Data Infrastructure Engineer, Magic Eden

$120-210k

This role is eligible to participate in Magic Eden’s equity plan

SQL

AWS

TypeScript

Python

Node.js

Rust

Golang

Junior, Mid and Senior level

Remote from US

NFT marketplace

Job no longer available

NFT marketplace

101-200 employees

B2CCryptocurrencyMarketplaceDigital MediaArtWeb 3.0

Job no longer available

$120-210k

This role is eligible to participate in Magic Eden’s equity plan

SQL

AWS

TypeScript

Python

Node.js

Rust

Golang

Junior, Mid and Senior level

Remote from US

101-200 employees

B2CCryptocurrencyMarketplaceDigital MediaArtWeb 3.0

Company mission

To build the best place to trade and rate onchain.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

Experienced managing SQL and NoSQL databases in production environments
Proficient in SQL and experienced with performance optimization techniques for relational databases
Proficient in at least one programming language like Python, golang, or Node.js for scripting and automation tasks

Desirable

Familiarity with blockchain technologies and related concepts
Experience with any of AWS, K8S, TypeScript, Rust

What the job involves

Manage our SQL and NoSQL databases, ensuring optimal performance, high availability, and data integrity
Optimize and tune database queries and perform query analysis to improve overall system performance
Implement and maintain data security measures, including access controls, encryption, and backups, to safeguard sensitive data
Collaborate with data scientists to design and implement scalable data processing and analytics workflows using Databricks
Monitor the health and performance of data infrastructure components, proactively identifying and resolving issues or bottlenecks

Our take

The total volume traded in non-fungible tokens (NFTs) is well over $50 billion, and they have revolutionized the way that creators can monetize their work. Magic Eden supplies a platform for trading NFTs, that is distinct for its focus on gamers and the internet community. As well as functioning as a marketplace, which is the base capability of many competitors, it also employs vertical integration of NFTs within the games it hosts on its platform.

This unique focus has primed Magic Eden for huge success - it moved from launch to Unicorn status in just 9 months and achieved ICO funding of $45 million in 2023. Although there are much larger NFT marketplaces, such as the market-controlling OpenSea, Magic Eden's incorporation of the Ethereum blockchain into its program (it initially only used the smaller Solana) indicates that it may be set to take on its older, more established competitors.

Steph

Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle

Company

Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)

Jun 2022

$130m

SERIES B

Mar 2022

$27m

SERIES A

Total funding: $159.5m

Leadership

Jack Lu

(Co-Founder & CEO)

Jack previously worked as a Project Manager at Google, Consultant at BCG, and Software Engineer at HelloBlock.

Sidney Zhang

(Co-Founder & CTO)

Previously founded and was CTO of HelloBlock. They also worked as an Engineering Manager at both Uber and Facebook.

Zhuoxun Yin

(Co-Founder & COO)

Prior to Magic Eden, worked as a Senior Product Manager at Coinbase. They were also Head Of Strategy & Business Operations at dYdX and a Senior Associate Consultant at Bain & Company.

Zhoujie Zhou

(Co-Founder & Chief Engineer)

Former Staff Engineer at Facebook, as well as working at Uber as a Software Engineer and at Checkr as a Senior Staff Software Engineer.

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