Full Stack Engineer

About HODL 

HODL Markets tokenizes sophisticated investment strategies and provides distribution access to a wide audience. The company has been operating since the beginning of 2025 with a successful launch of a DeFi app MVP.  

In July 2026, HODL undertook a significant company pivot, which involves the relaunch of our flagship product, previously known as HODL Protocol. The new, V2 product, will be more focused on enabling simpler integrations with distribution partners using AI-agent-friendly documentation. It will also integrate a much-improved workflow for our partnered managers, automating the strategy licensing and trading process. 

Our objective is simple: democratize accessibility to gated investment products and asset classes. The first step of this mission is by bringing tokenized hedge fund strategies to a widespread audience.  

Company Milestones 

Before the end of this year: We’re aiming to complete a strategic fundraising round, in partnership with major Fintechs who will be our first, and exclusive (for some hedge fund strategies) distribution partners. 

• By the end of this year: We’re aiming to relaunch our platform and serve our first institutional customers through one or more strategic distribution partners. 

• By early next year: We’re aiming to expand our offering to Canada and Switzerland. 

• By this time next year: We’re aiming to partner with most of the U.S.’ major registered investment advisors, so they can seamlessly direct their client portfolios into hedge fund strategies when appropriate. 

The Role – Smart Contract Engineer 

HODL is seeking a Full Stack Engineer to own the application layer of our V2 platform: the APIs, services and data pipelines that sit between our smart contracts and the products our distribution platforms and end users rely on. This is a backend-leaning, architecture-first role. You will define how HODL ingests and serves on-chain and off-chain data, how the platform models the asynchronous lifecycle of deposits and redemptions, and how distribution partners integrate with a stable API. Accuracy, reliability and observability are primary concerns. You will work hands on with smart contract engineers, product owners, and our partners’ external engineering teams.

Core Responsibilities  

• Build and maintain strategy catalogues, portfolio and account views, and tooling for managers and partners.  

• Design and operate the data pipeline indexing on-chain events across multiple chains and serve derived state (NAV history, positions, transaction history) with reorg handling.  

• Monitor deposit and redemption lifecycle across services. 

• Build the distribution-partner API as a product: versioning, authentication, rate limiting, webhook delivery with retry and ordering guarantees, sandbox, and AI agent friendly documentation.  

• Contribute across the stack, including frontend (React and Typescript) 

• Set backend engineering standards, mentor, and help grow the engineering team  

• Own observability and incident response, using Grafana, OpenTelemetry, and Sentry to ensure reliability  

About You & Required Skills 

• 5+ years in software engineering, including ownership of backend architecture, distributed systems, and data-intensive work 

• Comfortable implementing WalletConnect and similar wallet integrations, as well as wallet and account abstraction technologies 

• Deep TypeScript expertise across client and server 

• Strong API design skills (OpenAPI specifications or similar) 

• Ability to operate autonomously and set engineering standards in an early-stage environment  

Nice to Haves 

• Experience with tokenized real-world assets, regulated financial products, or institutional defi 

• Familiarity with tokenized vault standards and asynchronous vault mechanics  

• Professional background in the U.S or Canadian financial industry  

Compensation 

• Standard equity award, in range for the position.  

• Competitive salary. Upon completion of the next funding round, bump and milestone bonuses. This role’s targeted compensation band is: $120k-$140k 

• Ongoing incentives tied to the company's financial success.  

• Generous benefits package, in range for startups of similar tenure in the industry. 

How to Apply:  

Please feel free to reach out to us via any of our official contact channels if you are interested in more information about the position. 

To apply, we kindly ask you to send us an email, at [email protected]. Ensure you attach your resume, full name, a quick sentence about you, where you are located, and which role you are interested in. We regretfully cannot consider applications received without the basic information listed above. 

We review every application manually and aim to respond to all candidates. During periods of high volume, we apologize for any longer than usual response times. 

The Hiring Process at HODL will usually involve an interview with the hiring manager and prospective manager or colleagues, a short assignment or technical teamwork/guided problem-solving interview, a meeting with company leadership, and a documentary process (security and reference checks). 

Thank you for your interest in HODL Markets.