Software Engineer, Alchemy

Distributed Systems

$135-275k

AWS
Kubernetes
Java
C++
Golang
Senior and Expert level
New York
San Francisco Bay Area
Alchemy

Blockchain development platform

Open for applications

Alchemy

Blockchain development platform

201-500 employees

B2BCryptocurrencySaaSBlockchainWeb 3.0

Open for applications

$135-275k

AWS
Kubernetes
Java
C++
Golang
Senior and Expert level
New York
San Francisco Bay Area

201-500 employees

B2BCryptocurrencySaaSBlockchainWeb 3.0

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

  • 8+ years of relevant industry experience
  • BS/BA degree in Computer Science or equivalent
  • 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 in production
  • Production experience with Java, Golang, C++ or similar
  • Experience in Cloud Native environments, particularly in AWS
  • Experience with managed Kubernetes layers like AWS EKS 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
  • Founded a company or built side projects, a plus
  • Experience in startups, a plus

What the job involves

  • As a Staff Software Engineer on the Node Services team at Alchemy, you’ll be focused on building one of the most sophisticated and high-throughout distributed systems that power the global backbone powering billions of users in Web3. It’s a unique opportunity combining the most challenging engineering problems, crypto-forward exposure, and direct customer impact
  • Act as a Technical Lead to define the vision for the backend infrastructure that supports our team’s product pillar and guide the team in executing against that vision
  • Design, build and maintain highly scalable and reliable infrastructure, APIs, and services
  • Contribute and lead system design discussions, stand-up meetings, and code reviews
  • Develop and own best practices for backend infrastructure with a focus on high throughput, high reliability, and low latency
  • Debug production issues across services and multiple levels of the stack
  • Collaborate with other technical and non-technical stakeholders to identify business priorities, define the team roadmap, and act on them

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Insights

Top investors

64% employee growth in 12 months

Company

Company benefits

  • Work from home opportunities

Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)

Feb 2022

$200m

SERIES C

Oct 2021

$250m

SERIES C

Total funding: $545m

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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