Alchemy
Principal Backend Software Engineer
9mo ago
EuropeLeadRemotejavagolangc++cloud native
Engineer focused on infrastructure and backend systems building scalable, reliable infrastructure and APIs for a blockchain platform.
Conditions
- 🏥 Private Health Insurance
- 💪 Gym Reimbursement
- 🚅 Commuter Benefits
- 🌴 Flexible Time Off
- 🥙 In-Office Group Meals
- 🧠 Learning & Development Stipend
- 🌎 Company Sponsored Conferences & Events
- 🎧 Books & Audiobook subscription with Bookster
Other
- The Role
- Infrastructure is our bread and butter at Alchemy. As an engineer focused on infrastructure and backend systems at Alchemy, you'll be working with one of the most sophisticated and high-throughput distributed systems in the blockchain world. You'll focus on architecting and building new systems as well as improving existing ones for a platform that supports millions of users globally.
- What You'll Do:
- Define the vision for the backend infrastructure that supports our developer platform and APIs, and guide the team in executing against that vision
- Design, build and maintain highly scalable and reliable infrastructure, APIs, and services
- Contribute and lead system design discussions, stand-up meetings, and code reviews
- Develop and own best practices for backend infrastructure with a focus on high throughput, high reliability, and low latency
- Debug production issues across services and multiple levels of the stack
- Collaborate with other engineers, technical leaders, product managers, and designers
- What We're Looking For:
- 10 + years of relevant industry experience
- BS/BA degree in Computer Science or equivalent
- Experience designing, building, scaling, and maintaining core backend software components (experience with API platforms a plus)
- Ability to solve complex design, scaling, latency, or performance problems in high-throughput, low-latency systems in production
- Production experience with Java, Golang, or C++
- Experience in Cloud Native environments, particularly in AWS
- Experience with managed Kubernetes layers like AWS EKS a plus
- Self-starter attitude and the ability to execute new ideas with autonomy
- Know how to find the right balance between perfection and shipping quickly
- Curiosity on the leading edge - plays with crypto, the latest in AI, and pushes to unpack black boxes