Senior Backend Engineer, Platform
Builds and maintains scalable backend infrastructure and shared services for Uniswap Labs' DeFi platform. Requires 6+ years experience with TypeScript/Go/Rust, AWS, and large-scale systems; provides technical leadership.
About the job
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain backend systems that support all shared services at Uniswap Labs.
- Write high quality and well tested code, and review code from other team members.
- Provide guidance and technical leadership to peers in navigating architectural and coding tradeoffs.
- Take charge of driving strategic technical initiatives across engineering pods that impact the entire engineering organization.
- Improve developer productivity and system reliability through automation and best practices.
Requirements
- 6+ years of software engineering experience with a focus on infrastructure.
- Proficiency in TypeScript, Go, or Rust.
- Excellent coding skills, deep understanding of AWS cloud constructs and architecture, algorithms, and strong debugging capabilities.
- Design, build, and maintain a large-scale production system on the cloud, ensuring smooth operation and high availability.
- Be able to build systems from the ground up, in a 0→1 fashion.
- A passion for building scalable, reliable systems that enable high-quality feature development.
Nice to Have
- Experience or a strong interest in infrastructure-as-code tools (Pulumi is a plus).
- Experience with distributed systems, authentication, and developer tooling.
- Degree in computer science.
- Background in blockchain or DeFi.
Compensation
- Minimum full-time salary of $180,000-$226,000.
- Full-time employees eligible for other compensation elements, including tokens, and benefits.
- Benefits include company-paid medical, dental, & vision, wellness offerings, 401(k) with 4% employer contribution, annual $1,500 education stipend, unlimited time off, up to 16 weeks paid parental leave, home office setup stipend, and daily lunches at NY headquarters (subject to eligibility).
Skills
TypeScript, Go, Rust, AWS, Pulumi, Distributed Systems, Infrastructure-As-Code, Blockchain, Defi, Kubernetes
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