Sr. Software Engineer, Platform

5+ years of software development experience building and shipping production applications, with a focus on backend systems or API-driven services. Strong proficiency in TypeScript/Node.js and/or Rust. Demonstrated experience designing, building, and scaling web APIs or microservices. Hands-on experience with relational databases (especially PostgreSQL). Familiarity with modern cloud and container infrastructure, such as Docker, Kubernetes, and GCP. Passion for code quality and automation. Excellent communication and collaboration skills. Self-driven and ownership-minded. Highly autonomous and self-driven. Thrives in ambiguity, adaptable, resourceful. Product-minded engineering approach.

Design, build, and maintain scalable backend services and APIs that drive Hiro’s developer platform. Work on Chainhook-2.0, a high-performance transaction indexer. Ensure high performance and reliability of APIs and data pipelines. Collaborate cross-functionally with product managers, frontend engineers, and DevOps. Write and automate thorough tests. Participate in code reviews and architecture discussions. Monitor and troubleshoot production systems. Work across the stack when necessary, primarily backend APIs, but occasionally frontend code or internal tools.