Join Tether and Shape the Future of Digital Finance

At Tether, we're not just building products, we're pioneering a global financial revolution.

Our cutting-edge solutions empower businesses—from exchanges and wallets to payment processors and ATMs—to seamlessly integrate reserve-backed tokens across blockchains.

By harnessing the power of blockchain technology, Tether enables you to store, send, and receive digital tokens instantly, securely, and globally, all at a fraction of the cost.

Transparency is the bedrock of everything we do, ensuring trust in every transaction.

Innovate with Tether

Tether Finance: Our innovative product suite features the world's most trusted stablecoin,USDT, relied upon by hundreds of millions worldwide, alongside pioneering digital asset tokenization services.

But That's Just The Beginning Tether Power: Driving sustainable growth, our energy solutions optimize excess power for Bitcoin mining using eco-friendly practices in state-of-the-art, geo-diverse facilities.

Tether Data: Fueling breakthroughs in AI and peer-to-peer technology, we reduce infrastructure costs and enhance global communications with cutting-edge solutions likeKEET, our flagship app that redefines secure and private data sharing.

Tether Education: Democratizing access to top-tier digital learning, we empower individuals to thrive in the digital and gig economies, driving global growth and opportunity.

Tether Evolution: At the intersection of technology and human potential, we are pushing the boundaries of what is possible, crafting a future where innovation and human capabilities merge in powerful, unprecedented ways.

Why Join Us?

Our team is a global talent powerhouse, working remotely from every corner of the world.

If you're passionate about making a mark in the fintech space, this is your opportunity to collaborate with some of the brightest minds, pushing boundaries and setting new standards.

We've grown fast, stayed lean, and secured our place as a leader in the industry.

If you have excellent English communication skills and are ready to contribute to the most innovative platform on the planet, Tether is the place for you.

Are you ready to be part of the future?

About The Job We are seeking ahighly skilled Technical Architectwho brings real-world architecture experience and excels at working collaboratively with engineers, designers, and stakeholders.

This role requires deep technical understanding across our stack — spanning apps, SDKs, SaaS platforms, and distributed systems — and the ability to translate that knowledge intoscalable, maintainable, and high-performing architecturesthat align with our design principles and long-term vision.

The Technical Architect will act as a bridge betweentechnical strategy and implementation, driving architectural consistency across teams while remaining hands-on in guiding system design, documentation, and evolution.

You will help define the backbone of our technology by analyzing, documenting, and improving complex systems — applying open standards such asC4and maintaining clear records ofImportant Technical Decisions (ITDs)to ensure traceability and shared understanding across the organization.

You will collaborate closely with engineers, product managers, and leadership todesign robust and future-proof systems, foster architectural best practices, and mentor teams in achieving technical excellence.

From leading design proposals and PoCs to defining reference implementations and modernization paths, you'll play a key role in ensuring that every part of our technology scales with our ambitions.

Responsibilities Design robust and scalable architecturesfor all sorts of systems (apps, SDKs, SaaS platforms, etc.) that are tailor-made for our specific tech stack.

Use systems-level thinking to structure components for reliability, scalability, and maintainability.

Work closely with developers, product managers, designers, and other stakeholdersto translate requirements into clear, practical, and forward-looking architectures.

Write and review technical proposalsto ensure they align with the agreed architecture, principles, and long-term technical direction.

Contribute to guiding developmentthrough code reviews, building PoCs, defining skeleton structures, and ensuring technical consistency across teams.

Promote architectural standards and best practicesacross the organization to foster consistency, interoperability, and sustainable development.

Analyze and document existing architecturesby deeply understanding the current implementation of products and systems.

Use open standards such as theC4 modelto visualize and communicate system design.

Detect and explain core algorithms and design patternsthat form the backbone of key systems.

Summarize their intent and implementation in simple, clear terms that can be easily understood by diverse audiences.

Identify and record Important Technical Decisions (ITDs), ensuring they are properly captured, reviewed, and traceable to their rationale and impact.

Evaluate and evolve existing architecturesto improve scalability, maintainability, and performance.

Propose pragmatic refactorings and modernization initiatives when needed.

Mentor and enable engineering teamsin system design, architectural principles, and documentation best practices, building a shared culture of technical excellence.

Keep up to date with new tools, frameworks, and ideas, and proactively identify opportunities to improve our systems, processes, and developer experience.

Qualifications 10+ years of experience in software development.

3+ years of experience in aTechnical Architect, Chief Architect, or similartechnical leadership role.

Strong hands-on experience withJavaScript/TypeScript and/or C++.

Proven ability to perform and make decisions infast-paced, dynamic, and evolving environments, balancing agility with long-term architectural integrity.

Demonstrated ability toanalyze, refactor, and document complex systems- transforming them into modular, maintainable architectures using open standards such as C4 and ADRs.

Deep understanding ofarchitecture principles, design patterns, and modern system paradigms(microservices, event-driven architectures, domain-driven design, etc.), combined with the ability to quickly absorb and adapt to new stacks and tools.

Proven ability toidentify and articulate key algorithms, flows, and design patternsin existing systems, expressing them clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.

Demonstrated experience architecting systems for scale- optimizing for high-volume traffic, large user bases, or data-intensive workloads - while navigating trade-offs between performance, reliability and cost-efficiency.

Demonstrated leadership indefining architectural standards, driving technical governance, and mentoring engineering teams in best practices.

Strongproblem-solving and system-level thinking, with an aptitude for simplifying complexity and balancing technical depth with pragmatic trade-offs.

Hands-on experience withcontainerization and orchestration, including Docker and Kubernetes, as well as CI/CD automation using GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or similar tools.

Practical experience withdatabases and data modeling, covering SQL (e.g.: PostgreSQL, MySQL or similar) and NoSQL (e.g.: MongoDB, Redis or similar) systems.

Excellent grasp ofDevOps principles- version control (Git), build/release pipelines, monitoring, and observability (Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, OpenTelemetry).

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related discipline.

Important information for candidates

Recruitment scams have become increasingly common.

To protect yourself, please keep the following in mind when applying for roles:

Apply only through our official channels.We do not use third-party platforms or agencies for recruitment unless clearly stated.

All open roles are listed on our official careers page:

Verify the recruiter's identity.All our recruiters have verified LinkedIn profiles.

If you're unsure, you can confirm their identity by checking their profile or contacting us through our website.

Be cautious of unusual communication methods.We do not conduct interviews over WhatsApp, Telegram, or SMS.

All communication is done through official company emails and platforms.

Double-check email addresses.All communication from us will come from emails ending ******@tether.io.

We will never request payment or financial details.If someone asks for personal financial information or payment at any point during the hiring process, it is a scam.

Please report it immediately.

When in doubt, feel free to reach out through our official website.

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