Senior Backend Engineer, Product

Paradigm; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company is seeking a Senior Back-End Engineer to join their core product team. In this role, you will lead projects that impact millions of users, emphasizing API development and project management skills. Strong candidates will have experience in Python and a background in high-ambiguity environments. A flexible time-off policy and equity are part of the benefits offered.

Benefits

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Flexible time-off policy

New Macbook Pro for full-time employees

Equity

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience as an engineer.
• Strong technical background building APIs at scale.
• Proven track record of leading projects effectively.

Responsibilities

• Lead projects to build out new features in the product.
• Build and maintain an API used by the product as well as external partners.
• Communicate status, updates, blockers, etc., to cross-functional stakeholders.

Skills

APIs

Python

Communication

Project Leadership

Prioritization

Tools

GraphQL

MongoDB

TypeScript

React

Next.js

Solidity

Job description

About Us

Zora is a new kind of on-chain social network where you can express yourself freely, connect with others, and discover the value of your imagination. We believe that by using crypto, we can enable a more equitable system for creators, fundamentally rediscovering the power of the internet.

We’re working tirelessly to make Zora available to as many people as possible with a simple, fun, and rewarding consumer app. Our mission is to make creating on the internet free and valuable.

Senior Back-End Engineer, Product

About the Role

We’re looking for a senior back-end engineer to join one of our core product engineering teams, responsible for shipping our protocol, API, and web and mobile apps. Your work will directly impact millions of users interacting with our products.

Responsibilities

• Lead projects to build out new features in the product
• Build and maintain an API used by the product as well as external partners
• Communicate status, updates, blockers, etc., to cross-functional stakeholders
• Respond to incidents as part of an on-call rotation
• Participate in RFC and code review

What Makes You a Fit

• 5+ years of experience as an engineer
• Strong technical background building APIs at scale
• Proven track record of leading projects effectively
• Excellent communication and prioritization skills
• Ability to design and implement performant, durable systems that make smart tradeoffs between product needs and technical constraints
• U.S. time zone

Strong Candidates May Have

• Prior experience building on top of blockchains
• Deep technical expertise in Python, GraphQL, and MongoDB
• Comfort moving across the stack when needed (TypeScript/React/Next and Solidity)
• Experience operating within high-ambiguity startup environments
• Good product intuition and understanding of user needs

Benefits

ZORA provides top quality medical, dental, and vision insurance, with a flexible time-off policy and a new Macbook Pro for full-time employees. Employees also receive equity.

Location

ZORA is international. Our headquarters are the internet and we have employees all over the world. We’re currently in Atlanta, Berlin, Lisbon, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, Sydney, and Vancouver.