Senior Software Engineer - Blockchain Infrastructure

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New York, NY
Senior level
Blockchain • Fintech • Software • Cryptocurrency • Web3
Leading decentralized perpetuals exchange
The Role
The Senior Software Engineer will build automation tools for blockchain software development, manage upgrade strategies, and oversee best practices in engineering.
Summary Generated by Built In

At dYdX you'll have an opportunity to build state-of-the-art decentralized technologies that will redefine global financial markets. By joining us at this stage in our growth, you will help make fundamental decisions that will shape the course of dYdX. 

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ABOUT dYdX:

  • We’ve built the software underlying the world’s leading decentralized exchange for advanced trading of crypto derivatives
  • dYdX is founded by an ex-Coinbase, ex-Uber engineer, with a Princeton CS background. Our team has previous experience at Coinbase, Uniswap, Google, Amazon, Lyft, Meta and other top companies
  • We're a world-class team with top backers and advisors, including Andreessen Horowitz, Polychain Capital, Brian Armstrong, Fred Ehrsam, Naval Ravikant, Elad Gil, and more 

RESPONSIBILITIES: 

  • Build automation and tools to accelerate blockchain software development and streamline deployment on cloud infrastructure 
  • Own and define our blockchain upgrade strategy to make the best trade-off between safety and iteration speed
  • Define the release cycle and manage forward and backward compatibility for the dYdX protocol, backend services, web app, and mobile app
  • Ensure best practices within the engineering team through guidance on architecture, code reviews, performance, testing, efficiency, and other engineering excellence improvements
  • Here are some specific examples of projects you could contribute to:
  • Build software that enables spinning up a testnet with test validators from a mainnet snapshot state. 
  • Build software tools to inspect blockchain state and troubleshoot consensus failures. 

REQUIREMENTS:

  • 5+ years experience working as a full-time developer
  • You write secure, efficient, high quality code and have a good understanding of CS fundamentals
  • You have a strong interest in building automation systems  
  • Experience with AWS or similar cloud platform, and/or developer infrastructure

NICE TO HAVES:

  • Experience with open-source software release
  • Interest in blockchain technology and consensus algorithms

Salary range for this role is $175K to $270K USD (NY). Compensation subject to experience and location. Published salary bands pursuant to transparency laws, and do not include possible variable compensation such as annual merit increases, bonus eligibility, commission, or equity incentive.

Top Skills

AWS
Blockchain
Cloud Infrastructure
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The Company
HQ: San Francisco, CA
53 Employees
On-site Workplace
Year Founded: 2017

What We Do

dYdX is the most powerful decentralized open trading platform for advanced crypto financial products, built as a standalone appchain. Trade perpetual contracts with low fees, deep liquidity, up to 20x more buying power all while maintaining full custody and control of your assets.

Why Work With Us

dYdX is on a mission to democratize access to financial opportunity. Our team has experience from top companies like Google, Coinbase, Goldman Sachs, and Facebook. We're backed by the top investors in crypto like a16z, Paradigm, and Polychain. We offer top compensation and generous benefits.

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