Principal Software Engineer, Alchemy
Frontend Platform
$135-300k
+ Equity
Blockchain development platform
Open for applications
Blockchain development platform
201-500 employees
Open for applications
$135-300k
+ Equity
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
- 10+ years of relevant industry experience in frontend or full-stack development
- BS/BA degree in Computer Science or equivalent
- Experience designing, building, scaling, and maintaining core frontend software components (experience with developer platforms or component libraries a plus)
- Ability to solve complex design, performance, accessibility, or scalability challenges in high-throughput, low-latency frontend systems in production
- Proficiency in React (and preferable proficiency in cross-platform client development)
- Proficiency in building scalable frontend infrastructure, including module federation, micro-frontends, or design systems
- Experience with frontend build tools and ecosystems (e.g., Webpack, Vite, Esbuild, or Turbopack)
- Expertise in optimizing web performance (e.g., Core Web Vitals, lazy loading, code splitting) and cross-browser compatibility
- Experience in Cloud Native environments, particularly in AWS, for deploying and managing frontend assets
- Self-starter attitude with the ability to execute new ideas autonomously
- Know how to find the right balance between perfection and shipping quickly
- Curiosity on the leading edge - plays with crypto, the latest in AI, and pushes to unpack black boxes
What the job involves
- At Alchemy, delivering an exceptional developer experience is the cornerstone of our platform
- As a Principal Frontend Engineer, you'll be instrumental in ensuring iterable, seamless, intuitive, and consistent user interfaces across all products and UI surface areas
- You'll work on one of the most sophisticated frontend systems in the blockchain ecosystem, architecting new solutions and enhancing existing ones to support millions of developers and end users globally
- Often our products pass UIs through to end users, where these requirements extend, to c
- Define the vision for the frontend platform infrastructure that powers our developer platform, UI components, and APIs, and guide the team in executing against that vision
- Design, build, and maintain scalable, performant, and reliable frontend infrastructure, component libraries, and client-side services
- Lead system design discussions, stand-up meetings, and code reviews focused on frontend architecture and performance
- Develop and enforce best practices for frontend infrastructure, emphasizing high performance, accessibility, and iteration speed
- Collaborate with backend engineers, technical leaders, product managers, and designers to deliver cohesive, end-to-end solutions
- Optimize frontend build pipelines, rendering performance, and client-side resource management for global scale
- Drive adoption of modern frontend tooling, frameworks, and practices to enhance developer experience and user satisfaction
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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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
- Work from home opportunities
Company HQ
SoMa, San Francisco, CA
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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