Backend Software Engineer, Alchemy
Transactions Engine
$200-220k
+ Equity
Web3 development platform
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Web3 development platform
201-500 employees
Be an early applicant
$200-220k
+ Equity
201-500 employees
Company mission
To provide developers with the fundamental building blocks they need to create the future of technology.
Role
Who you are
- 7+ years of relevant industry experience
- BS/BA degree in Computer Science
- Senior level backend engineering experience operating large production systems
- Strong proficiency in Java, TypeScript, and/or Rust
- Proven track record designing durable, widely-used APIs
- Strong understanding of smart contract execution:
- Comfort reading ABIs, logs, traces, and transaction receipts
- Ability to reason about on-chain behavior without writing Solidity
- Experience leading complex technical projects across teams
- Clear ownership mindset and high technical judgment
- Web3 experience, a plus
What the job involves
- Alchemy builds the infrastructure that the largest financial institutions in the world depend on. The Transaction Engine team owns the systems that power gasless transactions that land on-chain reliably, predictably, and at scale
- This role is for a Senior Backend Engineer who wants to shape core transaction infrastructure, influence platform direction, and operate at the intersection of backend systems and on-chain execution
- You’ll define and evolve the systems that handle transaction submission, simulation, tracking, and debugging across chains. Your work will directly affect transaction success rates, developer trust, and platform reliability
- You’ll operate at platform scale, with real usage, real constraints, and real outcomes
- Set technical direction for core transaction and wallet-adjacent backend systems
- Design and evolve APIs used by external developers and internal product teams
- Lead architecture decisions around scalability, correctness, and operational resilience
- Partner with product, infra, and protocol teams to drive multi-quarter initiatives
- Raise engineering standards through design reviews, mentorship, and technical leadership
Our take
Blockchain technology is a rapidly growing industry with many startups and established companies developing new applications that utilize it. However, many companies reinvent the wheel as they each attempt to build their own version of the blockchain software.
Alchemy offers a platform that simplifies the creation of blockchains and the launching of new nodes. It provides developers with “building blocks” that can be used to make the process more efficient. Alchemy is working with multinational organizations like Meta, Adobe, and Splunk, and it has won many clients from their current top competitor, Infura.
The company has seen considerable growth and is now acquiring companies to improve its stack. It now serves over 10M end users and became a unicorn after attracting impressive funding in 2022. It continues to refine its platform to gain competitive edge, recently launching a transaction simulation product to help reduce the chances of transactions becoming susceptible to scams.
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Insights
64% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Feb 2022
$200m
SERIES C
Oct 2021
$250m
SERIES C
Total funding: $545m
Company benefits
- Health, dental and vision insurance
- HSA
- Flexible time off
- Group meals
- 401k plan
- Company retreats
- Conferences and events
- Gym membership
- Commuting benefits
- Relocation bonus
- Paid parental leave
- Home office stipend
Company HQ
SoMa, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Nikil Viswanathan
(Co-Founder & CEO)After studying Computer Science at Stanford, Nikil co-founded Down to Lunch in 2016, serving as CEO. Left this role in 2017 to co-found Alchemy.
Joseph Lau
(Co-Founder & President)Also co-founded Down to Lunch. Previously Software Engineer at Pinterest, Head Teaching Assistant at Stanford University, and Associate Technology Manager Intern at Google.
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