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Senior/Staff Backend Engineer

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The Role

We’re looking for a strong Senior or Staff Backend Engineer passionate about solving complex problems with high-performance solutions. You will play a pivotal role in our journey from testnet to mainnet, with significant ownership in all stages from design, development, deployment, and maintenance. You’ll work closely with a highly experienced, crypto-native team to architect and implement performant backend systems.

What You’ll Do

  • Design, build, and maintain scalable, mission-critical backend services and APIs powering liquid staking, mev infrastructure and other foundational DeFi systems
  • Work on high-performance systems that interact with blockchain networks in real-time
  • Collaborate with smart contract engineers, frontend engineers, and leadership to ship end-to-end features
  • Contribute to technical decisions and engineering culture across the stack, including system architecture and design patterns

What We’re Looking For

  • 4-10 years of backend software engineering experience in one of the following: Golang, Rust, C/C++, Python, Java, Node.js
  • Experience in designing, developing, and maintaining scalable, high-performance backend systems and public-facing APIs
  • Experience in managing and optimizing databases like PostgreSQL to ensure data integrity, enhance performance, and achieve scalability
  • Excellent communication and collaboration skills
  • Strong sense of ownership and a passion for driving complex technical decisions
  • Ability to move fast and ship software to production with rapid iteration
  • Academic background from a top-tier university and/or experience at a well-regarded technology company is a strong plus.

Nice to Haves

  • Experience in building backend systems interacting with blockchains
  • Experience designing and developing liquid staking solutions, dexes and/or mev infra in production
  • Knowledge of blockchain infrastructure, validator clients and p2p networking
  • Deep knowledge of DeFi legos

Why Join Us

  • Work at the frontier of crypto and DeFi infrastructure
  • Join a tight-knit, low-ego team with deep technical chops
  • Competitive compensation, bonus and token upside
  • Fully remote, flexible work culture

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