As a Senior Backend Engineer on our team, you will play a critical role in designing, developing, and maintaining the backend systems that power all our applications and services. You will be responsible for leading and scoping out feature work across our entire backend stack that powers our research product (https://blockworksresearch.com) and editorial website (https://blockworks.co; 1M+ monthly active users). This will include implementing APIs, accessing, parsing, and formatting blockchain transactions, and modeling our internal data across different databases.

Responsibilities

• ⛴ Ship fast, ship often
• 💡 Own the backend stack for our exciting crypto products
• ♻️ Participate in all aspects of product development life cycle, including system architecture/design
• ❓Estimate engineering effort, plan implementation, and rollout system changes
• 🚨 Identify project risks and work effectively to mitigate them
• 🛠 Find and fix stability/scalability issues in a very time-critical environment

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent work experience)
• Minimum of 5 years of professional experience as a Backend Engineer, with a strong focus on backend development and architecture using Typescript and Node.js
• Experience building fast API endpoints that can handle 1M+ requests per day
• A mature approach to automated testing, monitoring, and observability.
• Proficiency in designing and optimizing relational databases, such as MySQL and PostgreSQL, including data modeling and query optimization
• Experience with caching mechanisms and tools like Redis to enhance application performance and scalability
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to troubleshoot and resolve technical issues in a fast-paced environment
• Familiarity with DevOps practices and experience with CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and deployment tools
• Excellent communication skills and ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams
• Strong attention to detail and ability to write clean, maintainable, and reusable code.

Nice to Have Experience

• NodeJS (or similar framework)
• TypeORM (or similar database access layer)
• PHP (Legacy migration in progress)
• AWS