QuickNode
Backend Software Engineer
🌍 100% RemoteFull-Time
Posted January 8, 2023
QuickNode is a cloud-based infrastructure company that powers the blockchain ecosystem.
Our mission is to be the indispensable utility that empowers companies and innovators globally to build next-generation, Web3 enabled businesses & applications using blockchain technology. QuickNode is backed by some of the world's best investors including Tiger Global, Y Combinator, SoftBank, and the Seven Seven Six Fund. The QuickNode team has over 90 people maintaining high performance global data infrastructure for amazing customers serving billions of requests daily.
We are a global remote first company HQ'd in Miami, Florida.
The Role
As a Backend Engineer on the DevEx team, you will be working on things like billing systems, back-end services, and building internal/external facing APIs. You will be responsible for ensuring the quality of our ruby codebase, which drives millions of dollars in revenue. We also expect every engineer to spend at least one day on customer support to understand our customer better.
We re looking for a self-starter who is communication-focused with a deep sense of ownership and a team mentality to collaborate on achieving the best design/architecture for our systems.
*Note that this position does not involve heavy interaction with Web3 technologies, but it is Web3-adjacent.
What You'll Do
- Write effective and scalable code in Typescript
- Help work on an account system
- Build back-end components for web applications
- Test applications for performance, responsiveness and security
- Coordinate with team members who work on different layers of infrastructure
- Review new feature impact on an application, recognizing potential risks
- Help us build APIs to serve our internal customers and partners
- Occasional on-call rotation duty to respond to after-hours system incidents.
- Documenting your processes and sharing knowledge
What You'll Bring
- Expert knowledge of Typescript, Postgres, Redis, internal APIs, system design
- Familiarity with automated testing platforms
- Experience working with a wide variety of systems and integrating APIs from third-parties
Bonus
- Significant experience on implementing OAuth/OIDC/SAML compliant services
- Deep experience with SQL
- Go Experience
- Familiarity with Web3 and surrounding ecosystem
We at Quicknode are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
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