About this role

As our Backend Developer, you will be designing, developing, and deploying software solutions that power various products at stake.fish. In this role, you will work closely with a group of talented Product Managers, UX Designers, and other Engineers to build the next generation of staking products. Your work will help with securing a wide range of blockchain networks and contribute to the bedrock of decentralization.

What will you do?

• Build new services that meet critical product and business needs using TypeScript and node
• Develop smart contracts and services that interact with the smart contracts
• Build data ETL pipelines using Python
• Create scalable systems to solve different problems using modern cloud technology and industry best practices
• Create server code that is extensible, well-tested, and secure
• Leverage automated testing, CI/CD, container orchestration, and other modern development techniques
• Design database schema that is performant, scalable, and maintainable
• Proactively make suggestions and challenge the status quo for improving our products and internal processes

What excites us about you?

• You have extensive experience in software engineering
• You have a track record of designing, creating, and maintaining production services
• You are passionate about blockchain technology and a decentralized future, and you are familiar with the technologies behind blockchains.
• Familiar with Typescript and node; have past experience with at least one of Python/C++/Java/Go/Rust.
• Familiar with cloud services (such as AWS)
• Familiar with Docker
• Able to work independently and set up an efficient development environment
• You are comfortable with ambiguity, able to take charge and get things done despite the unknowns
• You are willing to spend a part of your time working from our Silicon Valley office and the rest of your time working remotely.

What will be great to have?

• You are contributing to the open-source community
• You have working experience in a startup environment
• You have built financial, high reliability, or security systems
• You have experience with smart contracts / solidity (this is a plus but not required, and we will be happy to bring you up to speed on the job)