Senior Backend Engineer, Product
Zora
Estimated Salary: $135K-$225K
Location: Remote
About Us
Zora is a new kind of on-chain social network where you can express yourself freely, connect with others, and discover the value of your imagination. We believe that by using crypto, we can enable a more equitable system for creators, fundamentally rediscovering the power of the internet.
We’re working tirelessly to make Zora available to as many people as possible with a simple, fun, and rewarding consumer app. Our
mission
is to make creating on the internet free and valuable.
Senior Back-End Engineer, Product
About the Role
We’re looking for a senior back-end engineer to join one of our core product engineering teams, responsible for shipping our protocol, API, and web and mobile apps. Your work will directly impact millions of users interacting with our products.
Responsibilities
Lead projects to build out new features in the product
Build and maintain an API used by the product as well as external partners
Communicate status, updates, blockers, etc., to cross-functional stakeholders
Respond to incidents as part of an on-call rotation
Participate in RFC and code review
What Makes You a Fit
5+ years of experience as an engineer
Strong technical background building APIs at scale
Proven track record of leading projects effectively
Excellent communication and prioritization skills
Ability to design and implement performant, durable systems that make smart tradeoffs between product needs and technical constraints
U.S. time zone
Strong Candidates May Have
Prior experience building on top of blockchains
Deep technical expertise in Python, GraphQL, and MongoDB
Comfort moving across the stack when needed (TypeScript/React/Next and Solidity)
Experience operating within high-ambiguity startup environments
Good product intuition and understanding of user needs
Benefits
ZORA provides top quality medical, dental, and vision insurance, with a flexible time-off policy and a new Macbook Pro for full-time employees. Employees also receive equity.
Location
ZORA is international. Our headquarters are the internet and we have employees all over the world. We’re currently in Atlanta, Berlin, Lisbon, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, Sydney, and Vancouver.