Alchemy
Software Engineer (Backend)
Alchemy, San Francisco, California, United States, 94199
The Role
As 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 features
Contribute and lead backend design discussions, stand up meetings, and code reviews
Develop and own best practices for backend application development with a focus on high throughput, high reliability, and low latency
Identify opportunities to improve existing practices and uphold Alchemy's high technical quality bar
Write stable, high coverage test cases for features you ship
Debug production issues across services and multiple levels of the stack
Collaborate with other engineers, PMs, and designers
What We're Looking For:
5+ years of relevant industry experience
BS/BA degree in Computer Science
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
Experience with AWS technologies is a plus
Experience with production distributed systems, web applications, and microservice architecture
Experience developing with Java (Micronauts), Typescript (Node), and/or Python (Django)
Proven track record building highly available and highly scalable systems
Self-starter attitude and the ability to execute new ideas with autonomy
Know how to find the right balance between perfection and shipping quickly
Web3 experience, a plus
Founded a company or built side projects, a plus
Experience in startups, a plus
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As 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 features
Contribute and lead backend design discussions, stand up meetings, and code reviews
Develop and own best practices for backend application development with a focus on high throughput, high reliability, and low latency
Identify opportunities to improve existing practices and uphold Alchemy's high technical quality bar
Write stable, high coverage test cases for features you ship
Debug production issues across services and multiple levels of the stack
Collaborate with other engineers, PMs, and designers
What We're Looking For:
5+ years of relevant industry experience
BS/BA degree in Computer Science
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
Experience with AWS technologies is a plus
Experience with production distributed systems, web applications, and microservice architecture
Experience developing with Java (Micronauts), Typescript (Node), and/or Python (Django)
Proven track record building highly available and highly scalable systems
Self-starter attitude and the ability to execute new ideas with autonomy
Know how to find the right balance between perfection and shipping quickly
Web3 experience, a plus
Founded a company or built side projects, a plus
Experience in startups, a plus
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