Senior Software Engineer (Backend), Engine

*What is thirdweb? *

Glad you asked!

We’re empowering builders to create a new generation of the internet.

Cool. So, what does that mean?

We make building in web3 incredibly easy. Our tools help everyone from developers to creators build the web3 apps and features of their dreams.

Y’know, no one knows what exactly the future of web3 will look like, but what we do know is that it will a transformative impact on our world. That’s why we’re focused on unleashing the many promises of web3 to a whole generation of builders. Because when builders have the right tools at their fingertips—magic happens.

We started thirdweb in the second half of 2021 and our community of builders has exploded ever since. Over 1M unique wallets have interacted with our contracts on mainnet, deploying tens of thousands of projects to the same. It’s been a hell of a journey so far, and the momentum is only increasing.

We’re looking to grow our team to help us become the default platform of choice for anyone who wants to build web3 apps and services.

Our Founders
thirdweb was founded by builders with deep experience in tech and a track record of creating epic companies: Furqan Rydhan, previous Founder and CTO of Applovin (IPO), and CTO of Bebo (Acquired by Amazon); and Steven Bartlett, previous Founder and CEO of Social Chain (IPO). Now they’ve got their sights set on a new challenge, and are building a bold team to pave the way with them.

What we offer:

• 🧾 Competitive salary, equity, 401K
• 👩‍⚕️ Full healthcare, vision, dental
• ⌨️ $1,500 home office equipment stipend
• 💻 Latest and greatest laptop of your choice
• 💪 Physical and mental wellness programs
• 🏢 Office stipend to rent out-of-home office space
• ✈️ The ability to work remotely or in one of our stunning office spaces in Fort Mason, San Francisco and Williamsburg, Brooklyn.

The role
You will work in a small team of engineers to own infrastructure that powers thousands of decentralized applications built with thirdweb. You will make key decisions on architecture, developer experience, and implementation of key technologies that handle decentralized storage, blockchain nodes, blockchain analytics pipeline, and low-latency indexing for smart contracts.

What a typical week might look like

• Build and evolve critical infrastructure for decentralized storage, data infrastructure, and indexers.
• Brainstorm creative solutions to customer needs.
• Collaborate with the team to design new features and services from product and customer feedback.
• Communicate with customers to assist in integrating thirdweb into their application or platform.
• Extract learnings from customer research and feedback to improve our product and internal processes.
• Outside-the-box critical thinking in solution designs to push the limit of decentralization without compromising user experiences.
• Lead projects to achieve high operational excellence and availability for backend services.
• Research latest advancements in the web3 industry including vendors, competitors, trends, and specifications.

What we're looking for

• 4+ years experience on a software development team for a developer-first product.
• High passion and/or experience with blockchain development and technologies (wallets, contracts, dApps).
• Excitement to work in a fast-paced, unstructured environment that prioritizes delivering impact and learning.
• Experience in Typescript, Python, Go or Rust.
• Passion about learning and pushing the boundaries of decentralized technologies.
• An entrepreneurial spirit to own ambiguous problems end-to-end.

Bonus Points

• Experience in deployment and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Experience in scaling consumer products (1k+ rps).
• Experience in developer-first products (SDKs, API design, technical documentation).