Senior Backend Engineer (Solana)

Location New York Employment Type Full time Location Type Remote Department Engineering Compensation $160K – $200K About Us: Blockworks is an information platform that sits at the center of the crypto industry. We transform raw, complex data and facts into actionable research, trusted news, alpha-driven insights, and world-class events. The result is transparency and confidence. We enable investors, operators, and institutions to see past the noise, make better decisions, and drive the industry forward. Who You Are: Software engineering is your passion, and you have a keen focus on backend and API development. You are a player‑coach and a natural leader who understands the technical and human elements that go into great software design. You have a results‑oriented attitude and a passion for delivering flawless releases and developing digital product pipelines (CI/CD pipelines). You have a proven track record of facilitating engineering teams to increase productivity and quality. You're excited about the possibility of being on the ground floor of the design and development of backend data strategies. You bring a passion for designing and maintaining scalable API services that handle large amounts of data elegantly. You love moving quickly in a fast‑paced start‑up, but you also bring intentionality, sustainability, and scalability to your approach as an engineer. What You’ll Do: As our Senior Backend Engineer on the data team, you'll be responsible for designing and building the backend systems and strategies that will power all of our data and analytics products. You'll work collaboratively with other members of the engineering team to design, develop, implement, and evolve our data strategies and approaches. Every day will look a little different, but in general, you will do things like: Build and Ship: You'll be responsible for building our backend data structure and APIs for our core products, and on our Engineering team, we ship fast and often (but never at the expense of quality). Own the API: You'll be in charge of building, evolving, and maintaining our backend API layer that fuels our current and future crypto analytics products. Proactively Identify and Fix Issues: In partnership with the rest of the Data Engineering team, you'll constantly be on the lookout for stability and scalability issues. Engage in Product Development: You'll participate and bring technical leadership to all aspects of our product development life cycle. Scope and Spec Improvements: You'll be responsible for estimating the development scope and building specs for the implementation and rollout of system changes. Drive Operational Efficiency: You'll be constantly on the lookout for opportunities to improve workflows, reliably automate routine tasks, and identify and mitigate project risks. Cross‑Functional Collaboration: You'll work with other teams across Blockworks, including Research, Product, and Engineering, to lead initiatives and move forward with program collaborations. Experimentation is frequent at Blockworks. Comfortability with being uncomfortable is a must. What You’ve Done Before: For this role, first and foremost, you must have significant knowledge of the crypto industry; interest in crypto is not enough, we’re looking for someone who considers themselves crypto native. You have a deep understanding of data principles and architecture that either came from a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field or from intensive hands‑on work experience. You have a minimum of 5 years of professional experience as a Backend Engineer, with a strong focus on backend development and API architecture using TypeScript and Node.js or Go. You've got demonstrated experience building blazing‑fast API endpoints that can handle large amounts of data with over 1M requests per day. You also bring significant experience maintaining and running API endpoints using serverless architecture, including deployment, configuration, and TTFB optimization. You bring proficiency in designing and optimizing relational databases, such as MySQL and PostgreSQL, including data modeling and query optimization. Lastly, but perhaps most importantly, you've got incredibly strong problem‑solving and engineering skills that showcase your attention to detail and foundational ability to write and maintain clean and reusable code. It’d Be Great If You’ve Done This: Experience and demonstrated success in crypto, web3, startup or incubator environments will move you to the top of the list. Having a background in caching mechanisms and tools like Redis to enhance application performance and scalability may also set you apart from other candidates. Lastly, we're looking for excellent communicators and collaborators who are as much at home working in cross‑functional teams as they are writing code. Salary, Benefits, & How We Work: This is a full time exempt position with an expected salary of $160,000 - $200,000/year. Benefits: Remote‑First: We're a remote‑first organization with an office in NYC for you to utilize as you please. 100% Medical Coverage for You: Close to fully paid medical, dental, and vision insurance for you, and a significant portion covered for your dependents. Flexible PTO: We have a flexible paid time off policy that doesn't limit the number of vacation days you can take. Parental Leave: At Blockworks, all team members are eligible for 14 weeks of fully paid parental leave. Hardware Stipend: Every team member has a stipend to use to purchase the tools and technology that help them be their most productive. Learning & Growth Stipend: Every team member has a stipend to spend on their skill growth and professional development. Career Growth: We prioritize skill growth and career development, and we have a clear, documented structure to take the guesswork out of individual development and career progression. Global & Diverse Team: We're a global team, and we're committed to creating an open, inclusive, and diverse work culture. Come build with us; we're just getting started! We know that diversity makes for the best problem‑solving and creative thinking. We are dedicated to adding new perspectives to the team and encourage everyone to apply if your experience is close to what we are looking for. Blockworks is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. Compensation Range: $160K - $200K #J-18808-Ljbffr