Senior Backend Engineer

Uniswap Labs is a core contributor to the Uniswap Protocol, the world’s largest DEX, with over $4 trillion in volume across 17 chains. It builds products that help millions access the protocol, including the Uniswap Web App, Wallet, and Trading API. Uniswap Labs is also the primary technical provider for Unichain, a DeFi-native Ethereum Layer 2 built to be the home for liquidity across chains.When you join Uniswap, you become part of a team that's reshaping the way value flows on the internet.We’re looking for an enthusiastic, self-motivated Senior Backend Engineer to help us build the next generation of financial products. ResponsibilitiesWrite high quality and well tested code, and review code from other team members.Collaborate with engineers, designers, and product managers to turn requirements into products and lead the execution end to end.Provide guidance and technical leadership to peers in navigating architectural and coding tradeoffs.Take charge of driving strategic technical initiatives across engineering pods that impact the entire engineering organization.Requirements6+ years of software engineering experienceExcellent coding skills, deep understanding of cloud architectures, algorithms, and strong debugging capabilities.Consistently manage projects comprehensively, starting from gathering requirements and designing, to debugging and testing, and finally to release management and operational monitoring.Design, build, and maintain a large-scale production system on the cloud, ensuring smooth operation and high availability.Be able to build systems from the ground up, on a 0→1 fashion.Desire to keep up with modern best practices in software development/Web3, and shape our tech stack as we build out new systems and services.Mentored junior engineersNice to have:Has previously been a Technical LeadPrior experience with time-series based monitoring / observability systemsDegree in computer scienceExperience with TypescriptExperience with AWSLove for unicorns