Senior Software Engineer, Platform Infrastructure
Aptos Labs is the core development team behind the Aptos blockchain, building products and applications that bring decentralization and Web3 to mainstream users. The company serves individual users, developers, and enterprise partners with wallets, identity, login, and API/developer tooling for the Aptos network.
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About Aptos Labs
Aptos Labs is a team of researchers, strategists, designers, and builders focused on bringing decentralization to the masses through the Aptos blockchain, the first Move-based Layer 1 which launched its mainnet in October 2022. The company builds a suite of consumer and developer products including Petra Wallet (a self-custodial wallet), Aptos Connect (Web3 login via OAuth/social login), Geomi (developer tooling for API access, NFT integration, and Web3 logins), Aptos Explorer, and Aptos Names (on-chain identity/naming). Aptos Labs serves a broad range of clients from individual crypto users to enterprises and ecosystem partners, having formed partnerships with organizations such as Microsoft, Google Cloud, NBCUniversal, Alibaba Cloud, Brevan Howard, SK Telecom, and MoonPay, and expanding through acquisitions such as HashPalette to enter the Japan market. The company was founded in January 2022, raised seed funding led by a16z crypto, and a Series A round with participation from Dragonfly, Apollo, and Franklin Templeton, among others.
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About the Role
You will build the critical infrastructure powering a scalable blockchain ecosystem. You will design, implement, and operate backend services and platform infrastructure. You will develop scalable APIs, indexing services, and data pipelines to enable data access. You will build and maintain infrastructure for node operations, monitoring, and observability. You will build and maintain SDKs, libraries, and developer tools. You will write clean, performant, well-tested, production-ready code. You will collaborate closely with protocol engineers, infrastructure teams, and product engineers.
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience building and shipping scalable backend systems
- Strong experience building backend systems in languages such as Rust Go C++ Java Python or similar
- Deep understanding of systems programming concepts
- Strong understanding of distributed systems, databases, and API design
- Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to work autonomously in a fast-paced environment
- Experience with blockchain infrastructure, indexing, or node operations (a plus)
- Web3 experience or familiarity (a plus)
- Background in payments, DeFi, or TradFi (a plus)
- Comfortable leveraging AI tools to enhance productivity and code quality
Responsibilities
- Lead initiatives to design, build, and optimize backend services and platform infrastructure for the blockchain
- Develop scalable APIs, indexing services, and data pipelines to support blockchain data access
- Build and maintain infrastructure for node operations, monitoring, and observability
- Build and maintain SDKs, libraries, and developer tools
- Write clean, performant, well-tested, and production-ready code
- Collaborate closely with protocol engineers, infrastructure teams, and product engineers
Benefits
- 100% insurance premium coverage for medical dental and vision for you and your dependents (US Employees)
- Equipment of your choice
- Flexible vacation time
- 11 holidays and floating company days off
- Protocol Token Grants
- 401k matching (US Employees)
- Fun and inclusive in-person and digital events