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Remote
Senior
Full Time
29 days ago
remoteblockchainpaymentsgomicroservicesweb3
Requirements
- •Proven experience designing, building, and operating scalable backend services, with strong proficiency in Go
- •Strong understanding of smart contracts and blockchain fundamentals, including how off-chain services interact with on-chain systems
- •Demonstrated experience designing and evolving complex microservices architectures supporting cross-functional and mission-critical systems
- •Experience building and operating production systems with strong operational excellence, including reliability, observability, monitoring, and incident response
- •Ability to take ownership of services across the full lifecycle: design, implementation, deployment, and iteration
- •Clear written and verbal communication skills, including leading design reviews and documenting architectural decisions
- •Strong software engineering fundamentals, including testing strategy, performance considerations, and code quality practices
What You'll Do
- •Design, build, and operate scalable backend services in Go that support mission-critical payments, billing, and account systems
- •Own one or more core services end-to-end, ensuring high reliability, strong observability, and clear operational ownership
- •Deliver meaningful system improvements that increase scalability, correctness, and developer velocity
- •Strengthen service health by reducing operational risk, technical debt, and incident frequency through proactive reliability and architecture improvements
- •Lead and contribute to design and code reviews, raising the quality bar for service architecture, testing, and production readiness
- •Partner cross-functionally with product and engineering teams to make complex backend systems understandable and usable
- •Ensure backend services integrate securely and effectively with smart contracts and on-chain systems
Nice to Have
- •Passion for the Web3 ecosystem and participation in open-source or community-driven projects
- •Experience working in globally distributed teams
- •Familiarity with backend or blockchain-integrated security considerations, including reviewing designs for potential risks and vulnerabilities
- •Experience using AI-assisted development tools to accelerate delivery and improve code quality
About Chainlink Labs
Chainlink is the industry-standard oracle platform bringing the capital markets onchain and powering the majority of decentralized finance.
San Francisco, CA
500-1000
Blockchain & Cryptocurrency