Principal Software Engineer
New York, New York, United States, San Francisco, California, United States, Remote
The Role
Infrastructure is our bread and butter at Alchemy. As a Principal engineer focused on infrastructure and backend systems at Alchemy, you'll be working with one of the most sophisticated and high-throughput distributed systems in the blockchain world. You'll focus on architecting and building new systems as well as improving existing ones for a platform that supports millions of users globally.
What You'll Do:
- 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
What We're Looking For:
- 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
- Self-starter attitude and the ability to execute new ideas with autonomy
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401(k) Competitive compensation Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage Dental coverage Medical coverage Unlimited flexible time off Vision coverage
Tasks- Collaborate with teams
- Debug production issues
- Develop best practices
APIs AWS Backend systems Blockchain C++ Cloud native Golang Infrastructure Java Kubernetes Low Latency
Experience10 years
EducationB.A. B.S. Computer Science Equivalent experience
TimezonesAmerica/Anchorage America/Chicago America/Denver America/Los_Angeles America/New_York Pacific/Honolulu UTC-10 UTC-5 UTC-6 UTC-7 UTC-8 UTC-9