Engineer Careers at MoonPay

Helio was founded in 2022 by Jim & Stijn, in January 2024, we were acquired by MoonPay and have transformed to become MoonPay Commerce. Helio’s technology has brought fast-growing crypto payments into MoonPay’s ecosystem. This has combined MoonPay’s trusted infrastructure with Helio’s powerful checkout tools, making crypto commerce easier, faster and more accessible than ever.

The mission remains the same; to make crypto payments accessible to all.

We are the most efficient platform for merchants, creators and developers to accept crypto payments worldwide. The platform is already trusted by 6,000+ merchants, developers and millions of buyers including Shopify, The Solana Foundation, Ledger, Fortune Media, Dorsia, CoinMarketCap and Solscan and many others.

Transactions are optimised for the highest success rates, ensuring payments clear faster and more reliably than any other platform.

We believe in “builder culture”, shipping fast & enabling teams with autonomy.


🚧 Make sure to connect your crypto wallet at https://moonpay.hel.io/ to spin up a payment. We only interview people who have tried our product and have a strong desire to make it better! 🚧

You will help operate and maintain the foundation of the Helio software platform which all other systems will flow from and interact with.

You will use all your previous experiences, skills and initiative to get things right from inception - which is to a naturally high standard of operational excellence, logic and engineering prowess in general.

We want to help run and improve a platform that is led by engineering excellence paired with pragmatic approaches to solving problems and delivering financial grade quality throughout our products and services.

Technical knowledge is critical but we are a startup treading in uncharted territory so attitude is even more important.

We’re looking for people that like uncertainty and want to figure out how to do things that haven’t been done before.

You’re a true team player and inherently positive. Where others see problems, you see solutions.

You will have a passion for Web3 technologies including NFTs and all things blockchain.

Leadership skills

+5 years of operational engineering experience in devops or SRE teams and be very familiar with full stack environments utilising Node, JS/TS and NoSQL

Blockchain support utilising BTC, EVM and Solana and debugging interactions across our systems - would be a plus

Natural ability to communicate and problem solve, whilst being diligent and pragmatic in equal measure

Experience working with large scale systems serving 100,000s of customers. Fintech experience a plus

Experience utilising all the latest CI/CD, APIs, Security, Collaborative IDEs/systems on public cloud platforms

Experience using containers, deployment pipelines, focussed around GH actions and our automated tests

A passion for automation and defining everything via CaC to drive platform consistency

Great querying and database skills. Predominantly NoSQL

Ability to troubleshoot and investigate complex issues across systems

Desire to build, maintain and improve anything you work on with a high level of ownership

Above all this, we are looking for engineers that want to do the best they can, learn, improve, grow, lead, help others and add value every single day for yourself, your teammates and for Helio

B - Be Hungry

L - Level Up

O - Own It

C - Crypto Curious

K - Kaizen

💰Competitive salary package

🤝 Equity package: We believe financial freedom starts with our employees, so all employees have ownership at MoonPay

📈 Pay for performance equity bonus: Those who drive outsized outcomes receive outsized rewards

🏝 Unlimited holidays: We give you the autonomy to choose when to work (and when to switch off)

🌍 Hybrid working schedule: Work fully remotely or your nearest Moonbase, the choice is yours

🩺 Private Healthcare benefits: To protect you and your loved ones

🍼 Enhanced parental leave: So you can spend more time with your loved ones without a second thought

📚 Annual training budget: We support your training journey every step of the way

🪑 Home office setup allowance: Create the home office of your dreams

👛 Remote working allowance: Those working fully remotely get a little extra for utilities

💰 Monthly budget to spend on our products and zero fee crypto transactions: Cultivate your inner DEGEN

💰 Employee referral programme: Great people know great people, refer them to receive 10K in USDC

✈️ Regular remote company offsites: Meet your colleagues regularly for high impact in person sessions and hackathons

What’s it like to work at MoonPay? 

At MoonPay, you’ll work alongside driven, resourceful people who are passionate about excellence in everything they do. Kaizen is more than just a saying here, it’s a mindset. We encourage you to think big, take risks, and push the boundaries of what’s possible, knowing you have the support of a team that wants to see you grow. We’re listed in the Sunday Times best places to work guide and consistently strive to provide an environment where everyone feels they can their best work.

At MoonPay we believe that every voice matters. We strive to create a mindful and respectful environment where everyone can bring their authentic self to work, and experience a culture that is free of harassment, racism, and discrimination. That’s why we are committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace and are a proud equal opportunity employer. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law. This policy applies to all employment practices within our organization, including, but not limited to, hiring, recruiting, promotion, termination, layoff, and leave of absence.MoonPay is also committed to providing reasonable accommodations in our job application procedures for qualified individuals with disabilities. Please inform our Talent Team if you need any assistance completing any forms or to otherwise participate in the application process.