Senior Backend Engineer, Blockworks

• 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

Desirable

• 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
• ⛴ 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