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Staff Backend Engineer

Leads end-to-end technical projects, designs and builds resilient large-scale backend systems focused on reliability and scalability, provides thought leadership, and mentors engineers. Requires 10+ years experience in production systems, cloud architecture, and distributed systems.

207k – 259kNew York, NYBackend EngineeringHybrid10+ YOE

About the role

What You'll Do

  • Drive end to end execution of technical projects, from ideation and design to deployment.
  • Design and build resilient, large-scale systems from the ground up with a focus on reliability, scalability, and performance.
  • Write high quality and well tested code, and review code from other team members.
  • Provide thought leadership and guide peers in navigating complex architectural and coding decisions.
  • Champion best practices and technical excellence across the engineering organization.
  • Spearhead strategic technical initiatives that impact multiple engineering pods and deliver organization-wide improvements.

What You'll Bring

  • 10+ years of hands-on experience building and maintaining large-scale, production-level systems.
  • Experience as a Technical Lead or in a similar leadership capacity.
  • Exceptional coding skills, with expertise in cloud architecture, distributed systems, and algorithms.
  • Proven ability to independently lead projects, including requirement gathering, system design, implementation, testing, and deployment.
  • A track record of mentoring and guiding engineers to achieve their potential.
  • A 0→1 mindset with the ability to build systems and processes from scratch.
  • Deep interest in modern development practices and a passion for shaping the future of crypto technology.

Nice to Have

  • Prior work with time-series based monitoring and observability systems.
  • Knowledge of TypeScript, Go, GraphQL, and AWS.
  • A degree in Computer Science or a related field.

Compensation

Minimum full-time salary of $207,000-$259,000. Full Time employees at Uniswap Labs are also eligible for other compensation elements, including tokens, and benefits.

Skills

Distributed SystemsCloud ArchitectureAlgorithmsTypeScriptGoGraphQLAWSObservability SystemsLarge-Scale SystemsSystem Design

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