services, frontend UI, APIs, and database schema changes in a fast-paced startup environment. | Ability to ship end-to-end features, own feature areas, lead projects, and work with a tech stack including Go, TypeScript/Node.js, React, and AWS in a distributed team. | About Bastion Bastion enables financial institutions and enterprises to issue regulated stablecoins, generate revenue on reserves, and expand their ecosystems. Bastion’s platform combines stablecoin issuance, secure custody, and seamless orchestration for cross-border transfers, on/off-ramps, and stablecoin conversions. With Bastion’s platform and APIs, businesses can create and scale their stablecoin network, while optimizing revenue, compliance, and control. You can check out our Guide for Candidates here to learn more about our work. Work to Be Done Instead of a list of requirements, we want to give you a directional look into the first 30, 90, and 180 days on the job. We are a startup, so the pace is fast and the specific work will change. You need to be okay with that. If you think this is something you can handle, we will be excited to speak with you. Our team is distributed, with a hub in New York City. For this role, we are open to candidates in the United States. First 30 days: Ship features end-to-end Ramp on our full-stack architecture: backend services, frontend applications, APIs, and data flows Ship a small feature end-to-end: backend endpoint, frontend UI, and database schema change Fix bugs across the stack and improve test coverage for the code you touch Outcomes Multiple features or bug fixes shipped to production with quality You understand how data flows from frontend to backend to database You can navigate our codebase and development workflow confidently By 90 days: Own features and raise the bar Take ownership of a feature area: user dashboard, transaction flows, admin tools, or API integrations Lead a medium-scope project: building a new workflow, integrating a third-party service, or redesigning a key user experience Improve system quality with better error handling, validation, observability, and user feedback Outcomes A delivered feature that improves user experience or enables new business capabilities You're a go-to person for your feature area Measurable improvements in reliability, performance, or user satisfaction By 180 days: Drive product impact Lead a cross-functional initiative: new product capability, platform redesign, or major integration Shape technical direction with design docs, architecture proposals, and mentoring team members Partner with product, design, and compliance teams to make pragmatic tradeoffs on user experience, performance, and regulatory requirements Outcomes A multi-sprint delivery that unlocks significant user or business value Clear before/after improvements in user metrics, system performance, or developer velocity Patterns and components that enable the team to ship faster and better Some problems you might work on Building secure, performant APIs for stablecoin issuance, custody, and transfers Creating intuitive user interfaces for complex financial workflows with real-time updates and clear error handling Implementing transaction monitoring dashboards with filtering, sorting, and export capabilities Designing and building admin tools for compliance, user management, and operational support Integrating third-party payment rails, banking APIs, and blockchain networks Optimizing database queries and API responses for sub-second latency at scale Building robust form validation, authentication flows, and permission systems Implementing real-time notifications and status updates across frontend and backend Our typical stack Languages: Go and TypeScript/Node.js; some services in Rust as needed Backend: Go microservices with gRPC and REST APIs Frontend: React, Next.js, TypeScript BFF Layer: GraphQL and tRPC for backend-for-frontend services Data: Postgres (RDS), Redis, Kafka, Snowflake Workflow Management: Temporal Security: AWS Nitro Enclaves for hardware-backed key isolation, IAM policies, secrets management Infrastructure: AWS (ECS, EKS, Lambda), Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform Observability: Datadog, Grafana, Sentry, CloudWatch Incident Management: Incident.io Bastion provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, and placement. Bastion participates in E-Verify to authorize eligibility of employment in the United States.

Lead end-to-end product management for enterprise stablecoin solutions, coordinating with engineering, compliance, and go-to-market teams to deliver reliable and compliant products. | Senior-level experience in product management, strong understanding of financial technology, compliance, and ability to manage complex cross-functional projects. | About Bastion Bastion enables financial institutions and enterprises to issue regulated stablecoins, generate revenue on reserves, and expand their ecosystems. Bastion’s platform combines stablecoin issuance, secure custody, and seamless orchestration for cross-border transfers, on/off-ramps, and stablecoin conversions. With Bastion’s platform and APIs, businesses can create and scale their stablecoin network, while optimizing revenue, compliance, and control. You can check out our Guide for Candidates here to learn more about our work. Overview We are looking for a Senior Product Manager who is excited to help build the future of enterprise stablecoins with us. This is a hands-on role partnering closely with the (future) Head of Product, GTM, Engineering, and Compliance to ensure we deliver a reliable, compliant, and high‑quality product. You will own critical product areas end to end and drive outcomes through influence and exceptional execution. The overall goal of this role in the next 90 days is to set us up for success in 2025 - accelerating product development, clarifying the needs of enterprise clients, and preparing for an influx of new talent. This will be an intense period, but one where you will have immediate impact on a product that will move billions of dollars in 2026. We are open to this role being based anywhere in the United States, but there will be advantages to candidates who are based in (or willing to travel often to) New York City. Work to Be Done Instead of a list of requirements, we want to give you a directional look into the first 7/15/30/90 Days. If you think this is something you can handle, we will be excited to speak with you. 7 days — Rapid orientation and decision velocity Develop a shared understanding of our “Issue → Hold → Move” architecture and immediate constraints Meet core stakeholders in Eng, Design, Compliance, GTM; understand decision paths and escalation Identify the top 3 delivery risks across issuance, on/off‑ramp, and external surfaces Deliverable: A one‑page action plan with 3 themes, owners, and next decisions due within 7 days 15 days — Unblock and set the operating rhythm Lock the initial 30‑day priorities and success signals for Issuance and Hold/Move reliability Join customer conversations with GTM and translate insights into clear problem statements and hypotheses Help stand up lean product cadences: weekly portfolio review, cross‑functional intake, and risk register Validate user journeys and compliance touchpoints for near‑term milestones Deliverable: 30‑day execution plan with milestones, risks, and cross‑functional owners 30 days — Ship visible progress and reduce risk Show customer‑visible progress on at least one external surface or API milestone in your area De‑risk readiness with test plans, observability requirements, and runbooks in partnership with Eng Publish a crisp roadmap for your area linking themes to outcomes and checkpoints for the next quarter Deliverable: Updated roadmap for your area, measurable outcomes for first themes, and a repeatable planning cadence 90 days — Scale impact and prove durability Demonstrate measurable wins with reliability and compliance baked in Institutionalize product principles, analytics, and quality bars within your area that guide prioritization Bastion provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, and placement. Bastion participates in E-Verify to authorize eligibility of employment in the United States.