SoftwareEngineer(Backend)-DistributedSystems

About The Role As a Software Engineer at Alchemy, you’ll be focused on building one of the most sophisticated and high-throughout distributed systems that power the global backbone powering billions of users in Web3. It’s a unique opportunity combining the most challenging engineering problems, crypto-forward exposure, and direct customer impact. What You'll Do - To help define the vision for the backend infrastructure that supports our team’s product pillar and guide the team in executing against that vision - Design, build, and maintain highly scalable and reliable infrastructure, APIs, and services - Contribute to and participate in system design discussions, stand-up meetings, and code reviews - Develop and own best practices for backend infrastructure with a focus on high throughput, high reliability, and low latency - Debug production issues across services and multiple levels of the stack - Collaborate with other technical and non-technical stakeholders to identify business priorities, define the team roadmap, and act on them What We're Looking For - 8+ years of relevant industry experience - BS/BA degree in Computer Science or equivalent - Experience designing, building, scaling, and maintaining core backend software components (experience with API platforms a plus) - Ability to solve complex design, scaling, latency, or performance problems in high-throughput, low-latency systems in production - Production experience with Java, Golang, C++ or similar - Experience in Cloud Native environments, particularly in AWS - Experience with managed Kubernetes layers like AWS EKS a plus - Self-starter attitude and the ability to execute new ideas with autonomy - Know how to find the right balance between perfection and shipping quickly - Founded a company or built side projects, a plus - Experience in startups, a plus Benefits and Perks 🩺 Medical, Dental, & Vision 💪 Gym Reimbursement 🖥️ Home Office Build-out Budget 🥙 In-Office Group Meals 🧘‍♂️ Wellbeing & Mental H