About MoonPay

MoonPay is for builders with something to prove.

This isn't a "work on cool crypto stuff" company. It's a high-standards, high-velocity, high-accountability company building the operating system for value movement. If the internet moves information, we move value: crypto, stablecoins, tokenized assets, and whatever comes next. Four offerings make that real: fund, tokenize, trade, and spend. 30M+ customers and 500+ ecosystem partners run on us. Licensed in the U.S. Regulated across the UK, EU, Canada, and Australia.

AI is the default operating mode here. It's woven into every role, and we expect you to use it daily. It handles the manual work so you can deliver on what actually matters.

You'll thrive here if outcomes excite you more than process, if impact motivates you more than titles, and if you want hard problems, real ownership, and teammates who love winning, building, and doing it together.

The bar is high. The pace is real. We're building for what's next, for humans and agents.

Recent recognition

Forbes' America's Best Startup Employers 2026 .

2nd in Crypto Services on Fortune's inaugural Crypto 100

The Sunday Times Best Places to Work two years running

Research has shown that women are less likely than men to apply for this role if they do not have experience in 100% of these areas. Please know that this list is indicative, and that we would still love to hear from you even if you feel that you are only a 75% match. Skills can be learned, diversity cannot.

About the Opportunity

MoonPay is building a unified identity and KYC platform that can support customers across ramps, cards, virtual accounts and enterprise products.

Today, many financial products treat identity as part of a single onboarding flow. We are building it as a reusable platform capability: a secure identity layer that allows customers to verify once, maintain control of their information and access different MoonPay-powered products without repeating the same journey each time.

This role will help define the architecture and technical direction of that platform. You will work across product, engineering, compliance and security to determine how identity is captured, verified, stored, linked and exposed safely through APIs and SDKs.

As a Staff Software Engineer, you will hold a hands-on technical position. The problem is not fully defined, and we are looking for someone who can shape the platform while building its most important components.

Lead through ambiguity

Turn a broad identity and KYC vision into a clear technical strategy, architecture and sequence of deliverable work.

Identify the boundaries between identity, authentication, verification, compliance and product-specific onboarding.

Set the technical bar through rigorous reviews, clear standards and lasting engineering habits.

Align teams across ramps, cards, virtual accounts and enterprise products around a shared identity model.

Build the identity platform

Design a unified identity layer that can support multiple MoonPay products, partners and regulated use cases.

Model the lifecycle of a customer’s identity, including creation, verification, linking, updates, consent and deletion.

Build secure APIs and SDKs that allow internal teams and external partners to use identity capabilities without understanding the underlying complexity.

Integrate KYC and identity-verification providers while keeping MoonPay’s internal model consistent and extensible.

Develop clear ownership boundaries between the identity platform and the products built on top of it.

Protect sensitive customer data

Define how identity data is stored, accessed and shared across products, jurisdictions and legal entities.

Design for consent, auditability, data residency, retention and deletion from the beginning.

Build clear authorisation controls around who and what can access verified customer information.

Ensure the platform degrades safely when external verification providers or internal dependencies fail.

Partner closely with Security, Privacy, Legal and Compliance without allowing the platform to become difficult for developers to use.

Benefits & Perks 💡

💰 Competitive salary package

🤝 Equity package: 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

🚀 Moonshot award: we honor exceptional impact. 20 employees a year, each earning a $250,000 equity grant

📊Pension: employer contributions from day one

🎁Employee referral program: refer great people, earn 10K in USDC

🏝 Flexible Time Off: choose when to work and when to switch off

🔋Recharge Period: end-of-year company-wide time off to rest and reset

🎂 Birthday leave: take the day off to celebrate you

🍼 Enhanced parental leave: more time with family, no second thought

🌍 Hybrid working schedule: work fully remotely or from your nearest Moonbase

🚆(Netherlands only) Commuter benefits: public transport to and from the office

🩺 Private healthcare benefits: to protect you and your loved ones

🧘 Wellhub wellness membership: access to gyms, studios, classes, and wellness apps in one membership

🤖 Enterprise access to the latest AI tools: Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini and whatever's next

🍱 Lunch credit: meals covered on the days you're in the office

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

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

🌕 Monthly product budget and zero-fee crypto transactions

📚 $1,000 Annual training budget: we support your learning journey

🎯 High Potential Program: structured development, mentorship, and stretch opportunities

✈️ Regular remote company offsites: high-impact in-person sessions and hackathons

🚲 (Ireland only) Cycle to Work scheme: tax-efficient bike, gear, and safety kit

🔌 (UK only) EV Salary Sacrifice: lease an electric vehicle through pre-tax salary