Senior Backend Engineer

Babylon Labs Ltd; United Kingdom; Remote; EUR 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative firm is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to lead development efforts in creating advanced web services and API backends. This role is pivotal in enhancing decentralized systems, requiring a strong background in backend development and Golang. You will collaborate with a dynamic team, focusing on security and performance while designing scalable architectures. If you are passionate about blockchain technology and eager to contribute to the web3 space, this opportunity offers tremendous growth potential in a remote-first environment, backed by top venture funds. Join us in building the future of trustless Bitcoin staking!

Qualifications

• 5+ years of backend development experience, especially in Golang.
• Proven experience in microservices and blockchain environments.

Responsibilities

• Develop and deploy scalable features optimized for decentralized systems.
• Conduct code reviews focusing on security and performance.

Skills

Backend Development

Golang

Microservices Architecture

Blockchain Technology

Problem-Solving

System Design Principles

Collaboration

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science

Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

AWS

RabbitMQ

MongoDB

Grafana

Prometheus

CI/CD Tools

Job description

About Us

Babylon is a top VC-backed blockchain project founded by Claude. E. Shannon Award recipient, fellow of U.S. National Academy of Engineering, Professor David Tse from Stanford University. The project’s mission is to bring Bitcoin’s unparalleled security to the decentralized world via a new public Cosmos-SDK PoS blockchain (Babylon) and a suite of inter-chain protocols. Our fast-growing team consists of elite scientists and engineers, seasoned marketing and business development professionals, as well as renowned business advisors. Our team culture is open, inclusive, agile, and passionate, and we highly value everyone’s personal growth.

About the Job

At Babylon, we're at the forefront of developing innovative web services and API backends to boost adoption, alongside creating engaging, content-rich websites. In our quest to enhance our technological offerings, we're seeking a versatile Senior Backend Engineer. This role requires a dynamic individual capable of leading our development efforts back-end landscapes and adapting to project needs as they evolve.

Your main responsibilities include:

• Develop and deploy features and capabilities that are highly scalable, optimized for performance, and built with the unique demands of decentralized systems in mind.
• Conduct thorough code reviews, prioritizing best practices in readability, testing, documentation, and performance, with a particular focus on security, reliability and blockchain-specific concerns.
• Maintain comprehensive visibility, error reporting, and monitoring to ensure the backend services consistently perform at a high level.
• Collaborate in a fast-paced, dynamic, open, and cooperative work environment alongside skilled engineers, DevOps, product designers, and engineering managers.
• Bring a strong architectural design mindset, with the ability to design and guide the development of medium to large-scale distributed systems that leverage blockchain technology and ensure end-to-end security from frontend to backend.

About You

As a senior back-end engineer, you are driven by a passion for blockchain technology, aiming for impactful contributions in the web3 space. You possess a thorough understanding of the full end-to-end lifecycle of web services, from frontend to backend request chains, ensuring that solutions are secure and user-centric. With a solid foundation in software design and a commitment to excellence, you are open, accountable, and always ready to support your team.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience in backend development, with at least 2 years of hands-on experience with Golang.
• Proven experience in designing and implementing microservices architectures within the AWS ecosystem.
• Proven track record of owning the development process from the design phases to production deployment, particularly in blockchain or decentralized application (dApp) environments, with a strong emphasis on security.
• Strong understanding of distributed systems, including experience with messaging systems like RabbitMQ and data stores like MongoDB.
• Solid grasp of CI/CD practices and tools, ensuring smooth and reliable deployments.
• Experience with monitoring and logging tools such as Grafana and Prometheus.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and a deep understanding of system design principles.
• Fluent in English, with strong communication skills for effective collaboration in a global team.
• Ability to mentor junior developers and lead technical discussions.
• Preferable: Practical experience in the web3 space and familiarity with blockchain technologies, especially Cosmos SDK.

Our team is remote first and we are hiring across the world. Here at Babylon Labs, you’ll be joining a world-class team with tremendous growth potential as we bring secured Bitcoin staking to the world. Supported by top venture funds like Paradigm, Polychain Capital, Bullish, Hack VC, Polygon Ventures, Framework Ventures, Castle Island Ventures, OKX Ventures, among other investment firms and strategic partners. Come join us and build the future of trustless Bitcoin staking!