Infrastructure is our bread and butter at Alchemy. As an engineer focused on infrastructure and backend systems at Alchemy, you’ll be working with one of the most sophisticated and high-throughput distributed systems in the blockchain world. You’ll focus on architecting and building new systems as well as improving existing ones for a platform that supports millions of users globally.
Responsibilities
What You’ll Do:
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Define the vision for the backend infrastructure that supports our developer platform and APIs, and guide the team in executing against that vision
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Design, build and maintain highly scalable and reliable infrastructure, APIs, and services
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Contribute and lead system design discussions, stand-up meetings, and code reviews
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Develop and own best practices for backend infrastructure with a focus on high throughput, high reliability, and low latency
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Debug production issues across services and multiple levels of the stack
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Collaborate with other engineers, technical leaders, product managers, and designers
Requirements
What We’re Looking For:
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10 + years of relevant industry experience
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BS/BA degree in Computer Science or equivalent
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Experience designing, building, scaling, and maintaining core backend software components (experience with API platforms a plus)
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Ability to solve complex design, scaling, latency, or performance problems in high-throughput, low-latency systems in production
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Production experience with Java, Golang, or C++
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Experience in Cloud Native environments, particularly in AWS
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Experience with managed Kubernetes layers like AWS EKS a plus
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Self-starter attitude and the ability to execute new ideas with autonomy
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Know how to find the right balance between perfection and shipping quickly
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Curiosity on the leading edge - plays with crypto, the latest in AI, and pushes to unpack black boxes