Senior Backend Developer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Develop and manage backend systems.

• Design and create APIs, services, Ethereum data pipelines and indexers, as well as integrations for staking and validator infrastructure, including monitoring and operational tools.

• Take ownership of system design from start to finish: architecture, implementation, testing, deployment, and observability.

• Collaborate across the Ethereum stack, integrating with both execution layer and consensus layer clients.

• Contribute to Liquid Collective alongside other staking and blockchain infrastructure initiatives at Galaxy.

• Establish and uphold standards for API design, testing methodologies for distributed systems, reliability and fault tolerance, as well as security and key management practices.

• Operate in a specification-first development environment—translating product and protocol requirements into precise technical specifications prior to development.

• Utilize AI-assisted development workflows (e.g., Claude Code) and engage with emerging paradigms such as MCP (Model Context Protocol) and agent-based tools.

• Work collaboratively with protocol, product, and infrastructure teams.

• Guide engineers through code reviews, design critiques, and enhance the overall quality of the team’s output.

• Contribute to the evolution of team practices— not only executing within the current framework but also enhancing it.

• Embrace and advocate for the strategic adoption of AI to boost team performance and business results.

• Utilize AI tools (e.g., generative AI, automation platforms, data copilots) to enhance productivity, decision-making, and the quality of work in daily tasks.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 7 years of professional software engineering experience.

• Extensive experience in building backend systems using Golang.

• Profound understanding of distributed systems.

• Experience with blockchain systems, preferably Ethereum—including knowledge of execution versus consensus layers, node operation, and data flow.

• Familiarity with cloud-native infrastructure: AWS, Kubernetes, Helm, GitOps (e.g., Flux).

• Strong testing practices for complex and stateful systems.

• Experience in remote, asynchronous team environments.

• A high degree of personal agency with a low ego—taking full ownership of work and holding oneself accountable for quality.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive base salary and discretionary bonus.

• Hybrid/Flexible Working Arrangements.

• Flexible Time Off (paid).

• 3% 401(k) company contribution.

• Company-paid health and protective benefits for employees, partners, and other dependents.

• Generous paid Parental Leave.

• Competitive family planning benefits for US employees.

• Opportunities to learn about the Crypto industry.

• Smart, entrepreneurial, and fun colleagues.

• Free daily snacks and weekly breakfasts/lunches.

• Employee Resource Groups.

• Free coaching and counseling sessions through Headspace.