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About the company
Wormhole Labs is a technology company that specializes in building products, tools, and reference implementations to expand the cross-chain ecosystem. We’re committed to open-source development and laying down the paths for a connected decentralized world. We are an independent contributor to the Wormhole protocol - the industry’s first interoperability protocol. Since launch, it has supported hundreds of projects across 30+ networks, facilitated the transfer of over $30+ billion in value, and has processed close to a billion messages. Wormhole’s technology has been adopted by industry-leading companies like Uniswap, Synthetix, Lido, Pyth, Threshold, and many more. Join us at Wormhole Labs and help shape the future of interoperability.
Job Summary
What You’ll Do
📍Lead the backend engineering strategy, ensuring scalability, reliability, and top-tier user experience. 📍Architect, design, and implement APIs and data pipelines supporting wallets, transactions, and blockchain integrations. 📍Build and maintain high-performance systems for blockchain data indexing, analytics, and event processing. 📍Integrate new blockchain ecosystems into Wormhole’s suite of products, building adapters for novel consensus mechanisms, RPCs, and event formats. 📍Collaborate closely with Product, Frontend, and other teams to deliver end-to-end solutions. 📍Drive technical discussions, code reviews, and architectural decisions for backend components. 📍Ensure adherence to best practices in testing, deployment, observability, and documentation. 📍Mentor and coach backend engineers, fostering a culture of technical excellence and ownership. 📍Contribute to the evolution of our infrastructure stack and the scaling of the engineering organization.
The Ideal Candidate will:
📍Have relevant tertiary qualifications in computer science or a closely related field (bachelors/masters) and/or relevant work experience 📍Have at least 5 year+ of experience in backend development, including 2+ years in a lead or senior engineering role. 📍Proficiency in TypeScript, Go, Rust, or Python (depending on stack). 📍Have a deep understanding of distributed systems, API design, and blockchain consensus & node architecture. 📍Experience with databases (PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis) and event-driven systems (Kafka, RabbitMQ).
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