Software Engineer

About Arkham

Arkham is a crypto intelligence platform that systematizes blockchain transaction analysis and deanonymization, revealing the people and companies behind blockchain activity. The company uses Ultra, a proprietary AI-powered algorithmic address matching engine, to generate intelligence at scale by linking blockchain addresses to real-world entities.

The company has completed Seed and Series A funding from investors including the founders of Palantir and OpenAI, plus VCs like Geoff Lewis at Bedrock and Tim Draper. Founders are crypto industry veterans who previously launched a stablecoin project backed by Peter Thiel, Sam Altman, Coinbase, and Digital Currency Group.

Role & Responsibilities

Open software engineering roles include:

• Backend, core systems: Build, maintain, and extend the high-throughput trading engine powering the ARKM exchange. Low-latency, data-intensive, and/or financial applications experience is a plus.
• Full stack: Take on a wide range of new features across all aspects of the ARKM exchange, from user-facing features to enhancements of existing functionality.
• Frontend: Craft the user experience on the ARKM exchange.
• DevOps lead: Take responsibility for the ARKM exchange cloud stack.

What We Value

• Small, high-responsibility engineering team with direct leadership access
• Autonomous decision-making based on specialized knowledge
• A minimal-bureaucracy environment enabling competent people to accomplish results
• Strong company culture centered on righteousness and judicious decision-making

Requirements

• Strong communication skills required for all engineering roles
• React experience required for the frontend role; Next.js experience a plus
• AWS, Kubernetes, GitHub CI/CD, and at least one IaC tool like Terraform required for the DevOps lead role

Compensation

• Competitive salary and equity compensation
• Unlimited PTO