Senior Backend Engineer

Blockworks
New York
Workplace: RemoteFull timeUSD 190,000 - 210,000 annuallyFunction: Software EngineeringExperience: 5+ yearsEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["Communication","Leadership","Problem-solving","Team collaboration"]

Senior Backend Engineer responsible for designing, building, and maintaining scalable backend systems and APIs that power Blockworks’ research and media products. You’ll own database design (MySQL/Postgres), implement caching with Redis, and lead backend feature development from planning to production while collaborating with frontend, product, and data teams in a fast-paced, remote-first startup environment.

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Blockworks
Blockworks
7 months ago

Senior Backend Engineer

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Job Summary

Senior Backend Engineer responsible for designing, building, and maintaining scalable backend systems and APIs that power Blockworks’ research and media products. You’ll own database design (MySQL/Postgres), implement caching with Redis, and lead backend feature development from planning to production while collaborating with frontend, product, and data teams in a fast-paced, remote-first startup environment.
Location: New York
Workplace: Remote
Employment Type: Full time · Permanent
Job Function: Software Engineering
Seniority: Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Architect, build, and ship backend systems that can scale to millions of requests/day
  • •Design, implement, and optimize APIs that power our research and media products
  • •Build pipelines to parse and model blockchain transactions and financial data
  • •Own database design, optimization, and reliability (MySQL/Postgres)
  • •Implement caching and performance strategies with Redis or similar tools

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 190,000 - 210,000 annually
Perks:Remote WorkHealth InsuranceDentalVisionParental LeaveHardware StipendLearning Budget

Key Requirements

  • •Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent work experience) and at least 5 years of professional Backend Engineer experience with TypeScript and Node.js, building API endpoints capable of handling over 1M requests/day
Experience:5+ yearsBackendAPIStart-upData pipelinesCrypto
Education:Bachelor's
Skills:CommunicationLeadershipProblem-solvingTeam collaboration
Languages:English
Tech Stack:TypeScriptNode.jsMySQLPostgreSQLRedisCI/CDNestJSTypeORMAWS

Company Brief

Blockworks
Blockworks is a crypto-focused information platform delivering institutional-grade data, research, news, podcasts, and events to investors and operators in the digital-asset industry.
Industry: Digital Media
Company Size: Medium (51 to 250 employees)
Revenue: USD 10M to 25M
Growth: Growth Stage Startup
Valuation: USD 100M to 250M
Funding: Series A
Headquarters: New York, United States
Founded: 2017
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