Web3 Backend Engineer

Gate; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Gate is seeking an experienced backend engineer to lead architecture for Web3 products, including aggregators, data services, and wallet management. You will build on-chain data pipelines and high-performance APIs supporting multi-chain interactions.

The role emphasizes scalable microservices with Docker and Kubernetes, plus optimized databases and Redis caching. Collaborating with product, security, and infrastructure teams, you will drive CI/CD automation and robust data infrastructure across

Qualifications

• 5+ years of backend development experience.
• 3+ years hands-on experience with Golang and related frameworks.
• 2+ years Web3 development and blockchain interaction understanding.
• Experience with distributed systems and message queues.
• Proficiency in SQL/NoSQL databases and Redis design.
• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and CI/CD automation.

Responsibilities

• Lead backend architecture design and development for Web3 products including aggregators, data services, and wallet management.
• Develop on-chain data scraping, parsing, and structured storage for mainstream chains.
• Design and implement high-performance APIs using RESTful, gRPC, and WebSocket protocols.
• Develop interaction modules between off-chain services and smart contracts across multi-chain event aggregation.
• Design microservices architecture and implement containerized deployment using Docker and Kubernetes.
• Optimize databases (SQL/NoSQL), caching (Redis), and messaging with Kafka for high availability.

Skills

Golang

Backend architecture

Web3 development

Distributed systems

SQL/NoSQL

Redis caching

CI/CD

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Go frameworks (Gin/Go-zero/Gorm)

Kafka

Job description

Responsibilities

• Lead backend architecture design and development for Web3 products including aggregators, data services, and wallet management.
• Develop on-chain data scraping, parsing, and structured storage mechanisms for mainstream chains.
• Design and implement high-performance APIs using RESTful, gRPC, and WebSocket protocols.
• Develop interaction modules between off-chain services and smart contracts, handling multi-chain event aggregation and transaction routing.
• Design microservices architecture and implement containerized deployment using Docker and Kubernetes.
• Optimize database (SQL/NoSQL), caching (Redis), and message queue (Kafka) solutions to ensure high availability.

Requirements

• 5+ years of backend development experience.
• 3+ years of hands-on experience with Golang, including proficiency in Goroutines, Channels, and frameworks like Gin, Go-zero, or Gorm.
• 2+ years of Web3 development experience with a deep understanding of blockchain principles and chain interaction mechanisms.
• Experience with distributed systems, including message queues (Kafka), distributed locks, and circuit breaking/rate limiting.
• Proficiency in SQL/NoSQL database optimization and Redis cache design.
• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and CI/CD automation workflows.