Senior Backend Engineer, Platform

New York , United States
Remote

AI overview

Contribute to critical shared services for ecosystem scalability at Uniswap Labs while driving strategic technical initiatives that enhance engineering productivity.

Uniswap Labs builds products that help millions of people access DeFi simply and securely ‒ from the Uniswap Web App and Wallet to crypto infrastructure like the Uniswap Trading API, and Unichain. Uniswap Labs also contributes to the development of the Uniswap Protocol, which has processed over $2.9 trillion in volume across thousands of tokens on Ethereum and 12+ other chains.

When you join Uniswap, you become part of a team that's reshaping the way value flows on the internet.

Our platform team plays a critical role in ensuring our products are scalable, secure, and efficient. We are looking for a Backend Engineer to help build and maintain the shared services that power our ecosystem.

We are headquartered in SoHo in New York City, and this role has the option to be partially or fully remote.

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 
  • Love for unicorns :)

Minimum full-time salary of $210,000-$232,000. Disclosure in accordance with New York City's Pay Transparency Law. Full Time employees at Uniswap Labs are also eligible for other compensation elements, including equity, tokens, and benefits, dependent on the position type.

Uniswap Labs' Full-Time employee benefits include company-paid medical, dental, & vision for you and your dependents, gym subsidy, 401(k) with 4% employer contribution, annual $1,500 education stipend, unlimited and encouraged time off, up to 16 weeks paid parental leave, home office setup stipend for remote employees and daily lunches at NY headquarters (all benefits are subject to applicable taxes and based on eligibility).

Uniswap Labs is committed to diversity in our workforce and is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer (EEO). We provide employment opportunities without regard to age, race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, disability (including gender dysphoria and similar gender-related conditions), sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation (including actual or perceived heterosexuality, homosexuality, bisexuality, and asexuality), veteran status, military status, domestic violence victim status, reproductive health decision making or any other protected category. In addition, Uniswap Labs participates in E-Verify. You can view the E-Verify poster here and the Right to Work poster here

Perks & Benefits Extracted with AI

  • Education Stipend: annual $1,500 education stipend
  • Health Insurance: company-paid medical, dental, & vision for you and your dependents
  • Home Office Stipend: home office setup stipend for remote employees
  • Paid Parental Leave: up to 16 weeks paid parental leave
  • Paid Time Off: unlimited and encouraged time off
  • Wellness Stipend: gym subsidy

Uniswap is a leading decentralized cryptocurrency exchange facilitating automated transactions on the Ethereum blockchain.

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