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Staff Backend Engineer, Vaults
Remote, EU
RemoteEngineeringJob Description
#### How you can make an impact:
- Design, build, and operate backend infrastructure for new DeFi protocols and vault products
- Build vault management, curation, and constraint-based allocation systems
- Build high-throughput blockchain indexers and data-ingestion pipelines
- Design performant, stable, and well-documented APIs for applications and internal systems
- Work with Quant Engineers to turn reviewed models into reliable production services
- Work closely with smart contract engineers on systems that consume onchain state and submit onchain transactions
- Take technical ownership of projects and help maintain a high engineering standard across the team
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#### Let's connect if you have:
- 5-8+ years of backend engineering experience, including ownership of production systems
- Strong experience with Rust. Experience with C++, Go, Zig, or another systems language can substitute
- Experience building high-performance, data-intensive, or event-driven backend systems
- Strong PostgreSQL knowledge
- Experience with blockchain, DeFi, financial infrastructure, or another environment involving real capital
- The ability to work independently in a high-autonomy environment
- Strong judgment around correctness, reliability, and security
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#### Nice to haves:
- Experience with cross-chain blockchain indexing or large-scale data ingestion
- Experience designing constraint, optimization, solver, or allocation systems
- Experience reading smart contracts and integrating with EVM-based protocols
- Experience operating financial systems where correctness and reliability affect capital
- Hands-on experience with Kafka and ClickHouse or similar analytical databases
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