Senior Backend Engineer, Data Infrastructure

SOLANA FOUNDATION; New York (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private Health Insurance

Gym Reimbursement

Commuter Benefits

Flexible Time Off

In-Office Group Meals

Learning & Development Stipend

Company Sponsored Conferences & Events

Books & Audiobook subscription with a1

Job summary

Alchemy is building the data infrastructure powering blockchain applications. You will own backend data systems from ingestion to serving, ensuring data is correct, fresh, and fast to query. You will collaborate with Product and customer-facing teams to deliver high-quality data services.

You will design, ship, and operate production backends, focusing on reliability, performance, and cost. This role emphasizes observability, API completeness, and scalable data pipelines across multiple

Qualifications

• Proven track record of designing, shipping, and operating production backend or distributed data systems.

Responsibilities

• Build and operate blockchain ingestion, indexing, storage, and API-serving systems.

Skills

Backend systems design

Distributed data systems

Backend programming

Databases

Indexing

Query performance

Consistency and partitioning

Asynchronous processing

Failure recovery

API design

Communication

Tools

ClickHouse

Kafka

Analytical databases

Job description

Alchemy is building the data infrastructure powering blockchain applications. You will own backend data systems from ingestion to serving, ensuring data is correct, fresh, and fast to query. You will collaborate with Product and customer-facing teams to deliver high-quality data services.

You will design, ship, and operate production backends, focusing on reliability, performance, and cost. This role emphasizes observability, API completeness, and scalable data pipelines across multiple