Backend Engineering Lead (Web3)

TL;DR

Backend Engineering Lead (Web3): Leading the backend engineering strategy and architecture, designing and implementing APIs and data pipelines to support wallets, transactions, and blockchain integrations with an accent on scalability, reliability, and user experience. Focus on integrating new blockchain ecosystems, driving technical discussions, and ensuring adherence to best practices.

Location: Remote, ideally based in the Americas or European time zones.

Company

hirify.global contributes significantly to Wormhole’s ecosystem of open source smart contracts and protocols.

What you will do

• Lead the backend engineering strategy, ensuring scalability, reliability, and top-tier user experience.
• Architect, design, and implement APIs and data pipelines supporting wallets, transactions, and blockchain integrations.
• Build and maintain high-performance systems for blockchain data indexing, analytics, and event processing.
• Integrate new blockchain ecosystems into Wormhole’s suite of products.
• Drive technical discussions, code reviews, and architectural decisions for backend components.
• Mentor and coach backend engineers, fostering a culture of technical excellence and ownership.

Requirements

• Have at least 5 year+ of experience in backend development, including 2+ years in a lead or senior engineering role.
• Proficiency in TypeScript, Go, Rust, or Python (depending on stack).
• Have a deep understanding of distributed systems, API design, and blockchain consensus & node architecture.
• Experience with databases (PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis) and event-driven systems (Kafka, RabbitMQ).
• Hands-on experience integrating with blockchains, nodes, or smart contracts — e.g., via Web3.js, ethers.js, or JSON-RPC.
• Familiarity with DevOps best practices, deploying high-availability services across multiple regions (Kubernetes, GCP/AWS, or similar).

Culture & Benefits

• Enjoy working remotely with a talented global team.
• Be high agency and effect the outcomes they wish to see.
• Demonstrate obsession and feel pride in building great experiences.
• Be highly collaborative with the internal team, other Wormhole collaborators, and customers.
• Care deeply about the business outcomes of your work and challenge priorities when the business impact is unclear.