Senior Software Engineer (25-0129)

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CAT Labs is a fast-paced technology startup specializing in building digital asset recovery and cyber defense tools for government and private sector to fight crypto crime. We develop cutting-edge encryption technology for crypto key management to prevent digital asset theft. Our digital asset recovery tools help law enforcement and intelligence to address the pervasive and rapidly growing illicit use of cryptocurrency by transnational criminal organizations, terrorists, drug cartels, and malicious nation-states, which poses a significant threat to our nation’s safety and security.

The CAT Labs team is the “Special Forces” protectors of the crypto industry with unparalleled blockchain security experts, cryptographers, former U.S. Department of Defense computer scientists, ethical hackers, and U.S. Department of Justice investigators, who spent the past decade taking down some of the most prolific crypto criminals.

CAT Labs' flagship software tool Recovery CAT automates and scales the process of discovery and recovery of digital assets from digital data collected in the context of criminal investigations, intelligence collection, and civil case litigation where asset recovery is at stake, such as bankruptcy, restructuring, estate disputes, and divorce law.    

We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join our early-stage startup with product-market fit and enormous potential. That means you have an unprecedented opportunity to “wreck the digital kingpins” while doing the most important work of your career. 

At CAT Labs, you will play a key role in developing, testing, and maintaining our mission-critical products. As part of our team, you’ll contribute to the evolution of our cutting-edge digital asset recovery platform, ensuring it is robust, performant, and secure. This role combines technical excellence with creative problem solving.

You have strong opinions, loosely held. You give and receive constructive feedback. You are equally comfortable solidifying existing functionality, or quickly prototyping and validating ideas. You can operate with ambiguity in a fast-paced environment, and bring energy and enthusiasm that inspires collaboration. You are always focused on what will improve the product and maximize value provided to our customers, with autonomy to propose solutions and lead initiatives.

• Design, implement, and test durable and secure solutions for our flagship application, mission-critical products, APIs, and data processing pipelines, especially targeting performance and reliability.
• Improve CI/CD pipeline for distributed, auto-scaling environments targeting both cloud-based and on-prem deployments.
• Incorporate artificial intelligence into both the engineering process and product functionality.
• Spread improvements to the team that make everyone better.
• Make impactful decisions about architecture and data models, collaborating with the team to propose, document, and sometimes lead new technology initiatives.
• Foster open communication and contribute to team learning and execution by improving and adhering to engineering standards, tooling, and processes.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with crypto and digital forensics experts to create cryptographically sound algorithms and products.
• Produce clear, comprehensive technical documentation, including code comments and design documents, to describe system internals and operational procedures.

• 5-7 years software development experience with at least 5 years of back-end development expertise in Python/Rust or similar.
• Expertise developing high-performance, I/O bound software in Linux environments.
• Experience with Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) principles.
• Experience with good software development practices (well-tested, robust, maintainable code, CI/CD pipelines, containerization).
• Bachelor’s degree in a STEM field.
• Experience working at early-stage startups where speed is of the essence.

• Experience with message queues, databases, file I/O.
• Strong OS fundamentals.
• Prior experience in GovTech or highly-regulated environments.
• Familiarity with blockchain integration and digital forensics.
• Experience with Typescript code.
• Experience with optical character recognition and natural language processing applications.

We believe in taking care of our employees, with a comprehensive benefits package that includes health, dental, and vision insurance, a generous 401(k) match, and unlimited vacation time to recharge and explore your passions.

At CAT Labs, we believe in the power of diverse perspectives and are dedicated to building an inclusive and equitable workplace where everyone feels valued and respected. We actively seek candidates from all backgrounds and encourage you to apply regardless of whether you meet all the qualifications listed. We understand that different experiences and skill sets can contribute significantly to our team's success.

CAT Labs is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other protected characteristic.