Remote Senior Backend Engineer

Summary

Join our team as a Senior Backend Engineer to help build the next chain that will be the house of liquidity and DeFi, with opportunities for remote work and professional development.

Requirements

• 5+ years of software engineering experience, including 2+ years of software engineering experience on EVM related chains
• Excellent coding skills, deep understanding of cloud architectures, algorithms, and strong debugging capabilities
• Experience building backend systems from the ground up, on a 0→1 fashion
• Desire to keep up with modern best practices in software development/Web3, and shape our tech stack as we build out new systems and services
• Experiencing mentoring junior engineers

Responsibilities

• Write high quality and well tested code, and review code from other team members
• Take charge of driving strategic technical initiatives to ensure the reliability and scalability of the chain
• Consistently able to manage projects comprehensively, starting from gathering requirements and designing, to debugging and testing, and finally to release management and operational monitoring
• Design, build, and maintain a large-scale production system on the cloud, ensuring smooth operation and high availability
• Be part of the on-call rotation to guarantee the chain is running 24/7 without outages
• Provide guidance and technical leadership to peers in navigating architectural and coding tradeoffs. Help onboard new and existing members to the Unichain specifics

Benefits

• Company-paid medical, dental, & vision for you and your dependents
• Gym subsidy
• 401(k) with 4% employer contribution
• Annual $1,500 education stipend
• Unlimited and encouraged time off
• Up to 16 weeks paid parental leave
• Home office setup stipend for remote employees
• Daily lunches at NY headquarters (all benefits are subject to applicable taxes and based on eligibility)