Alchemy is hiring a

Web3 Software Engineer (Backend)

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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