Our Clients looking for an incredible staff engineer to help us build the future of blockchain scalability.
This is an ideal opportunity for an engineer who is already passionate about tackling problems in blockchain scalability or looking to break into the blockchain engineering space. If you’re looking to work in a fast-paced, high-impact team and help shape the direction of our product and company, this position is for you.
We’re backed by some of the best investors in the valley and offer competitive pay, an equity grant in the company, and full benefits.
As a Staff Backend Engineer at, you will:
- Architect and develop backend systems to ensure the smooth operation of Caldera’s blockchains
- Build secure and scalable crypto-native systems on EVM blockchains ie indexers or relayers
- Take ownership of new features from conception through to deployment for Caldera’s self-serve infrastructure platform
- Take the lead on data model design, ensuring that databases are optimized for performance, scalability, and reliability
- Engage in performance tuning and optimization efforts, profiling systems then reducing latency + increasing throughput
- Be a source of technical leadership and mentorship; for example, providing high-quality feedback and code reviews for junior engineers
You might be a fit for this role if you...
- Have 4+ years of engineering experience
- Have experience writing backend services in Go or Typescript
- Have experience designing, building, and maintaining robust APIs
- Have a strong ability to design efficient and scalable data models.
- Strong background with cloud computing platforms, especially AWS
- Keen eye for security, solid understanding of threat modeling and secure system architecture
Bonus points if you...
- Have experience with modern infrastructure; containerization, infrastructure as code, kubernetes
- Are familiar with how blockchains like Ethereum or Bitcoin work under the hood
- Are up-to-date with Ethereum scaling solutions such as sidechains or rollups
- Have an understanding of cryptography primitives, such as hash functions or digital signatures
- Have built Ethereum “dapps” before
Compensation & Package
Competitive salary & equity
Medical & dental insurance
401K including employee match
Monthly Gym Membership
Flexible PTO
