Senior/Staff Backend Engineer

ZipRecruiter; Los Angeles (CA); Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a pioneering crypto and DeFi infrastructure team as a Senior or Staff Backend Engineer. You will solve complex challenges, work with high-performance backend systems, and collaborate with top-tier professionals in a flexible, remote culture, leading vital projects from design to deployment.

Benefits

Competitive compensation

Bonus and token upside

Fully remote, flexible work culture

Join a low-ego, tight-knit team

Qualifications

• 4-10 years of backend software engineering experience.
• Experience in designing, developing, and maintaining scalable backend systems.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain scalable backend services and APIs.
• Collaborate with smart contract and frontend engineers.
• Contribute to technical decisions and engineering culture.

Skills

Golang

Rust

C/C++

Python

Java

Node.js

Database Management

High-Performance Systems

Collaboration

Education

Degree from a top-tier university

Job description

Job DescriptionJob Description

We are an MEV infrastructure and liquid staking protocol, designed for the parallel execution era and natively built on Monad. We are building the foundational infrastructure for the next era of decentralized finance, helping stakers, protocols and validators maximize yield with transparency and efficiency. Our team is composed of experts in high-performance trading, DeFi protocols, distributed systems, and blockchain infrastructure.

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The Role
We’re looking for a strong Senior or Staff Backend Engineer passionate about solving complex problems with high-performance solutions. You will play a pivotal role in our journey from testnet to mainnet, with significant ownership in all stages from design, development, deployment, and maintenance. You’ll work closely with a highly experienced, crypto- team to architect and implement performant backend systems.

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What You’ll Do

• Design, build, and maintain scalable, mission-critical backend services and APIs powering liquid staking, mev infrastructure and other foundational DeFi systems

• Work on high-performance systems that interact with blockchain networks in real-time

• Collaborate with smart contract engineers, frontend engineers, and leadership to ship end-to-end features

• Contribute to technical decisions and engineering culture across the stack, including system architecture and design patterns

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What We’re Looking For

• 4-10 years of backend software engineering experience in one of the following: Golang, Rust, C/C++, Python, Java, Node.js

• Experience in designing, developing, and maintaining scalable, high-performance backend systems and public-facing APIs

• Experience in managing and optimizing databases like PostgreSQL to ensure data integrity, enhance performance, and achieve scalability

• Excellent communication and collaboration skills

• Strong sense of ownership and a passion for driving complex technical decisions

• Ability to move fast and ship software to production with rapid iteration

• Academic background from a top-tier university and/or experience at a well-regarded technology company is a strong plus.

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Nice to Haves:

• Experience in building backend systems interacting with blockchains

• Experience designing and developing liquid staking solutions, dexes and/or mev infra in production

• Knowledge of blockchain infrastructure, validator clients and p2p networking

• Deep knowledge of DeFi legos

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Why Join Us

• Work at the frontier of crypto and DeFi infrastructure

• Join a tight-knit, low-ego team with deep technical chops

• Competitive compensation, bonus and token upside

• Fully remote, flexible work culture

& Interview Process

Founder / CEO Interview

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Technical Interview

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Final Interview

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Location

Remote - Global

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