Senior Software Engineer, Chainlink Runtime
This senior engineering role focuses on building reliable, scalable, production-grade backend services and APIs for the Chainlink Runtime Environment platform. The engineer will improve workflow durability, platform resilience, architecture, testing, and operational excellence while partnering across engineering teams.
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and operate highly scalable platform services for CRE reliability and performance.
- Lead development of production-grade backend services and APIs for internal stakeholders and platform consumers.
- Drive architectural improvements supporting vertical and horizontal scaling.
- Improve workflow execution durability and platform resilience through engineering, testing, and operational excellence.
- Deliver cross-functional platform initiatives from architectural design through production deployment.
- Reduce operational silos and improve documentation, shared knowledge, and platform ownership.
- Improve platform reliability through measurable service reliability practices.
Requirements
- Experience designing, building, and operating large-scale production platforms.
- Advanced proficiency developing production systems in Go.
- Experience building production APIs and backend applications for multiple stakeholders.
- Strong experience designing and operating distributed systems.
- Demonstrated ability to deliver reliable, high-quality software through rigorous engineering practices.
- Strong systems thinking and ability to evaluate architectural trade-offs.
- High ownership, technical curiosity, and continuous learning.
- Excellent collaboration and communication skills in cross-functional engineering environments.
- Experience with SLOs and SLIs.
- Experience with TypeScript, Solidity, or additional backend technologies.
- Interest in blockchain infrastructure and Web3 technologies.
- Experience building decentralized applications.
- Experience with financial infrastructure, banking systems, or other mission-critical distributed platforms.
Benefits
- Long-term incentives
- Comprehensive benefits
- Remote work options