Senior Backend Engineer

Open 76d

Design, implement, and optimize backend services and APIs that handle large concurrent user loads. Optimize database queries and caching strategies, maintain cron jobs, troubleshoot performance bottlenecks, build microservices, integrate queues and observability tooling, containerize services, maintain CI/CD pipelines, and synchronize blockchain data with backend systems.

Responsibilities

  • Design and implement scalable backend infrastructure
  • Develop APIs that handle massive concurrent user loads
  • Optimize database queries and caching strategies
  • Develop and maintain cron jobs
  • Integrate and manage message queues
  • Implement observability including logging and tracing
  • Containerize services and maintain Docker configurations
  • Maintain CI/CD pipelines and release processes
  • Troubleshoot and resolve complex performance issues
  • Synchronize blockchain data with backend services

Requirements

  • Experience with microservices architecture
  • Proficiency in NestJS and TypeScript
  • Experience with message queues such as RabbitMQ or Kafka
  • Experience building and maintaining cronjobs
  • Knowledge of caching solutions such as Redis or Dragonfly
  • Experience with relational databases such as Postgres or MySQL
  • Experience with MongoDB
  • Experience with observability, distributed logging and tracing
  • Experience with Docker and Docker Compose
  • Experience with CI/CD pipelines such as GitHub Actions
  • Proven experience optimizing systems for high concurrency and scalability
  • Experience troubleshooting complex performance bottlenecks

Benefits

  • Compensation in crypto (USDT on Ethereum)
  • 100% remote work
  • Team token allocation
  • Flexible working hours with some overlap around UTC+1
  • Growth opportunities
  • Opportunity to make an impact

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