Software Engineer, Alchemy
Data
$135-350k
Blockchain development platform
Open for applications
Blockchain development platform
201-500 employees
Open for applications
$135-350k
201-500 employees
Company mission
To provide developers with the fundamental building blocks they need to create the future of technology without the hassle of managing blockchain infrastructure in-house.
Role
Who you are
- BS degree in Computer Science or similar technical discipline, MS/PhD a plus
- 6+ years experience in a software engineering discipline, with at least 4+ years experience in data engineering or data infrastructure
- Experience with Airflow, Temporal, or other workflow orchestration tools
- Experience in streaming data architectures using Kafka and Flink is a plus
- Experience with Snowflake / Spark / Trino or other query engines
- Experience with data modeling frameworks such as DBT and SQLMesh
- Experience working with Apache Iceberg or other data lake formats
- Familiar with datalake ingestion patterns
- Prior experience with data streaming / CDC a plus
- Experience with infrastructure as code (Terraform / Pulumi) a plus
- Self-starter attitude and the ability to execute new ideas with autonomy
- Know how to find the right balance between perfection and shipping quickly
- Passion for blockchain technologies a plus
What the job involves
- As one of our early Data Engineers in the Internal Productivity team, you'll be working with one of the most sophisticated and high-throughput distributed systems in the blockchain industry
- You'll focus on architecting and building new systems as well as improving existing ones for a platform that supports millions of users globally
- Design and Implementation: Architect and develop data infrastructure solutions leveraging Snowflake’s capabilities to meet business needs
- Data Integration: Manage and optimize data pipelines, ensuring seamless integration from diverse data sources
- Conduct performance optimization for Snowflake environments, including storage, compute, and query tuning
- Implement best practices for data security, privacy, and governance in alignment with organizational policies and industry standards
- Implement best practices to meet SLA requirements of Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery
- Partner with data analysts, scientists, and business stakeholders to understand requirements and deliver solutions and data insights that drive impact
- Build production DAG workflows for batch data processing and storage
- Establish monitoring systems for reliability and proactively address issues to ensure system uptime and data in
- Set up frameworks and tools to help team members create and debug pipelines by themselves
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 already 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 deca 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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Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Feb 2022
$200m
SERIES C
Oct 2021
$250m
SERIES C
Total funding: $545m
Company benefits
- Work from home opportunities
Company values
- Empathy: Alchemy values empathy, creating a safe and inclusive environment where everyone's voice is heard and respected
- Innovation: Alchemy encourages innovation, empowering employees to think outside the box and push boundaries to create cutting-edge solutions
- Collaboration: Collaboration is key at Alchemy, fostering a team-oriented culture that values open communication and shared problem-solving
- Continuous Improvement: Alchemy is committed to continuous improvement, promoting a growth mindset and providing opportunities for learning and development
Company HQ
SoMa, San Francisco, CA
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Leadership
Nikil Viswanathan
(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
(CTO)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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