Senior Backend Engineer

Описание

This role involves designing, building, and maintaining scalable distributed backend systems, owning backend services end-to-end, and actively shaping product decisions.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain scalable distributed backend systems powering platform and product capabilities
• Own backend services end-to-end: from architecture and implementation to monitoring and long-term reliability
• Work closely with product and engineering peers to actively shape product decisions — not just execute specs
• Scope solutions with the clients building on our API: turn a vague request into a concrete proposal, and the proposal into a plan the team can build
• Build and evolve Web3 platform backend components, including protocol integrations, support for newly emerging blockchain networks, and reliable interactions with smart contracts
• Ensure high standards of code quality, performance, security, and observability
• Operate comfortably in a fast-paced startup environment, balancing speed and correctness
• Use AI as a core part of your engineering workflow — designing, reviewing, debugging and shipping with it
• Contribute to technical discussions, reviews, and mentorship within the engineering team

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience designing and building distributed backend systems
• Strong knowledge of algorithms, data structures, and software design patterns
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced startup environment
• Strong desire to actively contribute to product evolution, not just implementation
• Comfortable working directly with customers — hearing a vague problem and coming back with a concrete proposal
• Hands-on, daily use of AI in your engineering work
• You should be able to talk concretely about where it has changed how you build, and where you've learned not to trust it
• High standards for code quality, system reliability, and user experience — you care about getting it right, not just getting it done
• Strong ownership mindset — you take responsibility for outcomes, not just tasks
• Clear and proactive communication in a distributed team
• Pragmatic decision-making: knowing when to move fast vs. go deep
• Ability to learn quickly and adapt
• Excellent knowledge of Golang is a plus, not a blocker
• Experience with containerized systems: Docker & Kubernetes
• Experience with databases: SQL (Postgres); NoSQL (MongoDB, Cassandra)
• Experience with monitoring and observability tools: Sentry, Prometheus, Grafana
• Hands-on experience with AWS (Amazon Web Services)
• Experience with Python 3
• Comfort experimenting with and integrating AI-assisted workflows into daily engineering work

Nice to have

• Hands-on Web3 experience: Blockchain systems, dApps, Smart contracts
• Prior experience in a startup environment that emphasizes trust and autonomy
• Located in time zones close to Europe for smoother collaboration
• Collaborative mindset and respect for different perspectives
• Curiosity and willingness to challenge existing solutions when better ones exist

We offer

• Можно работать удалённо
• Зарплата в валюте
• Competitive salary
• Medical insurance
• Coworking membership
• Additional benefits
• Unlimited Days Off and Flexible Work Schedule
• Equipment to work from home comfortably
• Stock Options
• Travel: Industry events and annual team offsite
• Fully remote with asynchronous collaboration

Hiring process

• Screening Call – 30 minutes
• Hiring Manager Interview – 45 minutes
• Technical Interview – 90 minutes (includes a real-world challenge where you'll work with AI tools directly)
• System Design Interview – 90 minutes
• Team Interview – 60 minutes
• Founders Call – up to 60 minutes
• Reference Check
• Please mention “I found this job at Remocate!” upon application
• To recruitment agencies and individual recruiters: Zerion only accepts resumes from its partners. Please include the word WATERMELON somewhere in your answer to the application question.