About the job
Blockchain.com is the world’s leading software platform for digital assets. Offering the largest production blockchain platform in the world, we share the passion to code, create, and ultimately build an open, accessible and fair financial future, one piece of software at a time.
We are revolutionizing the way people interact with cryptocurrencies and are seeking talented Senior Back-End Engineers but also open to Mid-level and Staff Engineers to join our dynamic and innovative teams. As a Back-End Engineer at Blockchain.com, you will have the opportunity to work on exciting projects across various teams, including SuperApp, DeFi, Payments, Brokerage, and Fraud, among others.
The ideal candidates have strong knowledge of distributed systems design, are proficient in coding on the JVM (one of Java, Kotlin, Scala), understand the importance of scalability and reliability and are looking to be part of cutting-edge projects in a fast-paced environment.
Our engineering teams are involved in all aspects of the product lifecycle, from idea generation, design, prototyping, planning, execution, shipping and monitoring. We are looking for software engineers who care about the customers, software excellence, are advocates of best practices and love learning new skills.
WHAT YOU WILL DO
Be at the forefront of the cryptocurrency ecosystem building out new distributed software to handle our rapidly growing user base of 75M+ wallets to reach 1B+ customers
Become a key member of a dedicated engineering team committed to rapidly shipping, and iterating on products that directly impact millions of users
Advocate best practices, code quality, test coverage and drive technical discussions
Build scalable services with Kotlin, and deal with problems like synchronization, asynchronous operations, database optimisations, scalability and reliability of systems
Gain exposure to an array of technologies such as Kafka, PostgreSQL, Redis, Docker etc
Optimise existing systems for scalability, extensibility and performance whilst building out reusable, modular code for use across Blockchain’s products
Ensure security is at the forefront of everything you do, employing advanced encryption schemes to secure user and company data
Work within interdisciplinary teams to continually deliver the highest quality software to our users
WHAT YOU WILL NEED
You know at least one programming language in depth
You have at least one year of experience in any JVM based languages (such as Java, Kotlin, Scala) and are confident in your ability to build, debug and ship microservices
You have experience building and shipping highly-available, fault tolerant, production ready distributed backend systems
You actively participate in creating product and software specifications before implementing them
You pride yourself on consistent high levels of test coverage, strong technical documentation and effective monitoring
You inspire other engineers to do better
Understanding of data structures, databases and large-scale distributed systems
Preferably exposure to technologies such as Kafka, PostgreSQL, Redis, RabbitMQ
You are customer focused and continuously suggest how the backend can provide the best Customer Experience
A passion for crypto and the transformations it enables
We use Kotlin, PostgreSQL, Kafka, Redis, Datadog, Amplitude, Grafana, BigQuery, ApacheSpark and more
COMPENSATION & PERKS
Unlimited vacation policy; work hard and take time when you need it
Unlimited learning policy; order the technical resources you need or simply pick something up from our company library
Apple equipment
Full-time salary based on experience and meaningful equity in an industry-leading company
Blockchain is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender expression, sex, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status or any other characteristic protected by law. This policy applies to all employment practices within our organization, including hiring, recruiting, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, leave of absence, and apprenticeship. Blockchain makes hiring decisions based solely on qualifications, merit, and business need at the time.
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