Senior Algorithms & Backend Engineer

Description

We are looking for a talented and ambitious Senior Algorithms & Backend Engineer to join our core team.

Responsibilities / What you will do:

• Design and implement algorithms to maximise output of blockchain trading systems (Python, Lambdas)
• Build smart contracts that automate trading and bridging strategies (Solidity, APIs)
• Build a highly efficient infrastructure for scalable deployments and CICD processes (GitLab CI, ECS, Cloudformation, Lambdas)
• Manage and develop the serverless backend (Node.js, Python, Lambdas, API Gateway)
• Manage and develop monitoring and alert solutions for our apps and services (Python, Slack)
• Manage and develop scalable blockchain backend and infrastructure, utilizing k8s, docker etc ...
• ‍Manage and develop testing solutions for the backend functions added (Pytest)
• Manage and develop highly scalable, highly available infrastructure for data engineering, data analytics, and big-data platforms and infrastructure utilizing Kinesis, Kafka, spark, Hadoop, Postgres, MongoDB etc..

Requirements

Qualifications:

• Good level of English (written and verbal skills)
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in computer science or a related field

Skills:

• You’re a master of Python and web3 libraries
• You’re a master of SQL, Postgres, Alembic, data manipulation, handling and analysis
• You’re a master of algorithms design and you also know how to implement your algorithms into a scalable production setting.
• You’re an expert in AWS - Lambda, API Gateway, Cloudwatch, SSM, S3, RDS, VPN, IAM, SQS
• You have experience working with serverless framework
• You have solid experience working with Git, Gitlab, Github, CICD tools and pipelines
• You have solid experience designing and using APIs

Experience:

• You’re a user of and a strong believer in cryptocurrency & blockchain technology (Uniswap/DEXes, Metamask/wallets)
• You always keep up to date with the latest in blockchain technology and trends
• You are interested and knowledgeable in the underlying math and technology powering decentralized finance protocols
• You are interested and preferably also have experience writing algorithms to extract MEV or arbitrage opportunities.
• You love and have experience building Web3 products using blockchain technology and smart contracts
• You have experience developing highly complex backends for blockchain and web-scale applications
• You are greatly familiar with blockchain, Ethereum, Solidity, Smart Contract Architectures, Remix, and Web3 libraries for Python.
• You have academic knowledge of economics, market trading, market making, algorithmic trading and MEV extraction.

Qualities:

• You have a great attention to detail, you’re good with numbers, statistics & high-level math
• You’re a fast and agile thinker, with the ambition and hunger to learn new technologies and skills every day
• You have a strong eye for detail, and a passion for clear communication.
• You have strong organizational and time-management skills, the ability to multitask, You are able to manage time and to meet deadlines
• You are both a team player & capable of working independently