Senior Backend Engineer

Uniswap Labs•New York, NY

6d•Hybrid

About The Position

Uniswap Labs is a core contributor to the Uniswap Protocol, the world’s largest DEX, with over $4 trillion in volume across 17 chains. It builds products that help millions access the protocol, including the Uniswap Web App, Wallet, and Trading API. Uniswap Labs is also the primary technical provider for Unichain, a DeFi-native Ethereum Layer 2 built to be the home for liquidity across chains. When you join Uniswap, you become part of a team that's reshaping the way value flows on the internet. We’re looking for an enthusiastic, self-motivated Senior Backend Engineer to help us build the next generation of financial products. We are headquartered in SoHo in New York City, and this role has the option to be partially or fully remote.

Requirements

6+ years of software engineering experience
Excellent coding skills, deep understanding of cloud architectures, algorithms, and strong debugging capabilities.
Consistently manage projects comprehensively, starting from gathering requirements and designing, to debugging and testing, and finally to release management and operational monitoring.
Design, build, and maintain a large-scale production system on the cloud, ensuring smooth operation and high availability.
Be able to build systems from the ground up, on a 0→1 fashion.
Desire to keep up with modern best practices in software development/Web3, and shape our tech stack as we build out new systems and services.
Mentored junior engineers

Nice To Haves

Has previously been a Technical Lead
Prior experience with time-series based monitoring / observability systems
Degree in computer science
Experience with Typescript
Experience with AWS
Love for unicorns :)

Responsibilities

Write high quality and well tested code, and review code from other team members.
Collaborate with engineers, designers, and product managers to turn requirements into products and lead the execution end to end.
Provide guidance and technical leadership to peers in navigating architectural and coding tradeoffs.
Take charge of driving strategic technical initiatives across engineering pods that impact the entire engineering organization.

Benefits

company-paid medical, dental, & vision for you and your dependents
wellness offerings including a partnership with Equinox Fitness Clubs
401(k) with 4% employer contribution
annual $1,500 education stipend
unlimited and encouraged time off
up to 16 weeks paid parental leave
home office setup stipend for remote employees
daily lunches at NY headquarters (all benefits are subject to applicable taxes and based on eligibility).

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