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Senior Backend Engineer API | Matcha
Location
United States
Posted
23 days ago
Salary
$95K - $230K / year
Job Description
Job Requirements
- 7+ years of experience solving complex distributed computing problems.
- Fluent in TypeScript/JavaScript - you can confidently write and debug APIs in Node/Express without relying on type-casting hacks or constant lookup.
- Experienced with designing and building systems that include:
- Relational or Key-Value datastores
- Distributed, event-driven architectures (Kafka, queues, streams)
- Cloud-based deployment (preferably AWS)
- External-facing REST/HTTP APIs
- Monitoring dashboards (preferably Grafana)
- Strong problem-solving and debugging skills - you can isolate issues, reason through errors, and explain your approach clearly.
- Up to date on emerging trends in modern backend technology solutions (databases, queues, caching, etc.).
- Passionate about DeFi and how it can improve people’s lives. You’ve used DeFi apps yourself and care about building better ones.
- Two annual in-person team meet-ups around the globe
- Preferred
- Experience working with search engines (ElasticSearch, OpenSearch).
- Solid understanding of blockchains (especially EVM chains). You know fundamentals like chain IDs (e.g., Ethereum mainnet = 1, Polygon = 137) and how replay protection works.
- Experience working with JSON-RPC APIs to interact with blockchain nodes for tasks like querying data, sending transactions, or monitoring events.
- Experience with Web3 libraries (e.g., ethers.js, viem, Web3.js) to build/test blockchain integrations.
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