Senior Backend Engineer

November 7

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blockchain • defi • decentralizedfinance • interoperability

11 - 50 employees

🔌 API

₿ Crypto

💳 Fintech

Description

• Leading and actively participating in the design, development, and maintenance of backend systems and APIs • Architecting and implementing scalable and robust backend solutions that can handle growing user loads and evolving business needs • Maintaining high coding standards, conduct code reviews, and ensuring best practices for code maintainability and readability • Identifying bottlenecks and optimizing code and algorithms to improve system performance • Implementing monitoring and debugging tools to proactively identify and resolve issues, ensuring high system availability • Developing and maintaining comprehensive test suites, including unit tests, integration tests, and end-to-end tests, to ensure the reliability of backend systems • Providing guidance and mentorship to junior developers, helping them grow their technical skills • Analyzing complex technical problems and propose effective solutions to address them • Documenting code, APIs, and technical processes to facilitate knowledge sharing within the team and support onboarding of new developers

Requirements

• Must be located in the EMEA region • Strong TypeScript experience is a must • Previous working experience in the blockchain space, technical understanding of the EVM ecosystem (or other ecosystems) is a must • Extensive professional experience in a similar role (as senior or lead) • Understanding of Document Databases and Caching • Experience in software design and architecture • Deep knowledge of testing frameworks and principles • Strong communication, collaboration, problem-solving and analytical skills • Proactivity, strong ability to work well within a team and to be self-guided on a day-to-day basis • Ability to write maintainable, scalable, production-grade code • Passion for new technologies and ability to autonomously evaluate them and make suggestions for improvement • Very strong verbal and writing skills in English to allow effective communication with team members and stakeholders in meetings and documents • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science is a plus • Experience with smart contract development is a plus • Proficiency in Golang is a plus

Benefits

• Annual team offsites (Thailand was a blast at the beginning of 2023, Vietnam this year was blast-ier; let’s see what happens in 2025!) • Flexible remote days • Flexible working hours • Equity participation from Day 1 • Entitlement to work computer (choice of equipment) • 1 conference per year near your city of residence • An annual 1,000€ personal development budget once you have worked 6+ months (pro-rated the first year) • A one-time 1,000€ remote budget to use on coworking, office setup, etc. • 30 days of PTO