Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. gumi Cryptos Capital is a foundational player in the crypto space, building infrastructure for user-owned economies. They are seeking a Staff Backend Engineer to lead the development of OpenSea 2.0 backend features, focusing on scalable and performant applications.
Responsibilities
- Form, communicate, and execute on a technical vision for the next generation of OpenSea’s architecture that leverages highly scalable and event-driven patterns
- Write reliable, low latency marketplace infrastructure software that will eventually process billions of dollars a day worth of transaction volume, including highly performant blockchain indexing systems, order management systems at scale, and REST & Websocket API endpoints
- Raise the bar for internal understanding of best practices in building highly performant & event-driven systems with 'live' characteristics
- Mentor and train other team members and act as an internal thought leader and agitator for architectural rigor and cleanliness
Skills
- At least 6 years of experience as a software engineer
- Strong fluency in event-driven system design patterns, leveraging technologies such as Kafka, Flink, and Debezium, as well as distributed systems more generally
- Strong fluency in JVM languages like Kotlin or Java
- Strong fluency and opinionated in database choice and schema design for highly performant and scalable applications
- Intrinsic interest in leveraging new tools (e.g. AI) to increase work efficiency and quality
- Passion for (blockchain) technology, NFTs, and the potential of digital ownership is a huge plus
Benefits
- We cover 100% Dental/Vision/Medical for employees and 90% for dependents
- Flexible Time Off Policy: Our flexible time off policy is aimed at letting our employees take as much time off as they'd like to refresh so long as it doesn't interfere with their ability to meet their goals and contribute effectively to company velocity
- 16 Weeks of Paid Parental Bonding & up to 8 additional weeks for the birthing parent
- We offer access to Spring Health, covering 8 therapy & 8 coaching sessions per year
- 11 Company Holidays
- Fidelity 401K Plan
- Internet/Mobile Reimbursement Plan
- Reimbursement or Monthly Snack Delivery
- Company & Team retreats to get together for fun and collaboration
- Team Member Co-Working and Gathering Expense
- MacBook Pro & WFH Stipend to make sure you are set up for success
- Weekly $50 Uber Eats credit
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