Backend Developer

Reposted 20 Days Ago
Hiring Remotely in USA
Remote
Senior level
Blockchain • Software • Cryptocurrency • Web3
The Role
As a Backend Developer, you will lead projects, build services, optimize performance, ensure security, and mentor teammates in a blockchain-focused environment.
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About us

Forta is a leading threat prevention network, leveraging advanced AI and machine learning to proactively detect and prevent threats. Spun off from Open Zeppelin in 2021, Forta has top tier backers such as a16z, Blockchain Capital, and Coinbase Ventures, and is securing some of the top projects in crypto.

What you'll be doing


In this role, you will play an essential part in building new components, communicating with our users to gather feedback, and working collaboratively with the rest of the team to make sure we solve important problems and provide a great user experience.

Specifically, you will:

  • Lead critical projects end-to-end: design docs, implementation in Go/Solidity, reviews, rollouts, and post-mortems. 
  • Build sequencer-adjacent services: screening APIs, proxies, attestations, and chain integrations (OP Stack/Arbitrum). 
  • Deep dive on performance: profiling, load tests, flamegraphs, cache/queue tuning, and data-path optimizations.
  • Security first: threat modeling, key/secret management, IAM, least-privilege, audit/readiness practices.
  • Operational excellence: on-call participation, incident response, blameless retros, runbooks.
  • Mentor & multiply: guide teammates through designs, reviews, testing standards, and best practices.
  • Ecosystem awareness: track EVM/OP/Arbitrum changes, block building patterns, and bring actionable insights. 

You should apply if you have


  • 5+ years of experience in software development.
  • Knowledgeable about Ethereum and EVM
  • Experience with Go and Solidity.
  • Experience with AWS services such as Cloudwatch, DynamoDB, ECS.
  • Experience with Docker, ECS and Terraform
  • Experience with OP Stack and Arbitrum works is preferred
  • Desire to work with Rust.
  • Strong desire to further your education about Ethereum and contribute to the blockchain space.
  • Prior experience working remotely: strong personal organizational skills, a love for self-time management, and ability to work collaboratively with a team.
  • Advanced English communication skills — all of our internal and external communication is in English.
  • Bonus if Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or a related field
Benefits
  • Medical Insurance: Top quality insurance options for you.

  • Paid leave for new parents.

  • Team Events: Company retreats in different locations around the world.

At Forta, we are an equal opportunity employer and we value different perspectives. We are committed to building a diverse workforce. This includes but is not limited to gender, race, sexual orientation, religion, national origin and other characteristics that make each one of us unique. In this uniqueness, we find the most value. Come join us!

Top Skills

Arbitrum
AWS
Docker
Ecs
Go
Op Stack
Solidity
Terraform
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The Company
12 Employees
Year Founded: 2021

What We Do

Real-time detection network for security & operational monitoring of blockchain activity secured by FORT token. Billions of dollars in Web3 monitored by Forta. Forta was incubated by OpenZeppelin, the leader in blockchain security since 2015.

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