Senior Backend Engineer
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BlockworksCrypto / Media
Remote-first: We're a remote-first organization with an office in NYC for you to utilize as you please.Full-TimeSenior
Salary190,000 - 210,000 USD per year
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Job Details
- Experience
- At least 5 years of professional experience
- Required Skills
- Node.jsPostgreSQLMySQLTypeScriptRedisCI/CDDevOps
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent work experience)
- At least 5 years of professional experience as a Backend Engineer
- Strong focus on backend development and architecture using TypeScript and Node.js
- Proven experience building fast, reliable API endpoints capable of handling 1M+ requests/day
- Highly proficient in designing and optimizing relational databases (MySQL/PostgreSQL)
- Experience with caching mechanisms like Redis
- Familiarity with DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, and deployment tools
- Strong understanding of automated testing, monitoring, and observability
- Attention to detail and experience writing clean, maintainable, and reusable code
Responsibilities
- Architect, build, and ship backend systems that can scale to millions of requests/day
- Design, implement, and optimize APIs that power our research and media products
- Own database design, optimization, and reliability (MySQL/Postgres)
- Implement caching and performance strategies with Redis or similar tools
- Lead backend feature development from planning to production release
- Diagnose and resolve scalability, performance, and reliability issues under real-world load
- Raise the bar on testing, monitoring, and observability across the stack
- Collaborate with frontend, product, and data teams to ensure seamless integrations
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