Senior Software Engineer (Rust / Golang)

QuickNode; Toronto; Remote; CAD 261,000 - 291,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading cloud infrastructure company is seeking an experienced engineer to innovate and build products that push industry boundaries. You will design reliable infrastructure and influence engineering strategy while collaborating with customers. The ideal candidate has experience with Rust or Go, large-scale systems, and a passion for product development. This role offers a competitive salary and is fully remote.

Benefits

Quarterly bonus based on performance

Comprehensive benefits package

Qualifications

• Experience writing Rust and/or Go preferred.
• Experience with large-scale distributed systems required.
• Passion for building products and learning.
• Thrives in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
• Pride in providing excellent customer experiences.

Responsibilities

• Work with engineers to build innovative products.
• Design and maintain reliable infrastructure.
• Influence engineering strategy and roadmap.
• Interact with customers to gather requirements.
• Triage and resolve issues impacting service quality.
• Continuously improve engineering practices and tools.

Skills

Rust

Go

PostgreSQL

Kafka

Kinesis

ScyllaDB

RabbitMQ

Job description

Overview

QuickNode is a cloud-based infrastructure company that powers the blockchain ecosystem.

Our mission is to be the indispensable utility that empowers companies and innovators globally to build next-generation, Web3 enabled businesses & applications using blockchain technology. QuickNode is backed by some of the world's best investors including Tiger Global, Y Combinator, SoftBank, and the Seven Seven Six Fund. The QuickNode team has over 120 people maintaining high performance global data infrastructure for amazing customers serving billions of requests daily.

We are a global remote company with an HQ in Miami, Florida.

What You’ll Do

• Work with a team of passionate engineers to build and innovate products that will push the edge of what the industry offers
• Design, build, and maintain reliable infrastructure that power QuickNode services
• Influence engineering strategy and roadmap across the team and company
• Interact with customers and relevant stakeholders to gather requirements and feedback
• Triage, debug, and resolve issues that impact the quality of our services
• Continuously improve the quality and standards of our engineering practices, tools, and processes

Qualifications

• Experience in writing Rust and / or Go is preferred, but we believe that a solid engineering mindset is more valuable that relevant language experience
• Experience with building large-scale distributed systems involving tools like PostgreSQL, Kafka, Kinesis, ScyllaDB, RabbitMQ, etc.
• You have passion for building products, and a healthy obsession with learning and growing
• You thrive working in a fast-paced, dynamic environment while remaining autonomous
• You have pride in providing customers with the best experience possible
• A healthy obsession with learning and growing with the team

Compensation

The US base salary range and level for this position are $189,000 - $210,000 per year and level P4. International ranges, in local currency, will be discussed during the hiring process with applicable candidates. This role is eligible for a quarterly bonus tied to company and individual goal achievement. We consider years of experience, level of proficiency in job function, the technical competencies required and location when determining base salary ranges for positions and levels.

The QuickNode compensation philosophy includes pillars to ensure fair and unbiased compensation for all employees. To design and deliver total reward offerings that are employee-centric. To offer a competitive benefit package in all locations where we operate. To prioritize attracting and retaining the best talent globally. To maintain a high-performing and flexible way of working.

Equal Opportunity

We at Quicknode are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.