Aptos is a people-first blockchain on a mission to help billions of people achieve universal and fair access to decentralized assets in a safe and scalable way.
Founded by some of the original creators and maintainers that researched, designed, and built the Diem blockchain to serve this purpose, we have dedicated several years toward this mission. We believe the open-source Diem technology we have developed is an important foundation of a safe and scalable web3 world where everyone has more equitable opportunities to grow and access financial assets with lower fees and fewer intermediaries.
Aptos (Ohlone for "The People") encompasses our mission and ethos for why we build.
About The Role
We're looking for a talented, driven Software Engineer to build the experimental trading products on Aptos.
This role will have significant impact and visibility -. You'll help shape technical direction and may grow into leading other engineers as the team scales.
You should love building products from scratch and experimenting building and learning from how those products are used. You will be joining a lean team with a lot of autonomy - you should be a self-starter and thrive on self-directed work in a fast-paced environment.
This role sits in our Palo Alto, CA or New York, NY office.
What you'll be doing
- Working fast to design, build, and experiment with trading products for the Aptos blockchain
- Developing scalable APIs, indexing services, and data pipelines to support trading data access
- Building and maintaining infrastructure for trading
- Writing clean, performant, well-tested, and production-ready code
- Collaborating closely with protocol engineers, infrastructure teams, and product engineers
Candidate Profile & Mindset
- 3+ years of experience building and shipping products
- Strong experience building products in languages such as Typescript or something similar
- Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to work autonomously in a fast-paced environment
- Comfortable leveraging AI tools to enhance productivity and code quality
- Background in payments, DeFi, or TradFi (a plus)
- Experience with blockchain (a plus)
- Web3 experience or familiarity (a plus) Our Benefits
- 100% insurance premium coverage for medical, dental, and vision for you and your dependents (US Employees)
- Equipment of your choice
- Flexible vacation time, 11 holidays, and floating company days off
- Competitive Salary
- Protocol Token Grants
- 401k matching (US Employees)
- Fun and inclusive in-person and digital events We do not hire on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, gender, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, parental status, sex, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation, or any other basis protected by local, state or federal law. All employment is decided based on qualifications, merit, and business need.
About Aptos Labs
Aptos Labs, founded in 2021 by Mo Shaikh and Avery Ching, former Meta Diem leads, in Palo Alto, develops the Aptos layer-1 blockchain built with the Move programming language. Forked from Diem research, Aptos offers parallel execution via Block-STM, low latency and formal verification for assets, targeting scalable DeFi, gaming and payments for mainstream adoption. Mainnet launched in 2022 with Aptos Foundation grants supporting ecosystem builders worldwide. Headquartered in Palo Alto with hubs in New York and globally remote, Aptos Labs is backed by leading investors including a16z and Jump Crypto. The team emphasizes engineering rigor from large-scale consumer tech. Expect a high-performance culture centered on systems engineering, Move safety and shipping reliable chain upgrades for developers and users today.