Senior Backend Engineer, Infrastructure

We’re looking for an incredible senior engineer to help us build the future of blockchain scalability.

Read the overview of this opportunity to understand what skills, including and relevant soft skills and software package proficiencies, are required.

This is an ideal opportunity for an engineer who is already passionate about tackling problems in blockchain scalability, or looking to break into the blockchain engineering space.

If you’re looking to work in a fast-paced, high-impact team and help shape the direction of our product and company, this position is for you.

We’re backed by some of the best investors in the valley and offer competitive pay, an equity grant in the company, and full benefits.

About Caldera

Caldera enables dynamic, scalable blockchain experiences. Currently, dapps that are deployed to general-purpose blockchain compete with thousands of other applications for space on the network this can lead to congestion and high fees or even network outages.

That’s where we come in. We’re building software that makes it easy for the most innovative blockchain applications to launch their own ultra-performant blockchains (rollups), enabling applications to own their ecosystem, scale to millions of users, and provide a superior user experience to their users.

We’re located in San Francisco, and work in-person from the Financial District

As a Senior Backend Engineer, Infrastructure at Caldera, you will :

Own significant components of Caldera's core infrastructure

Architect and develop backend systems to ensure the smooth operation of Caldera chains

Build out features end-to-end, from idea to production

Improve our DevOps pipeline, which allows Caldera chains to be deployed reliably and securely

Increase the reliability of our infrastructure by continuously improving the observability stack

Be a source of technical leadership and mentorship; for example, providing high-quality feedback and code reviews for junior engineers

You might be a fit for this role if you...

Have 4+ years of engineering experience

Have experience writing backend services in Go or Typescript

Have experience designing, building, and maintaining robust APIs

Have significant experience with DevOps and cloud infrastructure

Strong background with cloud computing platforms, especially AWS

Have experience building and operating Kubernetes clusters

Have experience with infrastructure-as-code tools like Terraform

Are confident with performance optimization, identifying bottlenecks and scalability concerns

Bonus points if you...

Have familiarity with observability tools like Grafana or Datadog

Are familiar with how blockchains like Ethereum or Bitcoin work under the hood

Are up-to-date with Ethereum scaling solutions such as sidechains or rollups

Have an understanding of cryptography primitives, such as hash functions or digital signatures

Have built Ethereum dapps before

If in doubt, please apply! We will find a place for great candidates, even if you feel that you don’t check all of the boxes

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