Software Engineer (Backend) - Alchemy : Job Details

Our mission is to bring blockchain to a billion people. The Alchemy Platform is a world class developer platform designed to make building on the blockchain easy. We've built leading infrastructure in the space, powering over $105 billion in transactions for tens of millions of users in 99% of countries worldwide. The Alchemy team draws from decades of deep expertise in massively scalable infrastructure, AI, and blockchain from leadership roles at leading companies and universities like Google, Microsoft, Facebook, Stanford, and MIT. Alchemy recently raised a Series C1 at a $10.2B valuation led by Lightspeed and Silver Lake. Previously, Alchemy raised from a16z, Coatue, Addition, Stanford University, Coinbase, the Chairman of Google, Charles Schwab, and the founders and executives of leading organizations. Alchemy powers the top blockchain companies globally and has been featured in TechCrunch , Forbes , Bloomberg , and elsewhere . The RoleAs an engineer focused on 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.Responsibilities:Own the end to end product lifecycle of identifying, designing, and building new featuresContribute and lead backend design discussions, stand up meetings, and code reviewsDevelop and own best practices for backend application development with a focus on high throughput, high reliability, and low latencyIdentify opportunities to improve existing practices and uphold Alchemy's high technical quality barWrite stable, high coverage test cases for features you shipDebug production issues across services and multiple levels of the stackCollaborate with other engineers, PMs, and designersWhat We're Looking For:5+ years of relevant industry experienceBS/BA degree in Computer ScienceExperience 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 systemsExperience with AWS technologies is a plusExperience with production distributed systems, web applications, and microservice architectureExperience developing with Java (Micronauts), Typescript (Node), and/or Python (Django)Proven track record building highly available and highly scalable systemsSelf-starter attitude and the ability to execute new ideas with autonomyKnow how to find the right balance between perfection and shipping quicklyWeb3 experience, a plusFounded a company or built side projects, a plusExperience in startups, a plus#J-18808-Ljbffr