ethena - Senior Software Engineer

• Develop full stack software using Typescript, MySQL, React, and Next.js. • Direct AI coding agent(s) to assist you in building great things quickly, while maintaining a production quality codebase. • Own features big and small from the idea phase through to production • Collaborate with other engineers, designers, product managers, and members of the wider Ethena team. • ## What makes a great candidate • A hunger for building great software faster than ever using AI coding agents, along with an understanding of the pitfalls and how to avoid them. • A great knack for simple and elegant system design. • Deep expertise building and maintaining great web applications, especially in a B2B context. • Comfort with Javascript/Typescript, MySQL, React, Next.js, and AWS. • Extensive experience shipping agile software sustainably (Git, CI/CD, database migrations, logging & monitoring, infrastructure considerations, etc). • A self-starter who thrives in a hands-off management environment — someone who takes ownership of their work with a “roll up your sleeves mentality”, is comfortable with ambiguity, proactively identifies problems and solutions, and drives their work forward with minimal oversight. • We’re a startup so we’re not just looking for someone to run a playbook. We want you to help build it. • Passion for what we’re building here at Ethena and a strong alignment with our core values (which includes an impeccable sense of humor) • ## What’s going to be the hardest part • Getting spun up quickly on our million-line codebase, best practices, and 6 years of product learnings. • At Ethena, we're committed to fair and equitable compensation. We carefully evaluate each candidate's skills and qualifications to provide our best possible offer upfront. Our no-negotiation policy ensures that our first offer is always our best offer, promoting pay equity throughout our organization. • Physical Demands • This is sedentary work that primarily involves sitting/standing in a home office environment. • Ethena is a remote-first organization and is currently hiring candidates based in the United States or Canada. • We are not currently offering employer visa sponsorship for this role. • AI Usage in Interviews: • We’re big fans of AI and use it heavily in our day-to-day work. That said, to ensure fairness and accurate skill assessment, we do not allow the use of AI tools (including note takers, transcription tools, or recordings) during interviews. If you have questions or need accommodations, we’re happy to chat — just let us know.