Alchemy is hiring a
Principal Software Engineer

Summary

Join Alchemy as a Principal Engineer to architect and build new systems for their high-throughput distributed system, supporting millions of users globally. Define the vision for backend infrastructure, design scalable APIs, and collaborate with engineers and leaders.

Requirements

• 10+ years of relevant industry experience
• BS/BA degree in Computer Science or equivalent
• Experience designing, building, scaling, and maintaining core backend software components (experience with API platforms a plus)
• Ability to solve complex design, scaling, latency, or performance problems in high-throughput, low-latency systems in production
• Production experience with Java, Golang, or C++
• Experience in Cloud Native environments, particularly in AWS
• Experience with managed Kubernetes layers like AWS EKS a plus

Responsibilities

• Define the vision for the backend infrastructure that supports our developer platform and APIs, and guide the team in executing against that vision
• Design, build and maintain highly scalable and reliable infrastructure, APIs, and services
• Contribute and lead system design discussions, stand-up meetings, and code reviews
• Develop and own best practices for backend infrastructure with a focus on high throughput, high reliability, and low latency
• Debug production issues across services and multiple levels of the stack
• Collaborate with other engineers, technical leaders, product managers, and designer

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
• 401k
• Unlimited flexible time off