Senior Backend Engineer
Uniswap is a decentralized finance protocol for exchanging cryptocurrencies.
Projects
About Uniswap
Uniswap is a decentralized finance protocol used for exchanging cryptocurrencies and tokens without relying on centralized intermediaries. It aims to solve issues with liquidity in trading by implementing an automated liquidity protocol on Ethereum. The platform primarily serves cryptocurrency traders and liquidity providers.
Skills
About the Role
You will write high-quality, well-tested backend code and review the work of others. You will collaborate with engineers, designers, and product managers to turn requirements into shipped products and lead execution end-to-end. You will provide technical guidance to peers, drive strategic technical initiatives across engineering pods, and design, build, and maintain large-scale cloud production systems with high availability. You will manage projects from requirements through release and operational monitoring, build systems from the ground up (0→1), and mentor junior engineers.
Requirements
- 6+ years of software engineering experience
- Excellent coding skills
- Deep understanding of cloud architectures
- Knowledge of algorithms
- Strong debugging capabilities
- Experience designing building and maintaining large-scale cloud production systems with high availability
- Experience managing projects from requirements through release management and operational monitoring
- Experience building systems from 0 to 1
- Experience mentoring junior engineers
- Technical lead experience (nice to have)
- Experience with time-series monitoring or observability systems (nice to have)
- Degree in computer science (nice to have)
- Experience with Typescript (nice to have)
- Experience with AWS (nice to have)
Responsibilities
- Write high-quality well-tested backend code
- Review code from other team members
- Collaborate with engineers designers and product managers to turn requirements into products and lead execution end-to-end
- Provide guidance and technical leadership to peers
- Drive strategic technical initiatives across engineering pods
- Manage projects end-to-end including requirements design testing release and monitoring
- Design build and maintain large-scale cloud production systems with high availability
- Build systems from the ground up (0→1)
- Mentor junior engineers
Benefits
- Company-paid medical dental and vision for employees and dependents
- Wellness offerings including partnership with Equinox Fitness Clubs
- 401(k) with 4% employer contribution
- Annual $1,500 education stipend
- Unlimited and encouraged time off
- Up to 16 weeks paid parental leave
- Home office setup stipend for remote employees
- Daily lunches at New York headquarters
