Connext is hiring a
Senior Backend Engineer

Summary

The job is for a Backend Engineer at Everclear (formerly Connext) to design improvements, maintain backend infrastructure, ensure system reliability, collaborate with teams, and coordinate with remote teams. The role requires 3+ years of experience with distributed systems, familiarity with specific technologies, excellent communication skills, security best practices, and a growth mindset.

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience with highly performant, concurrent distributed systems
• Extensive experience building and maintaining production systems at scale
• Experience with Typescript, Rust, and Go
• Basic experience with Ethereum development paradigms (Ethers, Hardhat, etc.)
• Familiarity with Postgres and SQL
• Familiarity with queue architectures such as Kafka, Docker, AWS
• Excellent communication and organizational skills
• Experience with security hygiene best practices
• Security first mindset
• A drive to be constantly learning - much of what we're working on is groundbreaking technology and requires having an investigative, growth mindset to succeed in

Responsibilities

• Innovate and Maintain: Design and implement key improvements to the Everclear (prev Connext) codebases, focusing on enhancing product quality and protocol reliability
• Ownership: Take ownership of maintaining and improving parts of our existing stack, with an emphasis on backend infrastructure
• Quality Assurance: Support system-wide monitoring and alerting to ensure our infrastructure remains robust and reliable
• Open-Source Collaboration: Review and accept code contributions from open-source developers and community members, fostering a collaborative environment
• Cross-Team Collaboration: Collaborate with external teams within the ecosystem to integrate and align our technologies
• Remote Team Coordination: Effectively co-work with remote teams across different time zones, ensuring seamless communication and project progression

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with p2p networks and consensus systems
• Experience with Solidity
• Dev ops expertise (Kubernetes, Terraform etc.)