Senior Fullstack Architect — DeFi (Remote/Paris)

Morpho; Estes Park (CO); On-site; USD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Top-tier compensation

Job summary

Morpho is recruiting a senior engineer to own the technical architecture and end-to-end delivery of its product suite, spanning React frontends, GraphQL APIs, and on-chain data systems. The role targets scaling beyond $10B in TVL while elevating engineering standards and reliability.

Ideal candidates have 8-10+ years building fullstack apps, deep TypeScript expertise, and hands-on experience with on-chain indexers.

Qualifications

• 8-10+ years building fullstack applications at scale.
• Proven high-availability systems handling millions of requests daily.
• Deep TypeScript expertise across client and server: React/Next.js, GraphQL, Node.js.
• Hands-on experience with on-chain data indexers (Ponder/Subsquid) and knowledge of EVM events.
• Track record leading technical initiatives across multiple teams without direct authority.
• Ability to operate in fast-changing, ambiguous environments without a defined playbook.
• Strong ownership mindset; drive tasks to completion.
• Clear, crisp async communication and ability to explain complex decisions simply.
• Team-first approach to uplift engineers around you.

Responsibilities

• Architect and own end-to-end delivery of DeFi products with billions in TVL, from React/Next.js frontends through GraphQL/REST APIs to blockchain data indexers, ensuring sub-second response times for users.
• Design and implement the API and SDK strategy enabling hundreds of integrators to build on Morpho's infrastructure, including versioning patterns and developer experience standards.
• Build and optimize high-performance data systems processing millions of on-chain events across 15+ blockchains, with caching and query optimization for reliability at scale.
• Lead technical architecture reviews and establish coding standards to raise the engineering team's capability.
• Own observability and incident response across the stack using OpenTelemetry, Grafana, and Sentry.

Skills

Fullstack architecture

TypeScript

React/Next.js

GraphQL (Apollo)

Node.js

On-chain data indexers

Async communication

Ownership mindset

Tools

Ponder

Subsquid

Job description

Morpho is recruiting a senior engineer to own the technical architecture and end-to-end delivery of its product suite, spanning React frontends, GraphQL APIs, and on-chain data systems. The role targets scaling beyond $10B in TVL while elevating engineering standards and reliability.

Ideal candidates have 8-10+ years building fullstack apps, deep TypeScript expertise, and hands-on experience with on-chain indexers.