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Staff Backend Engineer

fomo · New York City · On-site

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About fomo

Backed by Index, Techstars and USV.

About the role

Backend engineers at fomo work on a little bit of everything across all areas of the business - from crypto infra to social network scaling. Some things our engineers spend time thinking about: Our stack is mainly a TypeScript/Go microservices architecture (with a little bit of Rust).

What they're looking for

  • Staff+ level engineer (6+ years of experience), able to come up with and execute on plans autonomously
More about this role

fomo is a trading app for the rest of us. With fomo you can sign up in seconds and have instant access to any asset on-chain without the need for external wallets, bridges or prior knowledge. fomo has social features that are actually useful - follow top traders (with full access to their portfolio and trades) and find tokens early. fomo does all of this while providing the best-in-class execution and data for experienced traders.

In just over a year, fomo has onboarded over 2.5 million plus users who have collectively done over $14 billion dollars in trading volume.

fomo has made ~$68M of revenue since launching in May 2025, and has raised a total of ~$100M in addition from T1 investors. Investors include Benchmark, Index Ventures, and Union Square Ventures.

https://fomo.family/

https://x.com/fomo

You'll be joining a team of nine on the engineering side: 4 frontend engineers, 5 backend engineers. Everyone on the team is crypto-native with experience from companies like dYdX, Uniswap, and OpenSea. We have high standards for ourselves and the people we work with.

Want to learn more about the team, our growth, and life at fomo? Check out our Work at fomo page.

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